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Our Niko, eats raw and is an excellent dog-except for the occasional missing chicken or squirrel :). Had a cough as a young pup--dry, non productive cough that I used a homeopathic remedy when he was young for and it responded too. This cough resurfaced this summer (as his brother Cougar has...

Hello Dr Sara, Sorry for my delayed response here, I appreciate this information and feedback very much, thank you for the indepth information. I enjoyed the forum you did on intact vs neutering/spaying...toward the end you did speak of a case of dogs that are intact can sometimes develop...

Also--someone was asking at the end of the Mondays call about a salve topical for a cancerous growth----I did make a plantain salve--plantain from the grass/ground rather than fruit---in coconut oil. I ground up the plantain leaves after I washed & dried them and simmered them on low in coconut...

Good Evening Folks, I wish to follow up on some things from last week's Q&A forum....Dr Sarah Chapman listed a topical that can be made and applied to a cancerous tumor and I wish to double check on this as it says Herbals of hydrastis, phytolacca and calendula-into a saline solution-does that...

Hello Dr. Christina, I do currently feed raw and find that even the weather (especially now that its blazing hot here in CT) will sometimes determine how much they eat, if they do....our Akita will sometimes skip a meal and accept snacks--organic egg yolks, cooked organic turkey pieces but will...

Great thank you for explaining this....so this is the only solution to shrink or rid him of the perianal tumor? Is there anything else I can do to get him back in balance and heal?? As he is so old I would hate to do surgery now on him.... Also is it safe to use Licorice tincture long term for...

The TCM medicine vet said that his tougue and energy were "hot"--so I assumed his gut was source of "hot" and know peppermint is a cooling herb. Other than the formula she mixed up and I purchased, nothing else was mentioned-- So after reading and listening to forums my goal is: to get Cougar a...

1. Great thank you very much for this info. Is it a good idea to use hydrogen peroxide to clean the tumor or would this impede healing process? He is shaved down but dry blood still accumulates in his fur surrounding this areas, both sides. 2. Would a peppermint tincture that is a spirit--so...

Lastly, can a surgeon dx a slipped disc via Xray or is it only by MRI that you can detect this?

Actually I think I will go with coconut oil instead of the olive oil if that is ok? I read that Plantain has drawing properties and so this may be good for the tumor?

ok great to know! Is it a good idea to make a salve with plantain and olive oil and apply topically to see if I can reduce the bleeding, (as he is white and his fur on his back end is pink)? I dont want mess with the natural processes of what is happening, however, it is messy and he does not...

Do any of the vets have any feedback on cryotherapy--freezing the tumor instead of surgically removing it? I listened to the forum on spaying/neutering and there was a mention about older dogs getting perianal tumors removed and putting a shunt in rather than removing the testicles--how common...

Is there any blood work that a conventional vet can do to determine if a perianal tumor is cancerous or not? Rather than a biopsy, or is a biopsy the only way

Sorry I did not answer your questions--he does not lick his butt, as he can not get all the way back to it, licks on sides of tail though and his penis. Not sure on what the Assisi Loop is. No blood work or urinalysis done

Good Day Dr Jeff, It did change when we returned back from VT--he slept through his morning walk time and we walked at 5 pm that evening---he seemed fine but at dinner his back end collapsed during dinner, on top of his dinner. He ate smaller than normal and I gave him more CBD that evening...