🦴 In this vlog, Dr Sue covers everything you need to know when you dealing with osteosarcoma in your dog 🦴Osteosarcoma is the most common primary canine bone cancer in dogs, and it is locally aggressive and highly metastatic (high spread rate). Dr Sue will address why we need to think about 2 battlefronts when fighting this cancer 🦴Early diagnostics are key. Which ones do you need to do? And which ones can you skip? 🦴 To determine the best treatment plan for your dog, it is important to understand all you can about this cancer including who is at risk, what tests to run, prognostic factors, and treatment options. 🦴 Stay tuned and be sure to subscribe so you can check out part 2 where Dr Sue will break down all the treatment options including chemotherapy, new immunotherapy, pain control options, radiation therapy. She will cover the efficacy of the various protocols. Check out vlog 67 which is all about amputation. (Link below) 🦴Osteosarcoma is a treatable cancer. Dogs treated with local therapy and chemotherapy live significantly longer than dogs without treatment and with local therapy only, and chemotherapy is generally well-tolerated in most dogs. #Kickcancersbutt

💊What is the easiest way to give your dog a pill? What foods in your kitchen are most helpful to get those pills down? Here’s how to increase your success of getting medications into your pet. 💊Giving oral medications to your pet can be a challenge for many pet parents. Fortunately, pilling a pet is not an impossible task once you learn a few tricks. 💊Plus, when your pet absolutely won’t take a pill in food, we show you how to pill your pet. – PLEASE never try to administer a pill forcefully to a dog or cat with a painful mouth or neck. – If your pet is growling or becomes fearful, STOP and abort the pilling mission. – Even if the medication is important for your pet’s health well-being, it is best to use good judgment and avoid getting bit. – Please contact your veterinarian who prescribed the medication for additional recommendations about what to do if you cannot get the medication in.

Nothing is more stressful than when your pet won’t eat. In this video, Dr Sue shares some of her personal experiences with her own pets that would not eat when they were sick. She knows the frustrations of a pet this won’t eat. Inappetence can be quality of life. She also shares her favorite medications she prescribes to get your pet eating sooner. Often it takes medications AND the veterinary tricks I showed you in part one. Plus check out successful methods from other pet parents that have worked for their dogs and cats when they stopped eating. https://youtu.be/VOlhyWxPsrk

What can you do if your dog or cat won’t eat? How can you tempt your pet to eat at home? In this vlog, Dr Sue is joined by boarded internist Dr Kerry Heuter (and her hubby) to give you tips you can do right now at home. Plus find out successful methods from her community of pet parents that have worked for their dogs and cats when they stopped eating. Nothing is more stressful than a pet that refuses to eat or is picky. And in part 2 we will cover medications that you can use in addition to get you pet eating sooner.

Amputation is a shocking thing to consider for pet owners for their pet. If you are watching this, you might be considering amputation & are overwhelmed thinking about removing your pet’s leg. As a cancer specialist, we often have to recommend amputation for dogs with bone cancer in the leg. And it is a somewhat easy recommendation because we veterinarians know the dogs are in pain from their tumor, and we know how well the dogs will adapt and how great they will do after the surgery. In this VLOG, Dr Sue breaks it all down for you, including what to expect at surgery, the recovery, and how well dogs recover and adapt. And we will go over high owner satisfaction rates. We know it’s not an easy decision, but we hope this information helps.

If your dog or cat is going through chemotherapy, this is what you need to know about home safety. In this video, Dr Sue covers: – handling urine and feces, and vomit too – cleaning your cat’s litter box – handling chemotherapy pills at home – dealing with accidents in the house – when to wear gloves and what gloves she recommends – is it ok to be around your pet going through chemo, and hug and kiss them?