Hi everyone,

Glad to have found you all, such a supportive community for furparents who have put together a rich source of support and information to help others who fell in similar situation. 

Well or story, had just began us buying our first house as a young couple suitable to own a dog so we could quickly get a canine sibling for our 5 year old cat Helix. 

And Kaizer came to our lives 4 months after we moved to our new home ( although we planned to wait a year to save a bit and travel a bit before we became furparents) but excitment got the better of us 🙂 NO REGRETS!!!

Kazer is our 17 months dalmatian PERFECT puppy; we kid you not he never chewed anything except his toys, we retained our lovely garden ( we were ready to give up for few years till he was older) but this humble being just talked to us and understood us so as he was just another intelectual being totaly understood how we lived and how he could enjoy all activities we introduced to him and loved to smell the roses! 

Our cuddle monster got diagnoses with Osteosarcoma 4 days ago and we got his chest and bloods done right away on decided to go for the amputation as there is no other sign of metastasis yet. [our hearts are still how we made that decision is awhole another topic we might start once we ready. We are not over the shock yet to be honest]

His recovery so far has been exceptional, day 1 pooped ( with bit difficulty) we found 1-2 drops of blood towards the end - if anyone can tell us if this is normal or not we would like to know. Although we found in his 2 stool bit of pointy grass/twigs bits which we think were causing him irritation as he was licking his butt the first night a lot. After 2 stool and 3 stool he is not doing that any more although there was still one drop of blood right at the end. Other wise hes all good. Eating but only his fav foods ( been doing heaps of home cooking) and drinking well.

Questions-

1. We want to know diet options for him for optimum recovery(costs dont matter) low in puriens(dalmatians breed requirment) and apparently should be low in CARBS as well? Our bit of online reading is suggesting cancer cells love carbs. Any input on this would be great!

We ben feeding him boiled chicken and veggies, mixing slowly kibble and wet food.( tumeric and coconut oil as suppliments once a day)

2. To make sure his post surgery leg strength rehab goes well, any MASSAGE tips, DIET suppliments, EXERCISES before his stiches are out and before his painkillers are weaned off...we want be give him the best start. All tips are welcome.

3. Now CHEMO is a big thing for us - Kaizer hates needles and is boisterous only when he is put in a no-no situation so will require to be tranqualized everytime, the frequency of vet visits will cause him more harm than good on a morale front - we are highly CONFUSED here, we would love to hear your experiances with both chemo and not chemo choices. 

( Any info on Chemo protocol would be appriciated, we have a cat in the house and dogs will be always in our home)

We are happy to share our experiences and findings with you!

Will keep posting his recovery here as well.

Much love from down under!

Your good ol mate- Kaizer

And his Mum and Dad