This is for my friends that might visit from elsewhere. Not that we need to explain ourselves, but hoping to inform the general public about canine cancer.
1. This website is for people like me, faced with a shocking diagnosis (Tate’s only 4!) and while amputation may be as horrifying for you as it was for us, these fine folks are living with it. It is their “normal”. And their dogs are happy and living wonderful doggy lives.
2. My siblings and I watched my sister die of cancer. She was able to make all her own decisions and died with dignity and grace. We believe dogs deserve the same except we have to make the decisions for them so we’d best take it seriously. So “take him out back and shoot him” doesn’t really work for us.
3. Chemotherapy for dogs is about remission, not cure so the drug level and side effects are much lower. If Tate gets too sick, we may decide to stop and just keep him comfortable and pain-free.
4. If you own a dog (or a cat, ferret, gerbil, hamster, etc.), give him an extra hug today. : )
5. Special thanks to all of you with happy tripod stories and for those of you that are praying for us. God gave us this burden for a reason and we’re doing the best we can with it.