After you have found a vet, decided on a treatment plan, and joined an online support group, it’s time to find an anti-cancer diet and choose anti-cancer supplements. Home care for a dog with cancer is not a cure, but it is important. Good home care can help to keep your dog’s organs stay strong and healthy, to fight the cancer and withstand medical treatment.
Home Care for a Dog with Cancer
Cancer treatments like surgery, chemo, and radiation are all exhausting and can be difficult for a dog to go through. Any type of cancer treatment is tough on a dog’s organs. An anti-cancer diet and anti-cancer supplements will fortify a dog internally. Diet and supplements are an important part of good home care for a dog in cancer treatment.
Anti-Cancer Diet
An anti-cancer diet has low carbohydrates and high Omega-3 fatty acids. If your dog eats store-bought food, choose a brand with low carbs (12% or less), and add Omega-3 oils to each meal.
If you prepare your dog’s meals yourself, follow these same guidelines. Use the step-by-step illustrated guide to preparing Bullet’s Cancer Diet on pages 168-180 in the book, or download chapter 10 on the Downloads page on this website.

No or low Carbohydrates

Meat and vegetables

Chop, chop, chop

Combine and mix

Add Supplements

Freeze
Anti-Cancer Supplements
Please give your dog antioxidants to get rid of free radicals that can become cancer cells. Two great antioxidants (below) are Agaricus Bio and Poly-MVA. You can also give pycnogenol, L-Cordyceps, and/or astragalus.
Give your dog immune system boosters. A very popular one is K9 Immunity from Aloha Medicinals.
If your dog is having chemotherapy, it is very important to give him L-Glutamine.
This will protect the lining of his small intestines from damage by the chemotherapy drugs. Dogs can have severe gastro-intestinal side effects form chemo treatments–primarily diarrhea. L-Glutamine can control or minimize this side effect.