benny55 said
When you have time, will you share with us anything else you are doing nutritionally, supplements, etc. And also maybe your Onco.'s view on going with six carboplatin as opposed to four. Thanks in advance and job well done....and not done yet:-)

Saluting you, Sally and Happy Hannah

Hi, we requested 6 chemo therapy treatments with carboplatin since Hunter tolerated the treatments so well.  He would come home from a treatment acting like he just spent the day at a doggy spa!  We wanted to give him all the chances in the world to kick cancer's A _ _ !!  Our oncologist usually only recommends 4 treatments, but she was willing to try 6 since our Super Dog did so well with them.  After the 1st treatment he may have been a little sleepy, but the subsequent treatments seemed to have no effects on him at all!

Regarding his diet and supplements... here's his MAGIC LIST! :

Supplements:

Arthrisoothe Gold – 1 teaspoon – 2 per day (for his joints and slight arthritis)

Probiotics – ¾ scoop - 2 per day

Livaplex – 1 capsule – 2 per day

K9 Immunity – 6 per day

K9 Transfer Factor – 1 per day

Krill Oil – 2 per day

Artemisinin 100 mg.– 2 per day (late PM)

Butyrex Cal/Mag. 600 mg. - 4 capsules per day (late PM)

Artemix - 3 capsules given with Butyrex (5 days on and then 5 days off) Expensive!

[Artesunate 50mg,Artemisinin 50mg, Artemether 40mg combo] 

Vitamin C – 250 mg.– per day

Vitamin E – 200 i.u. – per day

Food:

Fresh is Best Turkey raw diet (10 – 10.5 oz. per meal, 2 X day)

Veggies:

Kale, Spinach, Broccoli, Beans

All of this is blended and given on top of his food every other day.

The Broccoli and Beans are cooked before being blended.

And let's not forget the most important ingredients! ~ ~

Lots of LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT and ACCEPTANCE!

Here's a link to the exact costume that we bought Hunter... he wears a large and is 70 lbs.

http://www.ebay.....460ecb82d7

Come on More Super Dogs!!

jerry said
Would it be OK if we shared Hunter's diet in our Tripawds Nutrition blog ? I know lots of folks would find it useful. Also, how did you decide on the diet, was there a certain resource that helped you decide?

Yes, of course, please share!

We can only hope that it helps other dogs get more time with their families.

This "magic list" is a combination of information from a fellow tripawd (shout out to a fellow chocolate lab Charlie!), our knowledgeable holistic veterinarian, as well as information from the Yahoo Group that deals with Artemisinin .

Here's a link to that group:

http://pets.gro.....ancer/join

We purchase the Arthrisoothe Gold at Cal Vet Supply, the probiotics and krill oil at Mercola.com, the K-9 Immunity and K-9 Transfer Factor at iHerb.com, the Artemisinin at Holleypharma.com, the Artemix at Hepalin.com, the Butyrex at Amazon.com (bigger supply for less money than at Holleypharma), the Vitamin C and Vitamin E at Walmart (any brand name is fine), and the Livaplex comes from our holistic vet.

His raw diet comes from a local pet store and it is sold in a case of 32 lbs.  8 - 4 lb. tubes of meat. Very easy to thaw out one tube overnight and cut up into weighed sections for feeding.  He goes through 4 lbs. every 3 days, so one case about every 24 days.  It cost about $85 / case here in Wisconsin.   We are feeding turkey after feeding chicken, which is a "hot" food, for too long.  There are different meats and you can try them all.

Our doses are based on Hunter's weight of 70-74 lbs. which fluctuates.

Thanks, Hunter's Mom