I lost Haley my first dog (family) and all three of the kids=15,18, and 21: loved her she was so playful especially in the snow in Philly. After we moved here to Hampton Roads, she developed bladder cancer at 7 and had to 'leave' us. Then my youngest dau got a barely old enough puppy whose mom could not provide enough milk for all her puppies. She bottle fed that baby who fit in the palm of our hands. At 3 she developed canine leukiemia, Val paid for the chemo RXS and Sally went into remission for several months, but then it came back. It had spread to her pancreous. Val decided to let her 'go' and had a vet come to Sally's fav spot by the lake to do this. Then a nice woman came and took her away with her favorite toys. She brought her back in a beautiful wood box with her pic etched into metal on top, with her birthday and her day she took the rainbow bridge. At the waiting room at the cancer office, there were 8 dogs who ate Beneful dog food and all had the same condition as our Sally. So is it the food? Even humans are getting cancers more often, is it the pollution? There has to be a cause out there. Wish someone would find it and soon.

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I just found out that my cat of 14 years had cancer. She passed away just two days ago. In 2001, when I was 13, my dog of 13 years died of cancer. I just hope and pray that my other two pets are spared from it!

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This is a gem of a information. People just ignore their pets when it comes to diseases, because it becomes to late when comes to know about one's pet diseases. So if we could know the symptoms then we can well prevent this diseases. Thanks for this information.
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Why the hell are cats and dogs getting cancer? Is is from the pet food or the aluminum cans they come in or something else. We seem to have to worry about absolutely everything in this life and its exhausting and very depressing.

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It is our loving duty to care for our pets and it is up to us to pay attention to how they are behaving - if their normal behaviour changes in any way. Dogs and cats are very stoic - suffer in silence and dignity - and it is often easy to not notice. In fact I have become a poop and pee expert. Check it out every day and I can always tell when something is not quite right with any of my pets.

Apparently pets also feel a loving duty to us and notice changes in us. My dog saved my life. He was always a velcro dog - had to have some physical contact with me at all times - until one day he approached me and sniffed intently before settling onto my feet. Soon he would approach, sniff, curl his lip and then lie down but be restless and keep getting up. Eventually the sniff and lip curl ended in a growl and he would turn and walk away. Finally he would not even come to me but would stand and stare intently and pace up and down near me. I did not understand what was going on - thought he was going senile. Up until this point I had been very healthy - the best shape of my life - but then I started to experience flu like symptoms, back ache and diarrhea. Because my dog's avoidance behaviour was getting more extreme my husband said "perhaps he knows something we don't'. Well, he did. He smelled the blood cancer I had long before the symptoms started. Because he made me nervous I actually went to the doctor when I normally avoid going at all costs. Lucky me.

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aww =(

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I wish I had known this information earlier, because my older dog passed away last month and had all 7 symptoms, but my mother insisted they were common for older dogs and couldn't be cancer. Its nice to know now what my dog had died from and its horrible that she had been living with cancer and we didn't even know it. I will keep this information in mind for my other dogs.

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My case, with my Gordon Setter/German Shepherd mix, Heidi, was very similar to Michelles's with her Daisy. Heidi was always very healthy, but when she was a little over 6 years old, she had many of the same symptoms that Daisy did. She had a wonderful vet who did everything he could, but we finally had to let her go. I kept the letter my vet wrote me a couple of days leter, because it was so helpful to know that he thought Heidi was a very sweet dog who knew we loved her enough to make that very difficult decision
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Thanks also to Felicia for suggesting an annual ultrasound. I don't know if it would have made any difference in our case, but it's something I will definitely do with my next dog---no matter what size/age/breed.

Thanks to all who have shared their stories!

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I am really sorry everyone who has lost a pet. I worked at a vet and it is always so painful when someone goes through this. I got to know lots of pets over those years that I had to say goodbye to and their families that my heart ached for.

I lost my kitty Elmo to cancer in 2004, he was soon to be 12 and I had him since I was 12. When it was discovered (a lump on his back) we decided not to have it removed because it would be so painful for him and there was such a high chance that it would just come back. He was a big orange tabby and sweet as can be with 2 crooked ears from broken blood vessels he got when he was little. ---- When he crawled under the bed and didn't want to come out I had to make the hardest decision ever. I'm thankful for my friend that drove me to the vet the next day because I couldn't drive myself and i couldn't speak when I got there. And I'm thankful to my other kitty Caspian for being there when I got home - animals are so loving and comforting.

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When I was in my 20's I lost my Taffy to cancer. We had had her since I was about 10. We had gotton her at the pound to replace another dog who had passed away of heartworms. I remember when my parents bought her home, as I was crying over the loss of the other dog, and she licked my tears. I remember when my dad told me, when he went to call her, and she always got up with him in the mornings, she didn't get up that morning, like she usually did. When he reached down to touch her she was cold, as she had passed away in her sleep. When we took her to the vet, the dr said she had all these little cancers inside her, and one just burst. She was great with all my brothers and my sister and me. I remember I cryed for a whole week. Right before she passed away, my mum and dad said she went to each of our bedrooms, and slept for a couple of hours, as if to say good bye. I miss her so much, and am crying as I write this. It is ironic that my other little shi-tzu who was my dog, that I had asked my mum to watch for me , ended up staying with her 10 years. I did not have the heart to take her away from my mum. As she became very attached to her. After my mum passed away of cancer, the shi-tzu would not go into her bedroom. It is like she knew what happened. Dogs and cats bring so much joy and campanship in our lives. I know that all the animals that pass away are in doggie and kitty heaven, waiting for us to get to heaven to reunite with us in the afterlife. Thank you for

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