Thank you Debra for your generous donation in memory of Max Tobin on behalf of Bebe Regnier. These funds will go directly to the front lines, fighting cancer in a dog’s life. Thank you so much.

Thank you Bonnie in memory of Cody. Your generous donation will help other dogs fight for every precious day.

Thank you so much!

Dakota

UPDATE 8-12-2010 —

My Dakota is a 9 year old Shepherd/Chow with a heart & soul of a 9 month old puppy. Dakota came to me when he was 2 months old and we have been inseparable since. He’s always been strong and in good health, we hike, we take long walks, he goes to dog parks, dog beaches, day care and even has play days along with his sister. Back in June of this year, I took him to the holistic vet for acupuncture, he had been limping a little; he was checked thoroughly and had no signs of anything. Two weeks later he was due for his annual check-up so I took him to the regular vet for his blood work and all, a mast cell tumor was discovered, after tests and being seen by the oncologist it was confirmed that it was a grade 3 tumor in his lymph node. Never did I imagine that my healthy best friend would have cancer. He had surgery and the recommendation of the vet and the oncologist was chemotherapy. We have started chemo and he is responding well and thanks to Canine cancer Awareness who is helping us, my Dakota has a chance to extend his life. He has given me the best years of his life, so much happiness and I have learned so much from both my dogs and want to give him something more: extending his life.

— Sandra & Dakota

Canine Cancer Awareness, Inc. has donated $800 in order to help pay the costs of Dakota’s vet bills. Any sponsor donations made on behalf of Dakota will be used to pay unpaid invoices and the checks will be sent directly to the veterinarian.

Please also give generously to Dakota. To help sponsor treatment, you can click on the PayPal donate button below or send a check to:

Canine Cancer Awareness, Inc.
44 Devoe Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Thank you Sensibilities Day Spa for your generous donation in memory of Cue & Honor, precious dogs who passed away from cancer in the same week:

To assist in preserving the life of another precious pet.

Thank you! This donation will help so much!

http://sensibilities-spa.com/

Dallas

UPDATE 7-22-2010—

I was at the Oregon shelter that morning to help my 12 year old rottie diagnosed with bone cancer over the rainbow bridge. As a foster parent for the shelter I knew Dallas had just come back that morning from her 3rd home. I was in no mood for another dog, no mood to give my heart again, and definitely not in the mood for a puppy; somehow though I ended up leaving with her tucked under my arm like a tiny black suitcase mumbling under my breath about my own lack of sanity.

From that day forward she has brought nothing but joy and smiles into my life and everyone else she meet’s along the way. Dallas always wags her tail from the first rib back, greeting everyone with a friendly hello and a welcoming spirit.

I regularly get compliments what a well trained dog she is. I would love to take the credit, but I am sure I never did anything special; she just always seems to know what you are saying to her. However we do not actually use the D O G word in front of her because she really does not know she is one.

She has always enjoyed going for rides. She is so good that there have been times I forgot she was in the backseat. Other times she thought there may be a car ride and would sit in the car for hours, refusing to get out just in case. Because she is so well tempered and obedient she accompanies me most everywhere, whether a quick trip to the post office, laying by my side, or driving the ALCAN Highway, she is always happy just to be with her person.

I am convinced this miracle dog has a guardian angel watching over her. On Easter she was playing tug tug, her favorite game next to fetching the ball, when I noticed a little blood on her tongue. It seemed she had pulled loose one of her lower canine teeth and injured the gum tissue. I took her to a walk in vet clinic the next morning more worried about infection at her age (she was almost 9) and anticipating a script for antibiotics. Instead the vet immediately started talking cancer, abscess removal, surgery, and lab work. Whoa there Doc! This is just a loose tooth after all. I left thinking “that’s what I get for not going to my regular VCA vet”. But by Wednesday the injury to her gum seemed to be growing and there were more teeth being pushed loose from the pressure of the growth. I took her to VCA and the vet put her on a stronger antibiotic as well as doing a biopsy of the tissue. Just over the weekend the mass had taken on a life of its own and most certainly was no simple abscess. Monday morning, I was at the vet’s office waiting for DR. Simmons when they opened in a complete panic. While I waited the biopsy results also confirmed osteocarcinoma; bone cancer. Surgery was scheduled for that Friday morning. The treatment plan consisted of removing the cancerous portion of her lower jaw back to the pre molars for a clean margin and chemotherapy treatments. From that time on, my life became a whirlwind of vet appointments, online research, cancer chat groups and medication schedules. She recovered from the surgery like the trooper she is, our vet getting clean margins. Dr. Simmons took step by step photos of the surgery and I photo documented her recovery daily on facebook.

Her first chemo treatment was a month after surgery. I expected the worst and once again was surprised with the life and vitality Dallas radiates. She is now coming up on chemo treatment # 5 with 3 more to go. She will need 3 month check-ups, regualar blood work, bi-yearly xrays of the lungs, a special diet and supplements, but it is nothing compared to not having her in my life every precious day. Dallas was there for me when I had my own battle with cancer and now I am here for her. I never thought about the money or what I had to give up for Dallas to get the care she needs to live the full potential of her life.

I am so grateful for all the support and information available online, and more than anything I thank fate for bringing Dallas and I together and for watching over the both of us. I still can’t believe how quickly the cancer grew or how lucky we were to have caught it so early. I am thankful for the compassion and care Dr. Simmons and her staff has provided both me and Dallas. With the gray on her chin gone from post surgery she looks like she acts, a young pup enjoying every moment life has to offer.

Thank you Canine Cancer Awareness for all your help.

—Danika and Dallas

CCA has donated $800 in order to help pay the costs of Dallas’ treatments. Any sponsor donations made on behalf of Dallas will be used to pay unpaid invoices and the checks will be sent directly to Dallas’ vet.

Please also give generously to Dallas. To help sponsor treatment, you can click on the PayPal donate button below or send a check to:

Canine Cancer Awareness, Inc.
44 Devoe Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR DALLAS:

07-28-10 $50.00 Donation from Melissa — I Love you both M.

Thank you Shay Morrow, your donation to CCA is much needed and will go directly to pay for veterinary care for dogs fighting this disease whose families could not otherwise afford treatment. Thank you so much!

Thank you Basset Hound Cancer Foundation for benefiting Canine Cancer Awareness! To see this cause visit:
http://www.causes.com/causes/506759

Toka
June 9, 1997 — May 17, 2008

UPDATE 07-19-2010—

My dog, Toka, was part Australian Cattle Dog/German Shepard. She grew up in Rhode Island, and lived a happy & healthy life. She was my best friend. Practically my daughter. She was always there for me. She would be playful, protective, and would never leave my side when going through many traumatic experiences in my youth.

Unfortunately, just before her 11th birthday, she was diagnosed with Anemia, Cancer, and tumors. We learned of this news from a different vet, as ours was practically worthless. Refused to believe there was anything wrong with her. They also didn’t see a reason to examine her blood work. The new vet broke the devastating news to us; and two days later…I lost one of my best friends. She truly touched my soul and I miss her so much! No one, no animal, should have to suffer this way. Ever. I hope that a cure can be found someday soon.

— Lisa

Rebel

UPDATE 4-14-2010—

Hello my name is Rebel Jo and I am a 7 year old rottie that has been diagnosed with osteosarcoma bone cancer January 2nd 2010 and it is in my right front leg.

I am writing this story to tell you about what I am going through and the changes in my life and my loved ones. Here are some of my favorite things I love to do with my mommy and pappy that I can’t do anymore. Because of the pain and discomfort that I now have with this cancer.

I love going for rides in the back of my mommy and pappy’s truck and feeling the wind in my face, and my ear’s flapping in the wind that makes me feel like I am going to fly. I also like going to the river swimming, fishing for rocks and just playing in the water with mommy. I also love going with my pappy and his hunting dog’s when he took them out hunting for that big raccoon, seeing who would smell it first. I would tell myself those guys weren’t going to show me up, but they always did, but I would act like the biggest master of all master’s. The most of all was getting to ride and watching over my pappy and making sure that he was ok, and helping mommy plant flowers and clean the sticks out of the yard. Sometimes I would sneak behind mommy and dig up the flowers and leave big holes in the yard. We would always go camping with mommy and pappy, but it’s going to be hard this year knowing I can’t go swimming in the river and taking my baths. As you would say those were the best days of my life doing the things I love to do!

Now instead of doing the things I love to do my life consists of going back and forth every three weeks to my chemo treatments in Pittsburg P.A. and going once a week to get blood work at my regular vet. The chemo is very costly to my mommy and pappy, but they will do without to see that I get the best treatment I possibly can. As you would know the chemo makes me very sick, it makes me not want to eat for a week or more, but mommy and pappy will make me people food or just take me through the nearest drive-thru to get me a cheesy burger, but sometimes I won’t even eat it. I also take ten pills twice a day, I hate to take them, but mommy tells me that they are good for me and that I must take them, even though I don’t want to, mommy will hide them in food or ice cream, no matter what she will make sure that I get them.

I also want you to know that I had a very best friend her name was Daisy she was my only sister that I ever knew. In July 2009 I lost her to the same cancer. I miss her very much! We would run through the yard playing fetch and chasing each other around the yard. Then six months later we got the news that I had the same horrifying disease. It devastated my entire family and loved ones, and me so much that we sat and cried! I often hear my mommy praying for me at night and I hear her crying and I want to just say it will be ok! Don’t worry!

My mommy would always call me her little baby boy and her little angel! Mommy never lets me down, she is always there for me! If something would happen to me my mommy and pappy would be so devastated because I am the only little baby boy they have!

Now that I have shared some of my story with everyone, I would appreciate it if you would donate what you could from the kindness of your heart to the CANINE CANCER AWARENESS, INC. 44 Devoe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 or visit the website at http://www.caninecancerawareness.org. I want to thank you for taking time to read my story! I also want to give a big "Ruff" "Ruff" to Canine Cancer Awareness for all there help and support.

May God Bless everyone.

— Rebel (and mom Kathy)

CCA has donated $500 to help pay the costs of Rebel’s treatment. Please also give generously to Rebel. To help sponsor treatment, you can click on the PayPal donate button below or send a check to:

Canine Cancer Awareness, Inc.
44 Devoe Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR REBEL:

07-04-2010 $50.00 Donation from Patricia Robinson

Thank you Sharon Adams for your generous donation!

This donation is in loving honor of my two beautiful Angels Jessie & Nikita!!!! Love you girls!!!!