Cancer is still a mystery - why the dog's body seems to lose its intelligence about cell growth and then allows certain cells to become cancerous is yet to be explained. However, 50 years ago cancer was rare in dogs. What I look at is what is different in the last 50 years that may cause cancers to flourish in the canine community.

Here are some of the major changes:

1. Environment pollutants (indoors and outdoor) This includes carpets sprayed with a myriad of chemicals, household cleaning product fumes (these chemicals settle around the flood where the dog breathes them in for years)

2. Any Commercial - highly processed dog 'foods' - they are lifeless and dead. We would never feed our children processed food and expect them to be healthy and disease-free.

3. Over-vaccinating with polyvalent (multiple 5-in-1 vaccines) - introducing multiple diseases into the bloodstream destroys the immune system causing chronic disease.

4. Heart worm drugs and other pharmaceuticals (containing toxic active 'inactive' ingredients like flavors, colorings, carriers, chemicals and preservatives)

5. Over-breeding and poor quality breeding practices - including 'designer breeding'.

In Italy where 80% of dogs are fed home-prepared meals and not vaccinated, most diseases like lupus, cancer, diabetes, thyroid, liver, kidney and heart disease are unheard of or very rare.

My suggestion for keeping a dog healthy is to feed natural meals (home prepared meals, cooked or raw or combination) - diet is the single most important factor in determining health and life expectancy. You will never achieve optimal health from a bag of dead food - I don't care how premium the brand is. Find a holistic vet who follows a low or no vaccine protocol (rabies may be required) - buy a healthy puppy from a healthy litter, do not give spot flea treatments and heart worm drugs (especially if you live in the north). Talk to your holistic vet about alternatives.

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