Panda Penguin Crossbreeds

[jmfargo]

I have one dog at home right now, where normally there are two. I know this doesn't seem like much but MaiTai, the youngest of the two, is sulking, wandering around the house morosely (okay, that was 10 minutes ago, now she's just laying on the floor pining) trying to figure out where WonTon, her "older brother" has gone to.

This morning we loaded WonTon into the car, drove a half hour to the vet clinic, dropped him off, and here I am, waiting for a phone call from the office to tell me that his surgery is done, please come pick him up, he's all better, here's your bill.

WonTon, for the second time in under two years, is having cancer removed.

I have to have a talk with him and make sure he knows that if he wants attention he doesn't have to get cancer, he can just come nuzzle us a bit and we'll pet him, or scratch at the door and we'll let him out. It's a lot less of a pain in the butt way to get attention than getting cancer.

Bozo. *sigh*

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[jfargo.livejournal.com]

I know lots of people say this, but we rarely, rarely feed our dogs table scraps. Things like white bread and the seldom bland meat might make their way into a small piece of "do a trick for this treat," but they're few and far between. We try to keep our pups healthy, and table scraps usually don't help with that, especially if you're not careful about which scraps you're giving.

Like Maria's parents give their Pug things with garlic, and then wonder why he has so much gas...hmm. *chuckles*

We haven't heard the shark cartilage for this, but I had thought it was one of two things - 1) Very good for helping mending bones/joints 2) A false hope. I've never heard of it for cancer, but I'll ask the vet, he'll have a view on it, I'm sure. Thanks for the suggestion!

[akdidge.livejournal.com]

I know it was suggested for my best friend's parents dog (rottweiler) when he had cancer by the vet up here. I'm told there are nay-sayers but I did see an improvement in the dog's overall health when he was taking it.But I do recall it was fairly spendy.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

It sounds like that dog had a case of cancer that was worse than what we have here, but I'll keep it in mind, and ask the doctor about it tonight. It being fairly costly does kind of keep it on the list of "probably not," but if this happens again, and I'm told it'll increase his health and quality of life, well...we'll have to see where we are then. Instead, I'll just keep hoping it doesn't happen. That works, right? Positive thinking and all that? *hopeful grin*