Laurie Kaplan

Help Your Dog Fight Cancer: Empowerment for Dog Owners (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Every day in the U.S., about 10,000 dogs are diagnosed with cancer. About half of our dogs will have cancer in their lifetimes. Still, owners are always shocked and depressed to hear the diagnosis. Most owners know little or nothing about how to care for a dog with cancer. Help Your Dog Fight Cancer is an owner's manual for the owner of a dog with cancer. The book offers a plain-English, easy to digest, explanation of cancer in dogs with a review of causes, prevention and the types of cancer. It contains everything an owner needs to know in order to become a proactive, effective advocate for their dog. This third edition is updated and expanded. In many cases it offers a very different perspective on decision-making than might be offered by a veterinarian. Treatment options are discussed, as well as over-treatment and under-treatment. Also discussed are the decision not to provide treatment at all, and the decision to stop treatment at various points during a treatment protocol. Guidance is provided for how to communicate with the veterinary medical team; provide the dog with diet and supplements to fight cancer; be prepared for cancer side effects and treatment side effects; and be prepared for the course of events that comes after a diagnosis of canine cancer. Throughout the book, the dog's quality of life is the most important consideration in making decisions. Readers learn to turn despair into confidence and become their best friend's best advocate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Laurie Kaplan
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781310448348
• Artikelnr.: 75221746

Autorenporträt

I am a Medical Animal Writer. I am the author of "Help Your Dog Fight Cancer," and of "So Easy to Love, So Hard to Lose." I co-authored "Canine and Feline Geriatric Oncology."

In Help Your Dog Fight Cancer: Empowerment for Dog Owners, I provide the information people need to feel confident caring for their dog through cancer treatment. Including diet, supplements, communication with your vet, and treatment decisions. I provide a lot of information that most veterinarians do not provide to clients. My motto is Your dog, Your money, Your decisions.

I am the founder and administrator of the Magic Bullet Fund, a nonprofit that helps people who have a dog or cat with cancer but can't afford treatment costs. We have helped 790 pets through cancer treatment.

I have been a psychotherapist (masters in counseling), a computer software developer, a producer of educational filmstrips/videos and a veterinary surgical assistant.

I live in Briarcliff NY with partner Mike and canine partner Stone.