Bone Cancer In Dogs

Recently my dog was hit by a car..After Pickles was examined at the vets..it was detertermined that he had severe internal and multible broken bones..And the heavy panting, whining and that LOOK in his eyes..We all agreed the humanely putting him to sleepto end his suffering was the best, only right thing to do…We all stood around holding, petting him as he slowly closed his eyes ..peacefully and feeling the love..It was sad..But if death is inevitable to all life why prolong the living if they are in excrutiating pain……

I just remember my grandfather dying of cancer..The pain, the torture of the pain he felt…And allof his family insisting on his pain medication be increased…And how they explained the what the highest dose allowed…The tears my grandfather shed when we told him that was all …He screamed how he just would pass to the beautiful light to the peace that awaits him….
Instead he died alone, in pain..after 1 year of pain .HUMANE?????

Quarantined like a disease
My cell full of flies
I walk with a seeing eye dog
Stitches sewn in my eyes

I feel the back hand of fate
I swear it is rape
The way it tortures me
My life he sedates

I lash out in ways that are inhuman
I go back to my primal instinct
Because of the way he stains my leather
In matters that are most distinct

For you can read the story imprinted on my skin
Of a monster who rapes my rights
For no moment do I get of solitude
Neither sunshine nor moonlight

He blackens my lungs more than any smoke may
He infects me just like a cancer
For he is the god in my realm
It is to him that I must answer

My colors have been smudged and ruined
My pages torn beyond repair
For I have washed into the gutter
Nobody to answer my prayers

My brain has been beat and battered without one word spoken
My bones purge out my skin, blood ridden, smashed and broken

When I call for help I only reach the wolf instead
So then no body believes me,
Not even one tear shed.

My outsides are blackened and splattered with carmine
On the inside I am falling apart,Dying,
Never to speak again
Oh and i am only 14 haha

my sister is driving me crazy. i’ve always been really skinny my whole life.

now i’m skinner because i have a medical condition that makes it extremely hard me to gain weight. i’m always in a battle to gain weight. she has a MAJOR issue w this. she knows i’ve been to the doc over 20 times from last year…. three specialist… and even got endoscopy and colonscopy to see if i have cancer (which i didnt)

yet. she sympathizes w me in private…. in public, she’ll mortify me by saying things like “i can see your chest bones, eat more… you better fatten up before my wedding”…. and she even got mad at me for emailing the bridesmaids because i said nordstrom didnt have my size so i need tailoring( i didnt even mention the size number , only that they didnt have my size)…. and took me off the braidsmaids’ email list…
she’s always comparing schools (she went to the best, i went to average), and our pets (always asking everyone which dog is cuter), and our spouses….
I tried sooooo much to have a breakthru in our relationship because she harbors soooo much resentment towards me.

when we were teenagers, she used to make me write a food journal everyday and force feed me. i had to always eat anything she offered in public, because she’s call me anorexic and bulimic in front of all my friends /her friends etc… she confessed 10yrs later that she did that because she had an eating disorder.

she has a habit of asking people who looks younger (because she looks younger even tho she’s older) EVERY time we meet new people. she once asked SEVEN WHOLE times in her friend’s house party.

I think she has nothing to be jealous about bc she’s soooo way more successful than me, i think she’s way more prettier, and she’s someone i always looked upto as a kid. i’m just stating the facts here. She has a hourglass figure (big boobs, tiny waist, big bust… i’m like a boy figure w like nonexistent boobs ), she’s really successful in her career, i’m still in school…..She’s been asked to model and be in music videos while just walking around , i’ve never been asked that my whole life… yet she’s the one who acts jealous and i’m the one who has to limit good events in my life to her so that she wont get jealous…Since we were younger, she had to get more clothes when we shopped, i had to get the same haircut if she didnt like her haircut, and she had to get everything newer /better or else she threw these tantrums…. so my parents obliged and i never really minded since this is been my entire life….
I’ve always been a sickly child (i looked like i was in first grade when i was in fifth grades) and my parents always had to take care of me. I was never allowed to go to slumber parties and long termed trips because they were afraid that i would get sick. (this did not apply for my sister since she was very healthy). and til this day, she’s always mentioning how our parents love me more… but it was because i was always sick and i had no control over it….

she’s gotten better at the tantrums she throws at me since she started therapy 5 yrs ago, but it comes back and it’s a vicious cycle.

i love her so much but this is too much. when she got engaged, she called everyone else, ignored my voicemails, even called my bestfriend (they’re not even close), and told the whole facebook community before she called me to tell me of her engagement. it’s really funny and sad to me because i would’ve called her FIRST if i got engaged….

as i’m approaching my 30s, i feel that her hatred towards me will never cease and it will be better if i just severed our relationship….

what do you think?

Hi!

It’s soooo hard to know what to do sometimes, isn’t it? We just want to be good puppy parents! Ever since we started thinking about getting a dog, we agonized over the breed, the sex; etc. And ever since we picked her up we agonized over what food to feed, how to transport her in the van, when and whether to take her to the dog park, etc. Argh!

Well, now we’re struggling with when to have our baby spayed. She’ll be 6 months old in mid-October. We’ve heard that it’s best to do it before the first heat in order to reduce the risk of certain cancers. But then we’ve heard that it’s best to wait longer (not sure how long) in order to reduce the risk of bone/joint issues. We’re not worried about just “stunting” her growth, but we do want to make sure we do what’s absolutely best for her overall health.

If you have expertise, experience with giant breed pups, or if you know where I can find good research on the web, I sure would like to hear from you.

Thanks!

We should ban all medical testing on animals

Ladies and Gentlemen every year, nearly 100 million animals die in research laboratories at the hands of curious scientists, who perform out dated and inaccurate tests. We propose to prove to you that this is morally wrong and scientifically unsound.
As the affirmative team we define this topic to mean that Australia should pass a law prohibiting the use of all animals for all medical testing. We define animals as being “sentient beings,” meaning that they are creatures capable of feeling pleasure and pain.
Our model proposes that the government enacts a law which phases out the use of animals over the next ten years. The use of animals in medical testing will be outlawed by 2020.
As first speaker I will outline the reasons why Australia must ban the use of animals in medical testing because it is wrong to use them in this way,
Our second speaker will demonstrate to you that the use of animals in medical testing is obsolete science.
We of the affirmative team will establish that it is crucial that Australia prohibit all medical testing on animals.
My first point is that it is cruel to animals
My second point is that it is morally wrong to cause animals suffering for our benefit and that humans must protect the planet and all its inhabitance, including animals.
So to my first point, that it is cruel to animals. Animals suffer when they are used for medical testing. Mice are given cancerous tumors and then made suffer horrific pain to test drugs and treatments that MIGHT provide a cure. Large apes, such as the chimpanzee share 97% of human DNA; these include pain and most emotions. Imagine being forced to smoke when you while you’re pregnant with a baby girl, just to see what the effects are.
Research shows that only 5-25% of medical products tested on animals are actually useful for humans! 83% of substances tested on animals are metabolized differently by animals and humans. Many drugs have been tested on animals with good results, but have been proven harmful for hums. Before animals in laboratories die, they are routinely burned, scalded, poisoned, starved, given electric shocks, addicted to drugs, subjected to nearly freezing temperatures, dosed with radioactive elements, driven insane, deliberately inflicted with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, oral infections, stomach ulcers, Syphilis, herpes and AIDS. Their eyes are surgically removed, their brains and spinal cords damaged and their bones broken. The numbers are real and this is happening in our world every day, only because it “may” provide a cure for diseases.
A few weeks ago we all saw the case of Buckley the dog. We were all appalled to see how much this poor dog suffered when his ears and tail were cut off. Since then, thousands of people have applied to adopt him. But did we care about Buckley because of his suffering or simply because it was a careless act of cruelty? Can we say it was wrong to make Buckley suffer, but then overlook it if it had happened in a medical laboratory? Of course not! If it was wrong to cut off Buckley’s ears by his owner, it is wrong if a similar thing occurs in the name of science. This is why we should ban ALL medical testing on animals.
My second point is that it is morally wrong to cause animals suffering for human benefits. Animals feel pain and they suffer. It is therefore wrong to torture animals for any reason. As philosopher Jeremy Bentham stated “the question is not can animals reason, nor can they talk, but can they suffer?” The proponents of animal testing say that the ends justify the means however the amount of animals killed annually are usually killed for no purpose because the tests are repetitive and inconsistent. So maybe we have had some cures over the past but the killing is close to German genocide. In the past, people believed that slavery was acceptable because some races were inferior to others. Slavery was justified because of this belief. Today people excuse the abuse of animals because we are more intelligent beings. This is an old-fashioned, outmoded way of thinking. In the 21st Century we must realize that we don’t have the right to harm animals for our good. Animals should be considered precious, living things and not objects. As Stephan Clark, in a book called “The moral status of animals” argues that animals, just like humans, have the right to be themselves, fulfill their full potential. Experiments on animals stop them being themselves. We treat them as less important than us, we should accept that they are just different. Animal experimentation is another way we dominate other living things, a sign of our misguided attitude to nature.

First of all, the old bastard is almost 17 years old. He was always an outdoor cat, and other cats always seemed to really respect him. We used to call him “The Godfather” and “Satan” among other goofy names. His real name is Milo (like from the movie, I think it came out the year he was born…1992?).

I was away at school and returned home to my parents (who keep Milo), and a few things were really odd.

We have a Black Labrador that he always hated. Milo got the front porch and Angus got the back yard. When I was sitting in the back yard with Mom and Dad, Milo jumped over the gate (barely) and walked up to Angus, and the dog LICKS him. Mom says recently the dog and cat have been hanging out. The dog is 11. So after 11 years they call a truce? Okay, so…

Then I go over to pet Milo. He always had kind of a thick black and white coat (a tuxedo cat), and when I stroked his fur, it was as if he was just fur and bones! I could easily feel his defined cheek bones and he rubbed his face on my hand!

“What the hell, Mom!!”

Mom says he eats plenty. After that she gives him a whole can of wet food, which he then proceeds to eat all of. She guessed stomach worms; I guessed cancer.

I swear he’s barely over the size of a kitten, and you could have guessed it if it weren’t for his rugged appearance (the end of his ear is split at the end, I guess from some fight probably ten years ago or so). I guess he weighs about 3-4 lbs. And he just acts like he’s stoned all the time. I know he’s old, and probably will die within the next couple years, but I love my cat and want to do something to help him. Can anyone help?
Awesome answers so far guys, thanks so much.

Here’s an addition to the question:

We live in Houston and our house got pretty screwed up in the hurricane (RIGHT after some really expensive renovations), and I don’t see my parents allotting too much cash right now to treating the super old cat. He hasn’t been to the vet in a while, mainly because he was so wild and getting him in a carrier would have been close to impossible. Nowadays I think this would be pretty easy.

I was thinking of personally funding Milo’s treatment, and I was wondering (ballpark) how much a diagnosis and treatment of Hyperthyroidism would cost?

We took our 8 year old Rottweiler to the vets two days ago after she very suddenly lost lots of weight, we were told she has cancer of the blood cells. They have given us some tablets to give her but they are making her vomit and last night she had the runs and weed everywhere ( she hasn’t had an accident since she was a pup). So we made the decision to ‘do it’ tommorrow and I went to get her some bones as a treat but she seems to have picked up a bit now. What do I do?
The vet said she will either starve to death or the glands in her throat will close and suffocate her eventually. Do I leave her a few more days to see what happens or put her to sleep asap before she gets any worse?

Pleas help I’m breaking my heart over this.
Perfectly aware that dead isn’t sleep to the incondiderate **** that wrote that!

My dad just found out his prostate cancer is back & has severely spread to his bones (stage 4). He’s already feeling pain & has an average of 16mo to live. My dad has talked for years about getting a dog & has never gone through with it. At a recent hospital stay, he mentioned it again & my step mom reluctantly agreed. However after a recent email to her to inquire about getting him a dog for xmas, she responded with frusteration that she doesn’t want to take care of it & it’s a sore subject. After that, I questioned my dad about it & he says not to worry about it & he has more things to concentrate on that taking care of a dog. I think he’s just saying this to please his wife & would really love to have a dog! I live 45min away from my dad & realisitically can’t help with the day to day care of the dog. But I am willing to pay for unlimited service of poop pick up in their yard. I want to get my dad an appropriate older & smaller dog that is already house broken & crate trained, because a new puppy would be too risky considering you never know what you are going to get & they are high maintenance! Would you show up to xmas with a dog for your father if in the same situation?

Here is whats happening.

-Female in heat
-Male wants her so he hasn’t eaten for almost 3 weeks
-They’ve been kept seperated since she was in heat

She is no longer bleeding but we aren’t taking the chance to let
them be together, we just tried to let them be together to see if he
would still try and mount her, and he did try. So, we’re still keeping them seperated until further notice.

I’m worried about the male because he hasn’t eaten since she’s been
in heat. All he does is sniff around the backyard like a freaking bloodhound. He barks and jumps on the door because he knows
she is in the wash room (wash room leads to backyard).

We’ve tried giving him gravy over his food, meat bones, and other doggy snacks but he won’t eat. His ribs, spine, and hip bones are showing and whatever we try and feed him he won’t eat.

The female is no longer bleeding, but he still tried to mount her.
We were supposed to get the female spayed 2 months ago
but my grandmother
was diagnosed with cancer, so we had to set it aside for a bit because we’re taking care of her because of two surgeries.

Is there anything we can do to make him stop all the whining
and get him to eat? It seems even if we try and feed him a full
piece of chicken from dinner he won’t even eat that.
The male is a doberman, so he is naturally lean, but I noticed
he started to lose weight when the female went into heat. I don’t
know what to do!!!
The doberman is my g-pa’s dog, and for some insane reason he REFUSES to get the male fixed. I tried convincing him but its always a steady no. I’m not asking who to get fixed, but rather how to get him to eat. Because after the female is thoroughly done being in heat, we’re getting her spayed.
The bacon grease is a good idea, we usually do that when the dogs don’t want to eat.
But we have no bacon!!!!

My grandparents have a dog; who I have been told is.. somewhere around the age of 10-12 [I am 14 going on 15 this yr.. I believe they probably got her when I was about.. 5.. or 6.. && she was about a yr when they did get her..]

About a month or two ago she started peeing blood.. My grandparents took her to the Vet && they put her on some medication..

My grandma believes that she could have gotten a hold of some chicken bones that were in the trash.. but the vet said something about the possibility of her having bladder cancer.. and whatnot.

She is no longer peeing blood.

BUT.. She has had a drastic mood change..

She has been acting incredibly depressed.. and lazier..

Her eyes have become somewhat red.. she spends A LOT of time under the shed out back, under the steps.. && rarely.. she will lay out in the grass.. or on the dirt.. in the shade..[It's incredibly hot..]

&& She refuses to come in for hours.. when she does come in.. she lays on the carpet in the living room..

She refuses to eat.. but she has no problem w/ drinking water..

My little sister thinks that we can help her get better.. && possibly keep her alive for another yr or so.. – But I don’t think that it’s possible..

My dad.. && other family members think they should just put her down.. but from what I heard.. My grandma doesn’t want to..

…

Gah.. Idk..

Do you think she could’ve gotten a hold of some chicken bones? – Or maybe it’s just her time to go?

)’:
I was just told that they were thinking about getting her put down in the next few days.. but I would still like to know if it is a possibility that she may of gotten a hold of some chicken bones.. ?.. or maybe it’s her time to go?

Bladder cancer, kidney stones? [etc. etc]
I have absolutely NO idea what kind of tests they have done on her.. or what kind of medication she was given.. I may have to ask my grandmother today around dinner.. =/

-I am sorry about your dog-

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[I am really regretting not posting my question wayyyy earlier..]

She used to be SOOOO happy.. && she used to wag her tail sooo much.. she would actually knock ppl down w/ her tail.. && it’s killing me to see her like this..