Dogs are touted as being man's best friend, and you will be
hard-pressed to find a more loyal and lovable animal to call your pet
than a dog. With this love and loyalty, there are a few things that you
have to do to show your dog how much you care about them as well.
Feeding, watering, and taking out for walks are but a few things that
you need to do to show your dog this love and companionship.
Another thing is making sure they are healthy by taking them to the vet.
One
thing that a dog owner never wants to hear is that their dog is
suffering from canine lymphoma. This cancer was first reported in the
1980's and was initially thought to affect only a certain amount of
cross bred canines. While most cases have been attributed to the
genetic mistakes in some breeds, just about any dog can contract canine
lymphoma, and making sure they stay healthy is the best thing you can
do to prevent this from happening. The life expectancy of a dog with
lymphoma is between 9 and 12 months.
While the life expectancy
isn't that great, there are ways that you can put the cancer into
remission and your dog can then enjoy many more years of life. Using a
combination of chemotherapy, immune boosting, and radiation with a
healthy high protein diet can help boost your dog's ability to have its
cancer go into remission. While making these changes are still fairly
difficult on your dog, if the cancer does go into remission you will
both feel much better about making these changes. Remission for canine
lymphoma is fairly high, so taking steps as soon as possible will help
you the most.
If you start to notice that your dog is losing its
appetite, vomiting, and is getting lumps on its abdomen neck or
armpits, you should take it to the vet as soon as possible. These are
the places that lymphoma is going to hit first, and if you don't take
action the cancerous tumors will start to spread through its vital
organs. Once they hit the vital organs, there is only a few months left
before your dog will go through organ failure and pass away. Take the
time to visit your vet every year and have tests performed to see if
your dog might have, or could contract canine lymphoma.
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