Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat

…lot of the folks here use a mushroom supplement of one kind or another.  I have a recipe a friend used for mixing her own mushroom supplement for her dog who fought lymphoma.  If you were looking at one of the mushroom supplements and are interested in giving the home mixed a…

…try, PM me and I'll locate it and send it to you.

I didn't use the mushrooms, but gave extra fish oil for immunity.  There is a concentrated oil made in New Zealand - Moxxor, that is big with a holistic vet we used toward

…quite some time ago.  The book was really good in that it explained things so well...just not relevant to Tate.  So I'll do some research on the mushrooms...and "Anu"...although I hear rabbit meat is supposed to be very helpful.

… so is real feedback from users. Thanks for asking.

The most common supplements for cancer dogs seem to be immunity boosters. The best mushroom based supplements are all natural, with Power Mushrooms and K9 Immunity being the most popular. High quality fish oil, and a good joint supplement

…everybody!  I bought some cottage cheese yesterday, and will order power mushrooms (and remember to link through tripawds!) today.  Holly's always loved cottage cheese, so that one is a no brainer.    I'll aslo look into

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I will look into power mushrooms - that's worth trying!

FYI: We compiled a bunch of links about Power Mushrooms here, and also wrote this Tripawds Nutrition blog post about Ganoderma.

…re right, although I hadn't thought about it - her coat hadn't recovered from that before we started the low dose chemo.  I will look into power mushrooms - that's worth trying!  I am also thinking I may let her hair grow a little longer before she gets her next trim - I think when she was on IV

…– was Holly on regular chemo and in particular doxyrubin (Adriamycin) before now?

One thing that seemed to help was when we began the power mushrooms. I think tazziedog said the same thing about her Tazzie, although she is not around to confirm that (heck – we can put any words in her mouth this

…I think were just hunger all along), and Zack is sleeping mostly until 5:30 or 6:00 before whining for breakfast.

I have yet to try the Power Mushrooms, but will probably start them soon. Even though not needed to curb hunger, it certainly sounds like there are many other benefits. And, as Zack

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I ordered the Power Mushrooms from the Vitamin Shoppe through amazon.com ...

Glad to hear Zack is back on track!

Don't forget, you can support the Tripawds community

…back to sleep, with no whining for breakfast until about 5:30/6:00a – which was his prior NORMAL routine – yeah!!!!!!!

I ordered the Power Mushrooms from the Vitamin Shoppe through amazon.com, and got them within about 3 days. We haven't started giving them to Zack yet, because we are still…

…testing/trying to prove out the green bean experiment. Chemo treatment #4 is tomorrow, so I'll probably start the Mushrooms this weekend.

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I saw that Tazzie's mom recommended trying Power Mushrooms. I may give this a try if I can find them for sale in Austin.

We noticed Power Mushrooms at Only Natural Pet when we visited their store in

…. He has been on prednisolone for almost 3 months now and that has only made the problem worse. 

I saw that Tazzie's mom recommended trying Power Mushrooms. I may give this a try if I can find them for sale in Austin.

Wishing you guys the best

Fortis'Dad

…for the suggestions...we should be running to the store tomorrow, so will be picking up some celery to give it a try. And, I ordered some Power Mushrooms - I look forward to giving them a try, too.

We've tried the smaller dinner/larger midnight snack with more meat/way more green beans (glad to

…reminds us exactly when it is time for one - even waking from a sound sleep on the couch to whine for it.  I will definitely look into the Power Mushrooms - thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the other suggestions, too.  I think we'll try switching his normal dinner & late-night snack up a

…C" journey. One thing that helped reduce him to "food-motivated" as opposed to pathetically desperate for anything edible or inedible was the Power Mushrooms. They helped in many ways, keeping him energetic even as the "C" progressed. I don't know if this is relevant to you, but thought I'd mention it.

…Artemisinin
was primarily good for OSA cancer.  My dog has soft tissue sarcoma so I don't use it.  However, I do use Transfer Factors, fish oil, mushrooms and homeopathics daily on her.

Tracy, Maggie's Mom

…I keep it to a minimum.

Supplements are important too – Giving algae based DHA is important 1500-2000mg/day. (I use Deva DHA) Also giving a mushroom Agaricus Blaziel from a company called Atlas World due to their extraction process. Both are shown to slow the cancer. I give about 25 pills a day

…mention of the other ingredients (any mushroom compounds)?

Pam

…before eating) — pain

1 1/2 Tramadol — pain

3 1000mg Fish Oil – inflamation/immune

1 750mg Glucosamine — inflamation/arthritis/hip

3 Power Mushrooms — immune

1 dropper alfalfa/yucca — inflamation

5 min massage

EVENING

2 Traumeels (1 hr before eating) — pain

1 1/2 Tramadol — pain
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3 1000mg Fish Oil – inflamation/immune

1 750mg Glucosamine — inflamation/arthritis/hip

3 Power Mushrooms — immune

1 dropper alfalfa/yucca — inflamation

5 min massage

BEFORE I GO TO BED

2 Traumeels 2 Traumeels (after eating) — pain

…was making my order for JD's mushroom supplements and the operator told me of an offer that is not yet on their web page.

They have combined the K-9 Immunity with the K-9 transfer…

…. This is quite a savings! I have no financial interest in the company so this is just for your information.

My procrastination in ordering JD's mushroom treatment has paid off.

JD's mom

…'supplements' because there are SO many supplements out there - so I don't mean for just glucosamine, I also mean for this to go for the fish oil, mushrooms, and all the other supplements that our dogs take.

…experience of others like me, and my desire to help my sick dog live longer. 

Yep. Until scientists put more funds into researching mushroom therapy so we can have more verifiable, published studies, what we have to go on are the anectotal stories of pups like Boomie. Thank you for

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…clicked on that Truths and Myths article, and it was enough to make my head spin.  All the taxonomic lingo, the disputes over the name(s) of these mushrooms, the obvious interest in how effective they may be, and yet the lack of difinitive answers just make it all very confusing.  I'm not knocking the…

…waaay over my head.

The reason I started Boomie on Mush in the first place, was that after reading (2 years ago) about the possible benefits of mushrooms, including Jerry's clinical trials with the K-9 Immunity, and also on the BCD forum, I felt that there might be something to them, even if it might

…website has it listed under, I found this:

Agaricus subrufescens (incorrectly known as Agaricus blazei, Agaricus sylvaticus) is a species of mushroom, commonly known as Agaricus Blazei Murill Mushroom, Almond mushroom, or himematsutake (Japanese: "princess matsutake") and by a number of other…

…names. Agaricus subrufescens is a choice edible, with a somewhat sweet taste and fragrance of almonds. This mushroom is also well known as a medicinal mushroom, for its purported medicinal properties, due to research which indicates it may stimulate the immune…

…system.

See Wikipedia entry for more details…

Also see HIMEMATSUTAKE: Mushroom of the Gods

Scientific studies**** show that Himematsutake mushrooms have been successful in treating:

Anti-tumor activity against…

… Prevent tumor metastasis

****I'm skeptical only because they don't cite what studies.

And finally, see: Truths and myths about the mushroom Agaricus blazei 

ABSTRACT

The mushroom Agaricus blazei Murrill was discovered in Piedade, state of São Paulo, Brazil, and sent to Japan to be…

…on the international market, many companies and rural growers produce A. blazei as alternative crop to increase income, but because interest in this mushroom occurred suddenly there has not been enough time for the scientific community to investigate it and, technology used for its cultivation is still…

…based on empirical rules. There are also some contradicting data regarding the classification of this mushroom, and its antitumor properties still need to be confirmed in humans.

Enhancer when used as an adjunct to chemotherapy

…for all of this great information! I give Mackenzie the power mushrooms from Health Concerns but curious to know what

brasilienses extract is or what effect it's supposed to have.  Appreciate learning more about all

…either.)  And what about the swimming fun, and all the "sewing projects" you have worked on for him?  Anyway, if you feel inspired to try the mushrooms, or anything else for that matter, then go for it, but you're already doing the most important thing for Fortis by just being his dad.  In fact, I

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 I guess I shoulda done my homework better.  But I bet Paul Stamets, mushroom expert and president/founder of Fungi Perfecti, could tell us.

Hey, no "shouldding" on yourself! ; )

I'm thinking that an interview with