Pet Portraits by Jack Lindsay
Custom pastel pet portraits created from your photos of dogs, cats, horses, birds and all the pets we love.
I would be especially pleased to create a custom quality and reasonably priced pet portrait of your cherished pet dog, pet cat, pet horse or pet bird or to honor your memories with a pet memorial tribute.
Our pets are our best friends. Their health, happiness and longevity are directly connected to their diet.
This is a picture of my wonderful Sam (Sam Man) who, sadly, has developed an aggressive blood and mass tumor cancer, hemangiosarcoma.
After considerable research on the Internet and discussions with holistic doctors I have formulated a diet nearly free of carbohydrates and packed with anti-oxidant and blood building additives. If any of you have suggestions, please share by contacting me.
By mixing the food at home I can control and omit grains (corn, wheat, rice, oats and soy products) because cancer cells thrive on carbohydrates, I understand. I also wanted to stay away from “natural flavoring”, “animal by-products”, “animal digest” and so many other questionable things that are often added to commercial dog food. I learned that RAW diets more closely resemble the needs of a dog. They are carnivores, after all. It contains enzymes and minerals that are not cooked away in processed food.
So, this is Sam’s RAW diet.
Ground turkey breast, or ground beef
Egg yolks (no whites)
Broccoli and carrots chopped and put into the blender
Maitake* mushroom, fresh but extract can be used.
Spirulena, blue-green algae, a strong anti-oxidant
Chlorophyll, a blood red-cell builder
Colostrum, supports immune system
Fish oil, Vitamins and Calcium and the cancer fighting spice, Tumeric
Chopped liver can also be added.
All of the above is mixed together and formed into golf-ball sized balls. They are frozen and then gathered into baggies for easy daily use access.
Sam polishes off his green colored breakfast every morning and his poops are small and also green.
*Maitake mushrooms, also known as Hen of the Woods, often can be found at the base of older oak trees. Occasionally, one will appear on the oak tree just outside my kitchen window. But not this year. Instead, I have found fresh Maitake mushrooms at my local grocery. Why Maitake mushrooms? They have long been considered a major anti-cancer mushroom throughout the Orient. The centuries old combatant is certainly worth a try. Extract of Maitake mushroom is also available at large natural food stores.
Here is only one site to explore regarding the benefits of Maitake mushrooms:
http://www.healthcastle.com/herb_mushroom_maitake.shtml
IN ADDITION TO THE DIET, Sam is on a medication, Rapamycin (also known as Rapamune). It is a human mediation intended to fight against rejection of organ transplants. Sam receives one 1 mg #10 tablet twice a week (Monday and Thursday). It is difficult to locate and it is expensive but definitely worth the effort and cost.
Is this diet helping him? I like to think so and will go the extra mile to keep him with me. Is it a cure? That is probably too optimistic. I was told that in her experience, my vet has not known a dog with this disease to survive more than 60 days. Sam’s “60 day threshold” was September 10, 2009. It is now day 365...one YEAR... since his spleenectomy and diagnosis and he is still with me today...happy, active, playful and very loving.. I am thankful for each and every day that I can share with him.
I hope that my experience will help you if you, too, receive the heartbreaking news of cancer for your pet.
SAM’S CANINE CANCER FIGHTING DIET