Dog cancer vet does a biopsy on his own dog – watch these videos
June 24, 2008
A while ago I wrote that my good friend and Maui's veterinarian, Dr. Demian Dressler is researching and writing about dog cancer.Well, here is some sad news...
Demian's beloved chow chow named Bjorn may have cancer.
Demian discovered an unusual spot in his dog's mouth recently and he had to do a biopsy on Monday.
At Demian's request, I videotaped the preparation for and the biopsy procedure itself. If you care about dogs and love dogs, you must watch both of these videos. (There is nothing gory at all.)
It may take a moment for these videos to load in this blog page, but it is well worth it. The first video is 3 minutes long, the second video is 5 minutes.
Please watch these and comment below.
Dog Cancer Biopsy Preparation
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Dog Cancer Biopsy Procedure
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Also, if you are interested in taking a quick survey that will help Dr. Dressler in his dog cancer project, please visit his dog cancer website and take a quick survey. You may even win a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com for your help. (The gift certificate drawing end June 30, 2008.)
How to give your dog medicine
June 11, 2008
I have had a dickens of a time getting Maui to take her medicine recently.I used to put it in a dab of cream cheese, but that no longer works.
I have tried disguising pills in little sandwiches of lamb, beef and chicken...
alas, she has caught on to that.
Just last week I discovered a miracle: pill pockets.
I am not sure why I never heard about them before, but they are ingenius.
You simple place the pill inside of this bowl-shaped-pill which is made of a meaty-textured protein material that dogs like. It kind of smells like commercially-available dog treats. I am not sure if they are the best thing in the world as a main component of a dog's diet, but they sure do the trick to get the medicine down.
I found them on Amazon.com and the shipping was free. (That is a good thing when you live in Hawaii.)
Check them out if you have problems getting your dog to take his medicine. Just click one of the packages below.
Also, if you have other ideas for ways to get the medicine down, please write a comment below.
Finally, here is a video from a vet who recommends these pill pockets.