Any suggestions for a good home made or purchased food for dog with cancer?

[glinda]

We feed her Evo poultry right now. I supplement with a homemade wet that I make. It has usually organic or hormone free beef/chicken, organic oats, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini and a small amount of salt in it. Occasionally a clove of garlic but that is for about 8 lbs of food. I am wondering if raw is better or not. Am afraid of salmonella poisoning though. Any help appreciated as we just were notified our littlest and oldest dog most likely has it after they laser surgeried her today.

[livetohike]

1. I'm sorry to hear about your little sweetie

:hug: I don't have any better suggestions for her diet. If she has an appetite, that's a good sign :-). I agree with you on starting a raw diet, I wouldn't do it now.

[glinda]

2. Thanks. I had a good cry today finally.

[livetohike]

3. I've been through this three times (cancer in dogs)

All of them immediately stopped eating, so I really think your pup is doing good so far :-).

[Dover]

4. I'm so sorry glinda.

Sounds like your little one already is being given the best ingredient...your love.

I don't have any firsthand experience with cancer in a pet but have run across some information
and heard about some supplements that some have purportedly found very good to use, especially
in dealing with some cancers. I use one in my pets' meals as a preventative against cancer, but don't know how effective it is after cancer is established, though I can't imagine it would hurt. That is turmeric (curcumin). Many of the tests for humans have been done on animals and seems to be very promising for both species.

The other I heard about from a woman whose dog had cancerous tumors. She was advised to give the dog a supplement called SOD. This is also where I first heard about the Seameal supplement which I currently use, and which was part of this woman's pet diet regimen. Here's an old thread on SOD.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=243&topic_id=35866

It might be helpful to do some research and if you can find a holistic vet to advise you (in conjunction with your current vet), that would be even better.

I wish you and your sweetie the best. :hug:

[northernlights]

5. turmeric (curcumin)

Dover is right. Turmeric contains a phytochemical called curcumin that is an anti-inflammatory and has been (and is being) studied for anti-tumor properties.

Another one is Ginger, which contains the phytochemical gingerol.

A poster from another forum had pointed me to turmeric/curcumin last fall when my dog was very ill. Her dog lived for *years* with tumors held in check by turmeric. The dosage was, as I recall, 500mg twice/day. (mine turned out not to have cancer, btw, and is fine)

You want to get as fresh as possible -- supermarket spices have been sitting around forever and may be irradiated, which could impact the action of molecules (it breaks hydrogen bonds which changes their shape, and in turn may prevent them from interacting chemically as needed).

Here is some info from the Linus Pauling Institute on curcumin. Critical 'graphs are Induction of Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis, Inhibition of Tumor Invasion and Angiogenesis, and Cancer
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/curcumin/


And here is a source for extracted curcumin:
turmeric-curcumin.com
(note, I am not related to this company in any way. this is just the distributor for the curcumin I got for my dog last year.)