Greyhound Osteosarcoma and the Cancer Vaccine: Catherine & Wilbur's Story

Girls With Dogs

In this episode of Girls with Dogs, Cathy (Groovy Golden Doodles) and Kimberly (Keep the Tail Wagging) chat with Catherine Sliva about her experience with canine osteosarcoma and the cancer vaccine.
CHAPTERS:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:42 National Canine Cancer Month with Catherine Sliva
• 03:28 Catherine and Wilbur’s story
• 20:31 Timing between diagnosis and surgery
• 21:30 Osteosarcoma is an aggressive cancer
• 22:14 Cancers covered by Yale vaccine
• 22:36 Kimberly’s cancer experiences
• 26:51 Wilbur’s a therapy dog (first tripod)
• 33:51 Cancer diagnosis isn’t a death diagnosis (attitude is important)
• 39:15 Can Apollo be a therapy dog?

OTHER LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Cancer Vaccine: https://www.ccralliance.org/post/yale_cancer_vaccine_for_dogs
• Cancer Vaccine Facebook Group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/620190395093636/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF
• Greyhound osteosarcoma support group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1045662955457284/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF

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• Cathy: Groovy Goldendoodles, GroovyGoldendoodles.com
• Kimberly: Keep the Tail Wagging, KeepTheTailWagging.com

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MUSIC:

• Good Feeling by Roa https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031
• Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
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• Music promoted by Audio Library

Thank you for listening. Cathy (Therapy Animal Coordinator, MUSC) and Kimberly (Keep the Tail Wagging) are two black women who met at a pet blogging conference and quickly bonded over a love of dogs. Their weekly conversations were transitioned to a podcast in 2021.

Kapitel

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. National Canine Cancer Month with Catherine Sliva (00:01:42)

3. Catherine and Wilbur’s story (00:03:28)

4. Timing between diagnosis and surgery (00:20:31)

5. Osteosarcoma is an aggressive cancer (00:21:30)

6. Cancers covered by Yale vaccine (00:22:14)

7. Kimberly’s cancer experiences (00:22:36)

8. Wilbur’s a therapy dog (first tripod) (00:26:51)

9. Cancer diagnosis isn’t a death diagnosis (attitude is important) (00:33:51)

10. Can Apollo be a therapy dog? (00:39:15)