Posted by Waggs & Purrs on Apr 20, 2017
This is Yeti’s story. My male Lhasa Apso, Yeti, was diagnosed with Pancreatitis about April 2015. Very sick, hospitalized. I remember it because I cancelled a trip to Italy; he was too sick for me to leave him. He recovered. Then started the constant struggle of what to feed him, how much and how often.
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Posted by Waggs & Purrs on Aug 29, 2016
Toki Poki®, a local pet trading card business, is hosting the first PuppyUp Strike Out Cancer Bowl-a-thon event to raise money for the foundation. On September 17, bowlers will bowl for a cause at Oak Hills Lanes on Callaghan Road to support this worthy organization. The PuppyUp Foundation, companions against cancer, is the comparative oncology link to finding causes of cancers affecting pets and people. Their work raises research...
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Posted by Waggs & Purrs on Sep 7, 2014
The 2014 Puppy Up! Walk for Canine Cancer is scheduled for November 16th at McAllister Park in San Antonio, TX. This has been a yearly event in our area for the past four years and proves to be not only a great fundraising effort for cancer research for pets and people, but also a tail waggin’ good time too! Puppy Up! Walks are held all over the country to...
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Posted by Waggs & Purrs on Jul 17, 2012
Like people, companion animals develop cancer – they get brain, breast, bone & lung cancer; lymphoma and melanoma just to name a few and scientists have discovered that the malignant cells are biologically comparable. Furthermore cats and dogs are exposed to the same environmental risks so if we hope to eradicate cancer there is tremendous potential in forming a partnership between pets and people. Here are 10 Warning Signs...
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