Dogs And Cancer

The Essential Role of Salmon Oil in a Canine Cancer Diet
It’s only natural for people who love their dogs to want to provide the best diet for them if they develop cancer, and one component of the best canine cancer diet is wild-caught Alaskan salmon oil. Salmon oil is one...
Why an Integrated Nutrition Approach to Canine Cancer Matters
Good nutrition is essential for remission, recovery, and quality of life in canine cancer. It's not just that good nutrition prevents the symptoms of malnutrition. Dogs with cancer that don't get the nutrition they need have issues with wound healing. Surgical incisions,...
Immunotherapy for Dogs with Cancer
Immunotherapy is an option for some dogs with cancer, especially for dogs that have osteosarcoma or lymphoma. Immunotherapy uses the dog's own immune system to fight the cancer, rather than killing both heathy cells and cancer cells with chemotherapy. How...
Canine Mammary Cancer Explained
Mammary tumors—breast tumors—are the most common tumors in female dogs. Mammary tumors are three times more common in dogs than in humans. About one percent of canine mammary tumors occur in male dogs, which is about the same percentage as...
Benefits of Arginine for Dogs with Cancer
Arginine can be beneficial—or harmful—for dogs with cancer. Like so many other aspects of canine cancer and finding the best canine cancer diet, timing is everything. Canine cancer cells (and cancer cells in other animals) need a nutrient-rich environment to...
Is Chemotherapy Right for Your Dog?
Somewhere between one in three and one in four dogs will eventually develop cancer. In dogs that live beyond the age of seven, cancer is the leading cause of death and about 30 percent of older dogs die of cancer....
What are the Best Vitamins and Minerals for Your Dog's Diet
One of the most important things to understand about canine nutrition is that dogs aren't small, furry humans. Dogs require many of the same vitamins and minerals as their human pet parents, but not all of them, and in different...
10 Ways to Extend Your Dog's Life
As dog lovers, we want to do everything that we can to make sure our four-legged best friends live long, healthy and happy lives. We toss the ball for them in the backyard, take them on walks, visit dog parks...
Benefits of Lion's Mane Mushroom for Your Dog with Cancer
When your dog has cancer, it's natural to want to do all you can. If you use Canine Biologics, you have already invested in the best food for dogs with cancer. Your dog's canine cancer diet centers on human-grade food for...
Can My Dog Get Skin Cancer?
Dogs can get skin cancer. They can get most of the same kinds of skin cancer as humans. You probably don't give a lot of thought to canine skin cancer, because your loyal companion is almost completely covered by fur....
About Canine Biologics Co-Founder Dr. Afshin Safavi
Our co-founder Dr. Afshin Safavi has dedicated his distinguished career to supporting cancer research with new technological tools for a single goal: Finding new methods that scientists can use to test the effectiveness of cancer treatments in more ways with...
How Canine Biologics’ supplements and wild-caught salmon oil help dogs with cancer
Wild-caught Alaskan salmon oil is a great addition to the diet of any dog. It supports the hormonal changes that soothe and relieve flaky and itchy skin. It reduces arthritic pain. It relieves allergies. It helps to give your dog...
Talking Science and Dogs: An Interview with Canine Biologics Founder, Jeff Sutherland
Canine Biologics Founder and CEO, Jeff Sutherland, recently sat down for an interview on the podcast Molecular Moments to talk science and dogs. Here are several highlights of what Jeff shared with Dr. Chad Briscoe about how his dedication to...
New Treatment Options for Dogs with Cancer
Recent innovations in canine cancer treatment have made two of the most common kinds of cancer in dogs much more survivable and an easier experience for your pet dog. If your dog has one of these three types of cancer,...
How to Reduce Anxiety in Dogs with Cancer
Dogs don't know that they have cancer, but their humans do. If your canine companion has cancer, minimizing their anxiety starts with reducing your own. You don't have to talk about your dog's cancer in hushed tones. You don't have...
11 Types of Lumps, Bumps and Lesions Under Your Dog’s Skin
It can be disturbing to cozy up to your canine companion and feel lumps and bumps under your dog's skin. It's even more disturbing to discover that a lump or bump has ulcerated or burst, and your dog's skin has...
Is Exercise Safe for Dogs with Cancer?
Learning that your beloved pet has cancer is a difficult diagnosis. It's a challenge for dog owners to sort out the cancer treatment options, like radiation therapy, veterinary medicine, and diet plans, as well as all of the other bits...
10 Signs and Symptoms of Cancer in Dogs
When you get the news that your dog has cancer, you may be breathing a sigh of relief that the cancer has been caught in time.  There's no way to know for sure whether a dog has cancer without a...
Importance of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids in Canine Cancer
Every canine cancer diet must include both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. But the best food for dogs with cancer keeps the amount of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids within careful limits and in the right balance. What are omega-3...
Canine Cancer and Your Dog’s Appetite
Canine cancer can cause a health complication called cachexia, a loss of lean body mass that results from cancer's demand for amino acids to make proteins. To understand how to help your dog fight cancer, it's important to understand the...
Health Benefits of Wild-Caught Salmon Oil for Canine Cancer
Wild-caught salmon oil for dogs should rank high on any list of supplements for dogs with cancer, and fresh salmon is possibly the best food for dogs with cancer. In this post, we'll explain two reasons why. Salmon oil is...