I wanted to share this with you, it may be useful for similar cases and the wellbeing and health of our dogs in general.
If you want to know more, go deeper and see Phoebe's analysis results before and after, i recommend you to read and this excellent article by Dr. Gabriela Segura.
My uncles' 12 year old dog (Scottish Terrier) Phoebe, had bladder cancer - Transitional Cell Carcinoma -, common in this race and mortal in almost all cases, and according to the analysis and the vet, it was an aggressive one.
The veterinary told them that in 6 months the dog was going to experience a remarkable health deterioration. He suggested an aggressive therapy with very strong medication and he wasn't even sure that it was going to help in any way, maybe just to give her more time (in pain for sure). Well, my uncles didn't want to subject her to a painful and hard therapy and medication so they decided to search for other options.
We were talking about it and the idea that the right nutrition could help to heal the body, and about the possible health damage caused by industrialized dog food loaded with carbs, chemicals and other stuff that it's not part of a dog's natural or proper diet. Also, a friend suggested changing her diet to lean meat may help her in someway.
When I came back to Mexico I researched a little bit under that idea, and there are some vets now promoting a proper diet for dogs to avoid some sickness - some race's specific -, and some for treatment. In some articles, they also suggested to give them animal organs as heart and liver - from cows, pigs or chickens - (funny that this organs are the first eaten by the alpha wolf in a pack), and also found some articles about the use of small doses of Vitamin C (depending on the dog's size) to treat cancer in dogs.
Here are some of the sources and links:
Vitamin C
Although there are other sources that suggest slightly higher doses, the right indicator is:
My uncles didn't tried this, but it may be help in other cases (?):
I shared the info with them, and since the end of September they decided to apply it with caution. So, in this case, all came down to getting rid of the industrialized dog food, a diet based on lean meat, heart and liver sometimes, and small daily doses of vitamin C. The result of the past week analysis: Phoebe has no trace whatsoever of this allegedly aggressive cancer, she even increased her weight a little bit, and she's more active than before.
The vets and the people of the analysis lab are very surprised by this results. According to them, she should be dead or almost there by this time. My uncle's are very very happy because they love that dog very much.
Warning: Avoid making a drastic change in your dog's diet, if he/she is in a industrialized dog food diet or a high carb diet (as in industrialized dried dog food) you need to make a smooth transition, in this case was of 1 week. They mixed the dried dog food with the lean meat and organs, increasing the quantity of these last and reducing the dog food. In this case, with the Vitamin C it may be the same process, at the begging Phoebe's body only accepted 1 gram per day (then she presented diarrhea), and it was increased to 2 grams per day in a week with no problems and no diarrhea.
If you want to know more, go deeper and see Phoebe's analysis results before and after, i recommend you to read and this excellent article by Dr. Gabriela Segura.
My uncles' 12 year old dog (Scottish Terrier) Phoebe, had bladder cancer - Transitional Cell Carcinoma -, common in this race and mortal in almost all cases, and according to the analysis and the vet, it was an aggressive one.
The veterinary told them that in 6 months the dog was going to experience a remarkable health deterioration. He suggested an aggressive therapy with very strong medication and he wasn't even sure that it was going to help in any way, maybe just to give her more time (in pain for sure). Well, my uncles didn't want to subject her to a painful and hard therapy and medication so they decided to search for other options.
We were talking about it and the idea that the right nutrition could help to heal the body, and about the possible health damage caused by industrialized dog food loaded with carbs, chemicals and other stuff that it's not part of a dog's natural or proper diet. Also, a friend suggested changing her diet to lean meat may help her in someway.
When I came back to Mexico I researched a little bit under that idea, and there are some vets now promoting a proper diet for dogs to avoid some sickness - some race's specific -, and some for treatment. In some articles, they also suggested to give them animal organs as heart and liver - from cows, pigs or chickens - (funny that this organs are the first eaten by the alpha wolf in a pack), and also found some articles about the use of small doses of Vitamin C (depending on the dog's size) to treat cancer in dogs.
Here are some of the sources and links:
Vitamin C
Although there are other sources that suggest slightly higher doses, the right indicator is:
My uncles didn't tried this, but it may be help in other cases (?):
I shared the info with them, and since the end of September they decided to apply it with caution. So, in this case, all came down to getting rid of the industrialized dog food, a diet based on lean meat, heart and liver sometimes, and small daily doses of vitamin C. The result of the past week analysis: Phoebe has no trace whatsoever of this allegedly aggressive cancer, she even increased her weight a little bit, and she's more active than before.
The vets and the people of the analysis lab are very surprised by this results. According to them, she should be dead or almost there by this time. My uncle's are very very happy because they love that dog very much.
Warning: Avoid making a drastic change in your dog's diet, if he/she is in a industrialized dog food diet or a high carb diet (as in industrialized dried dog food) you need to make a smooth transition, in this case was of 1 week. They mixed the dried dog food with the lean meat and organs, increasing the quantity of these last and reducing the dog food. In this case, with the Vitamin C it may be the same process, at the begging Phoebe's body only accepted 1 gram per day (then she presented diarrhea), and it was increased to 2 grams per day in a week with no problems and no diarrhea.
