Natural Pet Health

Why Demian Dressler, DVM created the Dog Cancer Coping Guide and what it contains.

It is because of the ineffectiveness and toxic side effects of prescription medication that Natural Remedies are gaining popularity.

Dogs Are Sicker Than Ever

Today, Diseases like dog diarrhea, diabetes, Crohns Disease, and IBS, are epidemic. Unknown diseases are frequently misdiagnosed! Almost every dog over the age of ten has some form of canine cancer. The number of dogs maintained long term on prescription medication is at an all time high. The pain, suffering, and expense are daunting. What is causing these problems?

“Fully 90% of all disease is caused by an unhealthy digestive system.” Royal Society of Medicine Great Britain

Three Causes of Dog Diarrhea, Dog Cancer, and Most Everything Else

While pursuing longevity for domestic pets, the medial fraternity did not probably bargain for the accompanying risks of cancer, which is mostly seen in older pets. Moreover, as long as we feed an unnatural diet to our pets and abuse the environment, pet owners are likely to continue facing problems with cancer in their pets. Seeing pets die slowly killer diseases like dog liver cancer and lymphoma in cats is indeed not something that any pet lover would want.

Many of us do not realize that it is natural for animals to resort to ‘self treatment’ in the wild. Most of them nibble at things that are actually not their natural diet. It has been seen that this happens only when the animal is not completely healthy and therefore is actually a means of herbal self medication. This forms the basis on which herbal and natural medicine for pets is based.

If cancer was treatable with conventional cancer therapies it would have ceased to be a dreaded disease. The fact, however, is that cancer is as frightening today as it was when it first became known to medical science.

The irony is that patients are compelled to submit to therapies that we know are not extremely efficient. In addition, conventional cancer therapies for canines are tantamount to poisoning your dog. These conventional therapies are as fearful as the disease itself. To make matters worse there is no true freedom of choice because alternative therapies are denied approval due to lack of institutional support.

It is too much to expect that veterinary science would know much about cat cancer and dog cancer especially when despite extensive research very little is known about even human cancer. Till date no one knows exactly what causes cancer and how it can be prevented.

Feline cancer, like human cancer is not easy to detect in its early stages and once the disease has advanced, cat owners are left with no option but to watch helplessly. The most that can be done is to delay the ultimate and provide home care irrespective of whether the treatment option has been exercised or not.

Given that your dog has lived with you and provided you with comfort as a companion, it is your duty to take care of your pet if he is found to be afflicted with a specific disease. The amount of care and companionship that your dog may need increases and becomes more important especially if the disease is terminal in nature.

Cancer in dogs is one such disease where detection happens in the later stages, rendering treatment almost immaterial and useless. In such cases, love, care and comfort are the three things that you can provide for your dying dog.

No one knows exactly what causes the cancerous cells in a dog’s body to go out of control and form tumors or spread rapidly to other parts of the body. There are always some amounts of cancerous cells in the body, which the body’s own defense mechanism is fully capable of handling.

It is suspected that genetics and a weak immune system are probably the primary reasons behind dog cancer. Inadequate nutrition coupled with stress, pollution, preservatives, additive and artificial colorings added to commercial foods can further compromise your dog’s immune system.

The liver is involved in numerous bodily functions including those that help in filtering toxins from the body. As such, liver cancer in dogs is the most common outcome of metastatic cancer that initially attacks other parts of the body and spreads to the liver.Â

Small dogs often suffer from episodic bouts of colitis that is actually inflammation of the colon of the large intestine. It is, however, imperative to keep a watch and report to a specialist if:

* There are frequent recurrences.
* The symptoms are deteriorating.
* The dog shows signs of a general illness.

Monitoring is of prime importance because the symptoms of colitis are almost similar to the symptoms of colon cancer in dogs . Colitis may be acute, episodic or chronic and the signs often last for two to three weeks. The type of predominant cells present in the inflamed colon is used to describe the specific disorders.

* Bacteria, fungus, viruses or parasites.
* Intolerance to diet.(allergies)
* Inappropriate diet.
* Cancer.
* Internal or external injury.