It is terribly hard, my heart is aching and I am going through that now. There is nothing more we can do and the cancer is taking over his head and moving into his nose so that he can't breathe. It is just starting to get into the nose but we are seeing the signs of it being there so I know he does not have much time left. We numbed his head around the tumor with the nerve block so he is not in pain, but I know it is just a matter of time before the cancer blocks his nose. But otherwise he is a totally healthy dog who has a zest for life and can walk for a couple miles at a time. Yesterday we took him out to the Civil War battle fields and he was running like a young dog and tracking deer.

You would not know this dog is sick but I think it is also starting to get into his brain because his personality is starting to change a little bit as well. He has been growling at our other dog for no reason, they have always had a wonderful relationship and it makes my other dog sad. It is so sad to see him changing before my eyes. But again, he can still do everything like a normal dog.

It is a terrible terrible cancer and I wish so much we had been able to be successful in curing him. I think there are only a lucky few who do have that success with this cancer. I am sorry you had to go through it with your dog too, it is terribly hard and painful. I have lost dogs before (not to cancer), and it was never this hard. All the decision making, all the pain the cancer causes, the way you want them to continue living thier happy life but the cancer has other plans, the ups and downs thinking each time that maybe they are cured and you can just go back to living normal. It has just been emotionally exhausting. My heart has been broken this entire year, althouhg I have made sure that he has had the best year of his life. He has gotten special food everyday, fresh cooked salmon, shrimp, turkey, chicken, lamb, veggies, etc. and we have gone on so many walks, every day at least 3 long walks. I have not really left his side for more than a couple of house at a time. I take him to dog friendly public places, a vineyard, dog food stores, outdoor shoping centers, doggy yoga class, oh and of course he loves to go to grandma's house too. Everytime I go over there he goes too. We go to all these places on a regluar basis. Oh and all the doggy massages I have given him. I have done everything I can to make his life better since he has had to have such an awful cancer. Luckily the timing worked out also because as a result of the bad economny I lost my job the day after I got his diagnoses. This was terrible news but at the same time was so perfect because it allowed me to give everything to my cancer baby who was going to be robbed of life too soon.

Do you have a dog with Squamous Cell Carcinoma now again?