I don't want to sound lackadaisical or uncaring about our dogs' situations, but I find it unnecessary to be so regimented.
As you stated, this can all be confusing. And just a bit overwhelming at times, huh?

I've read your posts, and I think you are doing all you can to prepare yourself and Breeze for this journey. You are doing a good job! Now you might need to step back, take a deep breath, and understand that for yourself. 🙂

I'll share Peanut's diet with you just for fun. I'm sure there are a ton of different doggy diets on this forum.
I'm not sure if it's available where you are, but Evo (it's made in both kibble and wet varieties) is a fine food for dogs with cancer. Peanut eats a mix of the kibble and canned Evo as her main food base. Then she gets "people" food mixed in, or as separate treats throughout the day. She eats yogurt, either with blueberries or cherries (both are high in antioxidants). She also eats plain dried blueberries or cherries as treats. SHe gets glucosamine/chondroitin treats, because I hope that they will maintain healthy joints. I also give her some cottage cheese here and there. For protein, I'll feed her boiled burger or chicken, or hard boiled eggs. I sometimes mix chicken broth in her water to get her to drink more. My mother often brings McDonald's treats for her - either burgers or chicken nuggets. And the only veggies she tolerates are steamed peas or carrots. No flaxseed or other oils. She won't touch ANY food if something like that is in it. I do not feed her any supplements, other than the gluc/chon treats I mentioned. And that's that. I don't give her anything with lots of sugars. Although the orthopedic surgeon said he thinks the belief that sugar feeds cancer isn't relevant to osteosarcoma, I'd rather not take the chance.

Please don't stress yourself too much. Feel free to experiment with different flavors and textures to find what Breeze likes best, and what yo're most comfortable with, and go from there.

-Melanie

Getting Cherry to eat has been one of the major struggles since we have been on this TriPawd journey.  As a result of the chemical taste during chemotherapy, she lost all appetite and I had to stuff nearly every morsel of food during the duration.  Since that time her appetite had inproved but never really returned to normal.  Luckily she was used to smaller but more numerous meals before the cancer so we just adjusted to even more and even smaller meals during the chemotherapy.  Often she was fed tiny amounts every two hours during the day.  As Marguerite express, anything to keep them going.  We now have three types of dry kibbles, five type of canned food, four types of biscuits, three types of jerky, and gets hard cooked eggs regularly.  Her willingness to eat is a moving target and what might work today is totaly unacceptable the next day.  Bottom line from my point of view - during the first two weeks anything reasonable will be more than acceptable.  After that and assuming that you do not have the same type of difficulties with chemotherapy, you can readjust to the more "normal".  Just make sure that the food is always offered with love, understanding, hugs, and a smile.

Bob & Cherry

Thanks for all the good ideas! Holly has not been eating well since Tuesday, and I just read through lots of posts on this site and now have some things to try. I was able to get her to eat some ground beef earlier in the week, but she lost her appetite for that. Same goes for chicken and eggs. But I hadn't really tried yogurt - and just gave her some plain yogurt which she happily lapped up! And maybe it will help with her tummy ache.
Thanks to all for your postings to help Breeze - they may help Holly, too!