Help Your Dog Fight Cancer: What Every Caretaker Should Know About Canine Cancer, Featuring Bullet's Survival Story, 2nd Edition
A crash course on canine cancer, for all dog lovers. Covers prevention, diagnosis, treatment options, side effects, diet, supplements and home care. Medical animal writer Kaplan shares journey with her own lymphoma survivor, Bullet. A must read for those who have a dog with cancer.
The Story Behind This Book
I am a medical animal writer. In 2000 I was editor in chief of a pulication called Catnip from Tufts Vet School. And my dog Bullet was diagnosed with lymphoma. Bullet's chemo vet saw all of the things I was doing for Bullet to help him fight cancer in addition to traditional treatment, and he saw how well Bullet was doing. Dr. Porzio convinced me that I HAD TO write a book to help others who had dogs with cancer. So I published this book, which has now helped about 50,000 dog owners whose dogs had cancer. I also started a fund called the Magic Bullet Fund, to help people who can't afford cancer treatment for their dogs. The fund has helped 250 families so far - these dogs would not have been able to have treatment without the fund and the dnoations from people who love dogs. You can donate at themagicbulletfund.org. Dogs with lymphoma must be given chemotherapy or the disease will take them within 4-8 weeks. With chemo, the dogs have a chance to survive 12-18 months. Bullet survived the rest of his life in remission from lymphoma. Bullet survived 4 years and 4 months after his diagnosis. I lost him to kidney failure at the age of 14, still in remission.