Updated List of Supplements Cancer Dog

Here is the updated list of natural supplements I’m giving Buford on a daily basis.  I am writing them down since if I ever get sick, I may very well take the same things (minus the pet vitamins). Many of these items are made from plants, the bioflavanoids found in plants greatly help his immune system. Others help increase his red blood cell count and keep his system healthy. Some will try to erradicate bad growths.  I really upped his bioflavanoids after he got a bacterial infection and this seemed to help settle his stomach.

Note that doing all of this for your dog may become very costly. For instance, the Blue Green Algae, $27.99 / 100 tablets which means one month is almost $10, one pill alone.  I justify the cost because something, maybe these pills, or a miracle, or my love, or everything is currently working and keeping him fighting and alive and running and playing, so that the cancer has not overtaken his system.  So that to me, is priceless.  Now you can order online and find the cheapest supplements but why would you even do this? You may do more harm than good by feeding your dog inert ingredients like too much magnesium sterate or whatever else they may be using in the pills. The ones with Rice flour or gelatin do not both me that much. I’m just saying, if you are going to go for it, go for it.

I’ve basically gotten used to the dog eating steaks and organic meats and veggies for dinner and me having to eat pasta. I can make these sacrifices for my furry friend!

List as of 2/19/14

Per Day: (1 pill each. Buford is 60 lb dog on average.)   Here is where I get the items and the cost associated.

Other Dosing: If my dog was 30 lbs, I’d cut in half.  If my dog was 15 lbs, I’d cut these does in a quarter. Pills are easy to split with a pill splitter, but all the capsules below are veggie caps. I’m not sure how effective this would be if you had to distrubite a veggie cap’s powder into several doses, as I am unsure just how they are mixed or made. )

Cost of Supplements per day:   60 lb dog

30 lb dog

15 lb dog

ALL COSTS BELOW ARE ON A 60# DOG

1. Apigenin 50mg  I get 90 caps for $9.99 from Swanson, free shipping if you spend enough.  I’m not happy about getting these from Swanson, as I’d rather source them other natural places. This is hard for me to find, as there is not a large enough market for needing it, so I’m stuck with it.  It’s only $.12 cents per dose, or per day.

.STOPPED Blue Green Algae (Source Naturals) from Klamath Lake Oregon 500mg  Note:  Buford’s getting stressed so much it increases his chance of getting those overflow of bacteria, so I’m not going to count this anymore.  I think with the other algae pills it’s too much.

2. *Bromelain (at least 150,mcg, sometimes this comes mixed with Quercetin)  I found this online by Source Naturals, where you get a two pack at a reduced rate. Let’s say you don’t get it on sale, expect to pay around $16-$20 a bottle if you are in the Whole Foods or need it in a pinch.  So shop online and get it cheaper.  For 120 pills you pay $16.18 which is .07 per pill or per day.

3. Carnivora (Venus Fly Trap) 125 mcg – *Note, I have to start and stop these based on his overall  health. These can do too much, too quick.*  I ordered them in bulk from this Carnivora website but I have Carnivora out the wazoo since I have to start and stop them.   I bought 5 bottles and got 1 free, so it cost me( $39.95 each for the first 5, with a $6.95 shipping)  $206.70 for a total of 6 bottles which is a total of 600 capsules!  This is .35 cents per dose or per day, unless you skip on average two days a week it’s going to last you longer.

. C1000 Plus Cap Contains 1000mg Vitamin C, 1000 mg Citrus Biflavanoids, Rutin 100 mg and inert ingredients including Rose Hips, Black Currant and Pepper Fruit

Read here why I stopped Vitamin C.  I’m trying to make a PH system right, not acidic.

4. Chlorella (Source Naturals) 200 mg   you can get these online, but I buy them from Whole Foods where they are more expensive. I just found them online at Lucky Naturals Vitamin Shop as low as $16  ($10+6 s/h) shipped to your home for 300 tablets.If you can order several vitamins here and spend $49 the order ships free.  I give my 60 lb dog only one a day, because he’s getting other algae/etc.  That is about .05 cents per dose or per day.

5. Coriolus PSP Mushroom Science   400 mg, get these from Amazon lowest price $24.25 for 90 day supply (free standard shipping) so I give him one pill a day for his weight (60-65 lbs ) which costs .27 cents per dose, or per day.

6. DIM  100mg – We try to buy Source Naturals, you can get these online for about $17.49 , free shipping if you order enough.  In stores for as much as $22 depending on where you shop. There are only 60 caps in the bottle,  you can shop around, but average cost $20 end cost is  .34 cents per dose or per day. 

7. Dr. Carol’s Pets CANCER SUPPORT (formerly was using the Quantum Immunity Essentials Immune Booster) ,Cancer pills are $44.95 plus about $5 first class mail, so figure $50 for 120 capsules = $.42 cents per day, per dose. Although this is the more expensive of the supplements,  it contains many things that would cost you a lot to get into your dog yourself. You can review the mix on Dr. carol’s website and see that these pills are USA made and made with your pet in mind.

Fish Oil (Barlean’s) Gelcap 1000 mg  (*note, Prefer Krill Oil)  REPLACED WITH KRILL

8. Krill Oil in Place of Fish Oil – use maker Schiff hard to find this , even Whole Foods won’t carry it as there is not enough demand.

9. PROBIOTIC – CVS brand 3 Billion Live Bacteria Cells

10. Passion Flower (Solaray) 350 mg

11. Resveratrol 100mg   250mg (I upped this)

12. Selenium  100mcg

13. Spirulina (Whole Foods) 500 mg

14. Tumeric 720 mg

16. Quercetin and Bromelain Supplement – Quercetin 500 mg and Bromelain 156 mg

FOOD SUPPLEMENTS:  (I alternate these. The oils help increase fat calories and give different tastes to the food)

Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Oil

Olive Oil

EPA/DHA Oil

Finely Ground Flax Seed

ChlorOxygen – Chloophyll II Concentrate – Builds Red Blood Cells by Herbs Etc. – I dabble on his food

Dr. Reckeweg R17 – once in awhile I will dabble this on his food, though it should go on his gums

IF I SUSPECT HE NEEDS IT:

Carnivora Lymph Drainage – this goes on his gums and is very, very strong.

8. Dr. Carol’s Pets PAAWS Health and Wellness Complex AM & PM Vitamins

Organic Detox  – Wilson’s Coffee Enema.  This was done under supervision of holistic vet #2 Dr. Carol  – only did this once.  The first time he was welcoming it. The second time he did not let me.  You must consult a vet who approves this method or you can kill your dog.  Many vets do not approve of this method. For humans, it has been frowned upon as there have been reported deaths.  I only did this because we swear that shade grown organic coffee enema once cured my husband of hepatitis and he is walking proof. However, it was prepared a certain way and we bought the beans in Canada and froze the leftovers. I took the amount Dr. Carol said to give Buford and actually cut it in half because of the strength of the Canadian beans.

PH CANCER PROTOCOL

You can read the cycle I did here and how it impacted him.  It is very important to take him off the Carnivora aka Venus Fly Trap while doing the PH Protocol.

Beware!  I cannot give you medical advice.  Reading an article online and administering a herb or ingredient to your dog without proper vet consult can KILL HIM OR HER. The idea is to keep your dog alive! Many of you have found my site once your dog has been diagnosed with a bad protocol.  My ultimate goal for Buford is to give them supplements to keep them at a high quality of life until they pass. There is no cure for cancer, and this site is simply showing how I bought Buford a bit of time, at a higher quality of living.

Mushroom Caps for Dogs With Cancer Imyunity Magic Mushrooms

magic mushroom from graphicsfairy

Now, all kinds of mushrooms have been used in Asian therapy for centuries and their claims in that civilization is to have healing properties on humans. Modern Medical science here in the states has done studies and found “certain types are helpful to those with cancer”.

Particularly known to help cancer is one mushroom called Coriolus Versicolor, or the Asians call it Yunzhi. It is also sometimes referred to as the Turkey Tail mushroom however I caution against the Turkey Tail mushroom capsules if they do not specifically name the Coriolus Versicolor mushroom on the label Extracting the Polysaccharide Peptide also called PSP compounds of if has proven beneficial and recognized as a supplement to give to cancer patients.

So even though you thought mushrooms were poisonous to dogs, one company has proved to extend the life of dogs.  I had called the folks over at I’Munity to see about their mushroom caps for Buford.   They gave a grant to Penn State to do some research on the caps, and it turns out they had very good results, in fact most of the dogs lived twice as long as anticipated with the cancer.  The main wonder ingredient is Polysaccharide Peptide (PSP)  something found in mushrooms and supposed to be very beneficial in fighting cancer cells.  However, I’Munity’s proprietary blend has been given credit for being one of the best! Buford is about 63 lbs and so they said he would require 7 caps a day. A 60 day cap supply is $95.  This means every 9 days would be $95. Even getting a larger package makes the drug less expensive  for him but still very expensive if you are taking this route.

Let’s also remember they are suggesting 400 mg x 7 caps = 2800 mg of PSP so it is a lot of magic mushrooms going into my dog in order to make a a difference.

So what proof  is there on this magic mushroom ?

Wikipedia claims that PSP is a anti tumor drug.

This website shows the medical studies and results and how effective PSP was on different types of cancer. Read how PSP fought cancer cells.

Here is great information from Cancer.org.

Finding the right type of magic mushrooms: 

Most caps are low dose or contain low amounts, or percentages of PSP meaning you will need several caps a day to really make much difference. Most inexpensive brands claim they are between 100 and 300 mg capsules,  25% and 30%, but it’s the fillers that you must worry about.  I haven’t really looked at the inert ingredients but gere is a 500 mg supplier in Canada,.

Some Things You Should Know

Do your research before opting for the least expensive. You may be doing more harm than good. For instance,  this supplier, has caps which are very inexpensive, but  they also contain Magnesium Stearate which has had it’s own debate whether excess amounts of this actually cause cancer though there have been much debate on the issue but obviously California thinks so.

Also do your studying. This is an example of  the Turkey Tail Mushroom caps , as you can see a lot of filler, magnesium sterates and silica….which worries me, and doesn’t speficially say Colorius mushroom. So I would not personally buy this brand without more clarification.  If I was okay with the extra additives I may opt for this one which says Turkey Tail and has Colorius, so I would pick that out of the two choices—just be careful to get the right kind!

Then if you want the all over body booster, you can get the powders mixed in with all kinds of  ingredients like  this stuff great protein powders and gosh knows what as a dietary supplement. Of course who knows about giving all these things to a dog. He may look like Arnie Schwarzenegger  in no time and of course what worries me is the Carbs and obvious glucose…. I am supposed to keep Buford off some carbs because how they break down into glucose or sugar, which in turn feeds the cancer.

So what did I opt for ?

I went with Mushroom Science Mushroom Science, Coriolus PSP, 400 mg, 90 Vegetarian Capsules.   I got them on sale with free shipping at Super Supplements, and at their sale price it came to about  .26 a serving and even with 7 pills a day, that’s only $1.82 per day.   I also want to tell you that many things are available on Amazon and you can get free super saver shipping if you buy over a certain amount.

My search for magic mushrooms are over.

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Buford’s Health Today is good. He has visibly lost weight on this new diet and last night became very picky with his vegetables. I mixed broccoli, one carrot, kale and collard greens together and he left it.  I am going to try to make a small batch of each separately and see which one it is he does not care for. That will add a bit of prep time onto dinner but he’s worth it.