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CANIDAE to Raise Funds for Charity at AKC Meet the Breeds Event

Posted October 12, 2009 By aschae and has no comments yet.

Source: PRWeb.com, October 9, 2009

CANIDAE Pet Foods, Inc. (www.canidae.com), a manufacturer of all natural holistic pet foods that are fed and recommended by thousands of certified breeders and rescue organizations throughout North America, will attend the American Kennel Club Meet the Breeds event on October 17-18, 2009 at the Javits Center in New York City where they will be handing out free product samples, coupons, and helping to raise funds for cancer research in pets.

The largest event of its kind in the world, the Meet the Breeds showcase is a chance to get to know 160 breeds of dog and 41 breeds of cat. Each breed will be presented in its own designated space, decorated to reflect its heritage, characteristics and unique attributes as a pet, while allowing attendees to literally “Meet the Breeds” by petting the dogs, cats, puppies and kittens and learning about them directly from the experts.

If you’re in the New York area that weekend, please come visit us and experience this amazing showcase of animals, and buy a raffle ticket to support cancer research

The event will also feature demonstrations such as law enforcement K9s, grooming, agility, obedience, an educational cat show, plus booths where the public can come talk to trainers, groomers, vets and other pet experts, one-on-one.

CANIDAE Pet Foods will be at booth 419 for the event which is expected to draw a crowd of over 35,000 dog and cat lovers from across North America. In addition to offering free samples of CANIDAE® dog food, FELIDAE® cat food, and SNAP-BISCUIT® and SNAP-BITS™ gourmet dog treats, CANIDAE has created a special event-only coupon good toward $3 off any size bag of CANIDAE or FELIDAE natural, holistic pet foods.

Continuing their mission of supporting Responsible Pet Ownership and helping animals in need, CANIDAE will conduct a charity raffle with all proceeds benefitting cancer research in pets. One grand prize winner each day will each receive a Felt X-City 5 bicycle, valued at $500. The X-City-5 is designed for urban riding and is fun to ride no matter what type of abuse the streets dish out.

Tickets for the raffle are $2 for one, or $5 for three. 100% of all proceeds, including the cost of the Felt bicycles supplied by CANIDAE, will be donated to the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation for cancer research in pets. “If you’re in the New York area that weekend, please come visit us and experience this amazing showcase of animals, and buy a raffle ticket to support cancer research,” said Dennis VanEtten, CANIDAE Sales Manager.

Categories: Cancer, Events, Feeding, Health, Heros, Natural/Healthy Pet Foods, Products Worth Sharing, Recent News, Research

Tags: akc, Cancer, canidae, charity, Felidae, Research

Pet Nutrition and Holistic Veterinary Care Seminar to Help Homeless Animals, CA

Posted September 16, 2009 By aschae and has no comments yet.

Source: Send2Press.org, September 15, 2009

Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist (www.AskAriel.com) is hosting a pet nutrition and holistic veterinary care seminar “Natural Cures For Pets” to help save the lives of homeless pets. With the current economy, abandoned cats and dogs are entering shelters at an alarming rate and Ask Ariel is hoping the seminar will raise much needed funds to help save them. The pet nutrition and holistic veterinary care seminar will provide valuable tips to help pets live longer and healthier lives through holistic pet care using nutrition and natural pet supplements. Speakers are Dr. David Gordon, Medical Director, VCA Arroyo Animal Hospital and Susan Blake Davis, Pet Nutritionist and founder of Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist.

“Natural Cures for Pets” will provide an overview of holistic veterinary care and teach pet owners about the best foods to feed their pets as well as how to use nutritional supplements for common pet health issues. The seminar will be held on Saturday, September 26th from 10 – 11:30 a.m. at VCA Arroyo Animal Hospital in Lake Forest, CA. Admission is a $15 donation to Ariel Rescue, an IRS approved 501 (c) (3) public charity that saves the lives of shelter dogs in impoverished communities. Seating is limited so please RSVP by email at askariel1@gmail.com or phone 949-499-9380.

Details about “Natural Cures For Pets” can be found on the Holistic Vet and Pet Nutrition Journal blog (www.askariel1.blogspot.com). Recent topics covered on the blog include natural treatments to treat kidney disease in cats, foods that contribute to allergies in dogs and holistic treatments for cats and dogs getting chronic urinary tract infections. Pet owners learn that many of these chronic pet health conditions can be caused by certain foods. For example, the common practice of giving dogs peanut butter can cause allergic reactions, yeast overgrowth and ear infections.

“Many pet owners are frustrated because their pets suffer with chronic health conditions such as endless scratching and itching, canine arthritis or inflammatory bowel disease; conditions where conventional veterinary care has offered limited options. Many of these pet health conditions can be successfully treated using holistic veterinary care including dietary changes, nutritional supplements and acupuncture,” says Susan Blake Davis.

Davis, along with Dr. David Gordon, holistic veterinarian, address a full range of pet health concerns on their blog “The Holistic Vet and Pet Nutrition Journal” (www.askariel1.blogspot.com). Pet owners can submit questions to the blog about their pet’s health problems. Advice is offered so that pet owners can understand their options from both a conventional and holistic veterinary standpoint. For example, owners that have senior dogs with arthritis may be giving their dogs daily pain medication without realizing the benefits their dogs can experience using joint support supplements. While medications may help with the dog’s pain management when necessary, the Holistic Vet and Pet Nutrition Journal explains how fish oil and other joint support supplements along with acupuncture and chiropractic, can help improve the dog’s mobility and quality of life overall. The popularity of The Holistic Vet and Pet Nutrition Journal as well as holistic pet Web sites such as www.AskAriel.com follow an ever-increasing trend by pet owners who are looking for answers beyond traditional veterinary care to improve their pet’s health and longevity.

100 percent of the proceeds from “Natural Cures For Pets” will be donated to Ariel Rescue, an IRS approved nonprofit charity whose mission is to save the lives of shelter dogs in impoverished communities. Since 1999, Ariel Rescue has saved the lives of over 1,200 dogs that would otherwise have been euthanized. Ariel Rescue volunteers rescue the dogs from animal shelters, bring them to the veterinarian and then feature the pets on www.petfinder.com.

For more information about Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist, Ariel Rescue or Susan Blake Davis, CCN, pet nutritionist, please visit www.askariel.com or call 949-499-9380.

Categories: Aromatherapy, Cancer, Education/Training, Feeding, Flea/Tick Preventatives, Health, Herbs, Homeopathy, Natural Remedies, Natural/Healthy Pet Foods, Raw Food, Recent News, Rescue, adoption, natural remedies

Tags: ariel rescue, askariel, holistic, natural, nutrition, petfinder, shelter, training

Charity condemns dog tumor death, UK

Posted July 19, 2009 By aschae and has no comments yet.

Source: BBC News, July 13, 2009

An animal charity has described the owner of a dog dumped suffering from a huge mouth tumor as “cowardly” and “callous”.

The elderly Jack Russell was found in parkland at South Inch in Perth last week. The tumor was so large it had broken the dog’s jaw.

The severity of the condition forced a local vet to put the animal to sleep.

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for anyone with information about the dog or its owner to contact them or police.

The charity’s chief inspector Brian Cowing said the dog was found lying on grass beneath a tree, close to a public footpath in the park.

Stiff penalties

He said: “Someone must have put him there because he was not well enough to have walked there himself.

“He had a mouth tumor on the inside of his mouth and it was so big that it had caused his jaw to dislocate and break.

“We would estimate that he had been suffering from the tumor for two to four months due to its size and the damage it had caused to his mouth.”

Because of the condition the animal was not able to eat.

Mr Cowing added: “We believe that someone has ignored this dog’s condition for quite some time and instead of taking it to a vet they have simply dumped it.

“Not only is this a cowardly and callous thing to do, it is also an offense that carries stiff penalties.”

Anyone found guilty of abandoning an animal can face up to six months in prison, a £5,000 fine or both. They can also be banned from keeping or owning animals.

Categories: Abuse/Neglect, Cancer, Health, Recent News

Tags: abuse, neglect, scottish, SPCA, tumor

FDA approves first drug developed specifically to treat cancer in dogs

Posted June 3, 2009 By aschae and has no comments yet.

Source: AssociatedPress.com, June 3, 2009

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug made specifically to treat cancer in dogs.

Until now, all cancer drugs used in veterinary medicine were developed for use in humans and weren’t specifically approved for animals. Federal law allows vets to administer cancer medicines and other human treatments under controlled circumstances.

The new drug, Palladia, manufactured by Pfizer Animal Health Inc., has been approved to treat a type of cancer that accounts for about one in five cases of canine skin tumors.

Canine cutaneous mast cell tumors — the cancer in question — can appear small and insignificant when dogs have them, but while some are easily removed, others can lead to life-threatening disease, according to the FDA.

“This cancer drug approval for dogs is an important step forward for veterinary medicine,” Bernadette Dunham, director of FDA’s center for veterinary medicine, said in a statement Wednesday.

“Prior to this approval, veterinarians had to rely on human oncology drugs, without knowledge of how safe or effective they would be for dogs,” Dunham said. “Today’s approval offers dog owners, in consultation with their veterinarian, an option for treatment of their dog’s cancer.”

Palladia is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that works by killing tumor cells and cutting off blood supply to the tumor. Common side effects include diarrhea, decrease or loss of appetite, lameness, weight loss and blood in the stool.

Categories: Cancer, Health, Recent News, Research

Tags: Cancer, canine cutaneous, cell tumor, dog, FDA, palladia, tumor, veterinary

Dock dog’s death may lead to hope for canines with cancer, OR

Posted October 6, 2008 By aschae and has no comments yet.

Source: By Helen Raptis and KATU Web Staff

NEAR SCAPPOOSE, Ore. – When Cera Reusser held a bundle of a black lab back in 2000, the connection was immediate.

“Chase and I met on the fourth day of her life and we just had a bond instantaneously,” she said.

Chase made an impact that day and continues to make an impact years after her death.

“Nobody else could hold her except for me and through all of the training that we did – the field training and the dock dogs training that we’ve done – everything that little girl did was for me,” said Cera. “It’s an unconditional love that you get from dogs.”

Cera will never forget that night when she knew something was wrong with her award-winning dock dog.

“I’d given her the normal nighttime loving after I came home from work and there was a lump. And I’m like - that wasn’t there yesterday,” she said.

The news from the veterinarian was devastating – it was cancer and it was spreading.

“She had a tumor from her canine to her brain,” Cera said. “It was too far gone and we couldn’t do radiation. We did do one round of chemo on that following Monday.”

“She started bleeding up from her gums and I let her go the next day,” said Cera. “And yes – that was the hardest thing. I never want to have to do that again.”

Chase was only six years old. The average life span of a medium-sized lab is about 10 to 12 years. Cera soon learned that the rate of canine cancer is extremely high.

“One in three dogs die of cancer,” she said. “The phone call that I got that my little girl was sick and, I don’t know. I know you’ve fought cancer and you know what that (feeling is) where you’re just like all of a sudden – what?”

Today, Chase’s aunt, 12-year-old Smokey, is among the three black labs Cera and her husband, Terry, own.

Cera and Terry have been married 26 years and with no human kids, these dogs are their babies. And would you believe that Terry is allergic to dogs?

“Just being in a sleeping bag with a dog on top of you, it’s a good thing,” he said. “It far outweighs any negative part of it. So I take the Claritin and live with it. I love my puppies.”

In addition to old Smokey there is 4-year-old Ricky, Chase’s daughter, and 7-month-old Elsie, Chase’s granddaughter.

These are lucky labs. They live and play on two acres just outside of Scappoose and a former garage has been transformed into an upscale condo for canines.

Mementos from the life of the talented dock dogger are everywhere and since Chase’s death, Cera has created Chase Away K9 Cancer, a nationally-known fundraiser for the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Foundation.

Cera’s own mother died of cancer when she was just 2 years old and advances in human cancer treatments give her hope for Chase Away K9 Cancer.

“When I used to compete with Chase – I’ve got a wristband in the house that’s actually by her ashes – it said ‘Life is a Team Sport.’ And I wore it at every competition with her. When I lost her, I had this one (a different one) made up and it says Chase and the year that she was born and the year she passed away. And it says ‘forever in my heart,’” she said while choking back tears.

Cera also has a tattoo of Chase’s paw print on her leg that is a permanent reminder of her little girl.

Smokey, Ricky and Elsie are carrying on Chase’s memory as well by also competing in dock dog events. Cera, an endlessly energetic dog owner, trains them often.

Cera says if you are hoping to have your own great dock dog, it first takes what she calls ‘toy drive.’ Then it takes pounds of patience and most importantly – lots and lots of love.

“You need to love them every minute of every day because you don’t know how long they’re going to last,” she said. “And every minute is precious.”

(All photos courtesy of Cera Reusser)

Categories: Cancer, Health

Tags: AVMA, Cancer, canine cancer, dock dog, tumor