Discussing Canine Cancer with Oncologist Dr. Kendra Pope

Welcome to Alternative Dog Moms - a podcast about what's happening in the fresh food community and the pet industry.   Kimberly Gauthier is the blogger behind Keep the Tail Wagging, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast.

CHAPTERS:

• Dr. Pope's origin story (0:54)
• Cancer rates in dogs (6:24)
• The role of an integrative veterinary oncologist and building your veterinary healing team (11:12)
• Genetics versus Epigenetics in cancer development (16:18)
• How pet parents' emotional health and stress levels affect our dogs and not beating ourselves up when we receive a cancer diagnosis in our dog (21:04)
• Mistletoe as an effective cancer treatment (27:50)
• The Vitamin D connection with cancer plus adrenals and NK Natural Killer cells (32:03)
• How to use Dr. Pope's cancer risk assessment questionnaire for pet parents (45:04)
• The role of supplements in preventing and treating cancer plus cancer detection tests (50:58)
• What you should know about Dr. Pope's Pet Cancer Prevention Course (1:00:43)

DR. KENDRA POPE:

•  Canine Cancer FREE Webinar (https://keepthetailwagging.com/drpope)
• Canine Cancer Course (https://keepthetailwagging.com/cancercourse)
• Dr. Pope's Prism Integrative Veterinary Health Practice (https://prismvethealth.com)

OTHER LINKS DISCUSSED:

• 2021 Canine Cancer Rates Survey (https://takechargeregistry.com/for-dog-owners/)
• Study finds epigenetic changes in children of Holocaust survivors (https://www.research.va.gov/currents/1016-3.cfm)
• Believe Big - mistletoe cancer treatment  (https://www.believebig.org/)
• Study regarding using mistletoe cancer treatment for dogs (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10793657/)

OUR BLOG/PODCASTS...

• Kimberly: Keep the Tail Wagging, KeepTheTailWagging.com
• Erin Scott: Believe in Dog podcast, BelieveInDogPodcast.com

FACEBOOK...

• Keep the Tail Wagging, Facebook.com/KeepTheTailWagging
• Believe in Dog Podcast, Facebook.com/BelieveInDogPodcast

INSTAGRAM...

• Keep the Tail Wagging, Instagram.com/RawFeederLife
• Believe in Dog Podcast, Instagram.com/Erin_The_Dog_Mom

Thanks for listening to our podcast. You can learn more about Erin Scott's first podcast at BelieveInDogPodcast.com. And you can learn more about raw feeding, raising dogs naturally, and Kimberly's dogs at KeepTheTailWagging.com. And don't forget to subscribe to The Alternative Dog Moms.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:54 Dr. Pope's origin story
• 6:24 Cancer rates in dogs
• 11:12 The role of an integrative veterinary oncologist
• 16:18 Genetics versus Epigenetics in cancer development
• 21:04 How pet parent emotional health and stress levels affect our dogs
• 27:50 Mistletoe as an effective cancer treatment
• 32:03 The Vitamin D connection with cancer plus adrenals
• 45:04 How to use Dr. Pope's cancer risk assessment questionnaire
• 50:58 The role of supplements in preventing and treating cancer
• 1:00:43 Dr. Pope's Pet Cancer Prevention Course