I talked to our onc about doing antioxidants during chemo as well (haven't watched what Dr. Mona says, but my onc, Dr. V works in the same practice...). Anyway, he said that the studies weren't conclusive either way, and that some schools of thought said you should do the antiox's during chemo/some said definitely not. It was his belief though that the don't do any harm during chemo - and he said he would never let me give Abby something that he thought was undoing the work he was trying to do with her, so he gave me the OK to keep giving them to her. (Don't know if that contradicts what Dr. Mona says...)

As for the arte - you're giving it 2x/day? I know some folks do that - but it can be tricky because of having to give it 3 to 4 hours away from any meals with iron. Most folks just give it at night. (Did you see the post I did here about arte?) Maybe you did and you are fully away of the need to keep it away from iron-rich meals/treats, but just wanted to make sure.

All the best to your handsome boy!

Jackie, Angel Abby's mom

Hi there Hunter's mom. We do have both of our dogs on a raw diet. We had the puppy on Nature's Variety Beef which he really loved and did great on. And we had Cadence on Stella and Chewy's which she did great on. Because of the cost of buying separate foods and because these foods don't really offer a discount, we switched both of them to Darwin's Pet http://www.darw.....nspet.com/ which is also a pre-prepared raw diet and ships in from Washington state. After doing the math, we found out this was the cheapest option. You get a discount ordering in bulk. We order 50 pounds at a time for these guys. You save 10% on orders over 50 lbs per shipment and 15% on orders over 100 lbs per month. Another advantage is that I am not running to the store all the time to get the individual bags of food. It just comes right to my door on a set schedule. Hope this help!

Cadence's Mom