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Comment by Laura- PLP Admin on November 9, 2009 at 1:53pm

I hope so too Marina. I lost my Precious 10 years ago this december to cancer in her bladder...I lost my little Brandi girl to lymphoma. Its just so sad...it breaks my heart to this day!! Hugs, Laura

Comment by Marina Trofin on November 9, 2009 at 9:07am

I hope and pray that these helpless animals don't get this killing illness anymore! They don't deserve to suffer! These are good creatures, left on this Earth to give love, not to suffer! Please, God, find a good treatment for them!

Comment by Jennifer Surdam on November 2, 2009 at 7:55pm

Hey Gladys (Happy),
I'm so sorry to read your story--it breaks my heart. Sadly, those giant breeds are much more prone to cancer, and in general don't live as long even if they don't develop cancer. Most giant-breed dogs don't live much past 6 to 8. I had a Rottie-mix who died at about 12 (I know your dogs were extremely young!), but she was so small, we expected her to live much longer. She wasn't by any means considered a large-breed, unless you counted that lug of a head she had! She only weighed in at about 45 lbs! I suppose I should be happy for the time we had, but she had an aggressive cancer that hit her and took her within about 2 months. My hubby still comments on the shock of it all.

We also recently lost a cat to a very oddly aggressive diabetes, which we now suspect was probably pancreatic cancer that spread. It's very uncommon to see diabetes progress and not respond when you do what you're supposed to do! So, poor guy was old, but he should have responded well to treatment. It seems he went the way of the stories told on this site, tho.

Carl, your Muggins is adorable, too. You didn't say how old he was, but I agree with your+!@#$sment--it sounds like the grass awn was a warning, pointing to the spot that needed attention.

It's so sad to me to read these stories and know we just can't do a thing about them. To know I couldn't do a thing about my own kids and their cancers, either. We didn't even have accurate diagnoses for either of my pets, which is to me the saddest part of it all.

Hugs to you both,
Jen

Comment by Carl A Nylund on July 14, 2009 at 6:57pm

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Comment by Carl A Nylund on July 14, 2009 at 6:53pm

My MUGGINS started to limp so I took him to the vet, he had a grass spear in his foot which they removed. The hole wouldn't heal so they did a biopsy and found cancer...amputated 2 toes and put him on meds but the bio came back Cancer. Started him on chemo and the fourth Tx killed him. Vet called number 4 the red death. I later asked my vet how the grass spear caused Cancer, he said it didn't just a coincidense. IMO the spear was a pointer letting me know there was a prob there...one we could not reverse.

Comment by Regina Dickerson, Event Planner on July 14, 2009 at 6:45pm

Not sure if I had included this before or not. Back in 2003, I lost my orange tabby to stomach cancer. He was 12 and 1/2 years old. This is a picture of him.

Comment by Gladys, PLP Adm. on July 14, 2009 at 6:42pm

One thing I would like to know is both of my Great Pyrenees died of cancer but had no signs of illness at all befor the problem showed up. They both had great care, had regular checkups, had all their shots and couldn't have had better care so why didn't they show any signs or symptoms so we could have taken care sooner. They were both covered with Vet. Insurance so expense was no problem. They were both very active, ate well etc. I have always been puzzled about loosing them at such a young age.

Comment by Gladys, PLP Adm. on July 14, 2009 at 6:32pm

Thank you for letting me join this group as I lost two beautiful Great Pyrenees to cancer. Lilly was the most beautiful Pyr I have ever seen and I adopted her from a Sheep Farm. She was almost 2 yrs old and had been guarding a large amount of sheep but the farm closed and I was able to adopt her. When Lilly was 5 yrs. old she just barely bumped her right back leg and she started limping right away. We took her to her Vet. and he did x-rays that showed she had bone cancer and it was spreading through her system. The Vet said it would do no good to remove her leg as she would not live very long and she was having severe pain. We were shocked because she was absolutely fine before she hurt her leg just a day before we took her to the Vet. She could not walk and she was in so much pain so we did what the Vet told us was best and we let him put her down. That was 11 yrs ago and I am still heart broken by the loss of Lilly. She was a wonderful friend and helped me pull through a serious illness just being by my side helped me to heal. My husband and I missed Lilly so much that we searched for another Great Pyrenees and we found a breeder in Southern Ohio. We got the pick of the litter and we named her April Lilly Rose as she was born April 1st., looked like Lilly and she also reminded us of a beautiful Rose. Rose grew to be one of the biggest females at 177 lbs. and people joked she was as big as a pony. She was ornery and she had a wonderful sense of humor, looked like she was laughing especially when she sat on me and wouldn't let me get up. Everyone in the neighborhood loved her and when she died they sent cards and flowers to us in her honor. Rose developed a lump beside her nose, it looked like she had been stung by an insect so I called the Vet and he checked inside her mouth and said he thought she had an abcess, put her on meds but in a few days the lump got bigger and each day it grew. I took her back to the vet and he put her out and did a biopsy but before the results came back she started to bleed from her nose and mouth and it would not stop. I took her back to the Vet, this was all in the space of 3 weeks. The morning I took her back to the Vet the results came in and she had a very agressive type of cancer and the only way it could be treated was surgery to remove the left side of her face. He did more tests and the cancer had spread so we had to put her down that day. In all it was just 3 weeks from when she was diagnosed to the day she died. That was just 2 yrs. ago and I will not have another Pyr. as the heart break is just too much to bear. I now have 2 little Shipoos and pray they live much longer than a large dog. I still miss both of my beautiful girls as they were such special friends.

Comment by Carl A Nylund on July 1, 2009 at 4:19pm

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Comment by Paula on July 1, 2009 at 12:44pm

Unfortunately my dear Jasper died of undiagnosed liver cancer yesterday. It's very difficult to deal with such a shock. He was a bit uncomfortable, so I took him to the vet and that's when the tumor was found out. There was nothing to do but to put him to sleep. He went peacefully to sleep in my arms. He will be in my heart forever.

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