Hello, everyone! This week, I want to revisit the topic of dog cancer. The statistics of dog cancer are frightening! One in two dogs will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. That’s alarmingly high. Don’t you think? I certainly think so.

I work with dog cancer every day … for a minimum of six hours per day. And, one of the companies I work with daily is Maui Media, the publisher of “The Dog Cancer Survival Guide” by Dr. Dressler and Dr. Ettinger. The book has helped thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dogs (and their families). The guide has now been incorporated into one of my 100 percent online, self-paced courses with e-Training for Dogs as a required text (e-trainingfordogs.com). That’s how wonderful it is … it’s textbook worthy.

The online course, with the book, allows you to learn what you can do (yourself) to help your dog. You’d be surprised how far alternative therapies can go.

Before I started working for dogs with cancer, I wasn’t exactly a believer in any alternative therapy. I was firm on conventional therapies — just like many other people. I have seen, myself, now how much alternative therapies have helped so many dogs. And, I am now a firm believer in adding alternative therapy to your conventional therapy (with your veterinarian’s approval).

Every dog’s case is different — and requires different types of attention. But, Dr. Dressler is known for his ‘full spectrum approach’ to dog cancer to help as many dogs as possible. The full spectrum approach does include conventional therapies like chemo, radiation and surgery. But, also includes other (less common) therapies like supplements, immune system boosters, emotional management and mind-body medicine.

When you sit back and think about it, a full spectrum approach makes sense. Let’s take emotion management as an example. When your dog is diagnosed with cancer, why would your first priority be managing your emotions?

Our dogs can sense how we feel — we have learned this through extensive research. It makes sense that if our emotions are in tornado-mode, that means their emotions could be in tornado-mode, too. If we’re calm and collected, our dogs are more likely to feel calm and collected. It’s our responsibility to make sure our dogs are happy and comfortable. Remember, they don’t understand cancer like we do. They just know they don’t feel very well. And, your positivity could bring light to the situation.

We learn all of this in the online course I have developed for you. And, we learn ways we can help our dogs with cancer even if they’re losing the ability to move on their own.

We also talk about a dog cancer diet. Dr. Dressler created a dog cancer diet to help fight your dog’s cancer. Honestly — it’s incredible. And, I wish I would have known about Dr. Dressler and Dr. Ettinger’s book when my dog had cancer. And been presented with the information I know now.

The dog cancer diet contains both meat and veggies (our dogs are omnivores — they eat plant and animal material — did you know?). If you take a look at the wild diet, dogs often hunted herbivores. They would eat their prey. What’s in the stomach of their prey? Usually plant material.

When you feed your dog the dog cancer diet, you could notice a significant difference in cancer growth and/or how your dog is feeling on a daily basis. And, most of the ingredients in the dog cancer diet can be found right in your kitchen (lean chicken, red/yellow peppers, etc).

I wanted to share this course with you today to help those whose dogs have cancer. Or, even if you don’t have a dog who has cancer, you’re able to learn about what can help should the time come … and have the book right at your fingertips if you ever happen to need it (I hope you don’t — but better safe than sorry!) Thanks, everyone! Talk to you soon!

And, this is only the beginning! If you’re interested in learning more about dog cancer, please join my online course at e-Training for Dogs. You can also follow the dog cancer articles I publish for free on my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/specialistamberdrake.

Thank you, everyone! Talk to you again soon.