by NCCF Editor | Jan 15, 2018 | Dog Care
January is underway, but it’s not too late to consider New Year’s resolutions. Whether your original vows have fallen by the wayside, or you’ve decided to add another, resolving to improve your life is a win-win for sure. And if you’re fortunate enough to have Fido or...
by NCCF Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | Canine Cancer Research
The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a multi-year grant of $6,421,402 to Stephen Albert Johnston at Arizona State University to support the largest interventional canine clinical trial ever conducted. The trial will assess the effectiveness of a unique vaccine in...
by NCCF Editor | Jan 8, 2018 | Dog Cancer Types
Not something many pet owners know about, but if you’ve just heard about hemangiosarcoma in dogs, your dog may have been diagnosed with a type of skin cancer that’s extremely difficult to treat, and is often fatal to dogs. Here’s everything you should know about this...
by NCCF Editor | Dec 11, 2017 | Losing a Pet
There are emotional flashpoints throughout the year when you’re grieving the passing of a loved one. The first birthday, the first anniversary, the first anything. And Christmas is of course a huge hurdle if it is your first without a familiar face. For animal lovers...
by NCCF Editor | Dec 5, 2017 | Dog Stories
Sometimes, describing a life as “blue” isn’t a bad thing. It certainly wasn’t in JetBlue’s case. The Aussie, as I often referred to him, led quite a charmed life. My first dog to come from a breeder met us when he was 2 days old. My roommate, Susan, and I visited him...
by NCCF Editor | Nov 24, 2017 | Dog Stories
A “Dog Mom”. Some people might laugh or chuckle when they hear me refer to myself as that. They clearly are not dog people 🙂 I am very much a “dog mom”. I have always considered myself a dog person. I grew up around dogs and they have always...
by NCCF Editor | Nov 9, 2017 | Dog Stories
My dog, Paws, was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi I adopted when I was only twelve years old, and she was only eight weeks old. She was my first dog, and I still remember holding her in my lap on the car ride home, beyond excited to have her in my family. We literally did...
by NCCF Editor | Nov 7, 2017 | Losing a Pet
21-year-old Amy Thompson and her parents Pete and Sharon, from Solihull, recently lost their ten-year-old dog to cancer. The Thompson family had had Archie since he was just 4 months old. At the age of 10, Archie fell ill, and was really poorly for a couple of weeks....
by NCCF Editor | Nov 3, 2017 | Support Dog Cancer Research
Last Thursday was the release date for our annual ornament and WOW was it a great day! We sold over 120 ornaments that day! I went up to the store office to chat with Kelly about the orders and processing and then I saw the ornaments. She had them all laid out, the...
by NCCF Editor | Nov 1, 2017 | Support Dog Cancer Research
Every Christmas I pull out my ornaments with my fur kids names on them and as I read their names I remember them. I remember how Casey used to love to sleep in bed with us, upside down on her back right in between both of us. I remember Ashby’s pool smell and picture...
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