FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR- Laurie Kaplan
Research projects and clinical trials abound in the field of canine cancer, partially because of the value that this work may have toward the cure, treatment and management of humane cancer. Ongoing projects and trials are conducted within the veterinary and medical communities. But to the caretaker of a dog with cancer, the primary objective in treating that dog is not to advance medical science. It is to spare or prolong the life of a beloved companion.
The Magic Beullet Fubd brings the issue of canine cancer out of the laboratory, pharmaceutical company and the veterinary clinic and into the hone of the caretaker.
Every day, thousands of people learn that their pet has cancer. Although 50% of our pets will ahve cancerin their lifetimes, most caretakers respond to the diagnosis with shock and despair. Caretakers are unaware of steps that can be taken to reduce a pet's exposure to cancer. They are uninformed about early warning signs that may be found during monthly at-home checkups and are uneducated about existing treatment options after cancer has been diagnoised.
The fund's educational projects aim to inform caretakers about canine cancer prevention and to promote responsible guardianship, including regular at-home checkups and medical insurance plans.
The Magic Bullet Fund helps those hwo have made room in their homes and in their hearts for a canine companion but who do not have the resources to provide treatment for their pet with cancer. The fund helps those who would be heartbroken watching their pets succumb to this disease without making an effort to fight it.
PLEASE DONATE TO THE MAGIC BULLET FUND.ORG TO HELP THESE DOGS
These Dogs Need Our Help
These Dogs No Longer In Need Of Help
Dogs At Rainbow Bridge May They All R.I.P
Books
"Help Your Dog Fight Cancer What Every Caretaker Needs To Know About Cancer" by Laurie Kaplan, Honoring the Human-Animal Bond" by Alice Villalobos with Laurie Kaplan, MSC; "The Natural Vet's Guide to Preventing and Treating Cancer in Dogs"
(Natural Vets Guide) by Shawn Messonnier, Cancer and Your Pet: The Complete Guide to the Latest Research, Treatments, and Options by Debra Eldredge, Pets Living With Cancer: A Pet Owner's Resource by Robin Downing, Why Is Cancer Killing Our Pets?: How You Can Protect and Treat Your Animal Companion by Deborah Straw
Heroes
LOOK WHO'S HELPING THE MBF DOGS
Keri Goldman managed a charity walk 7/19/08 for MBF and raised 2,900 for the MBF dogs in treatment!
Sponsors of this walk:
Healthy Dog Pet Co. Gone to the Dogs dog boutique Platinum Paws dog boutique
Photography by Corinna Dogs by Design Everything but the Dog
JustMare CLICK HERE to order Let's Make Magic Bowls
A potter in Pine, AZ creates Let's Make Magic bowls. See prototypes at right. Bowls are food, dishwasher and microwave safe. Click on Mare's name above to read more about her and her creations.
LET'S MAKE MAGIC BOWLS
Small bowls: 6" diameter, 2" high
Large bowls: 8" diameter, 2" high
Michelle Linke CLICK HERE to go to Michelle's FirstGiving page
People across the country contact us with great ideas for fundraising for the Magic Bullet Fund dogs. You can run your own local or Internet campaign! Dream up a campaign and create a FirstGiving page, then tell the world about your campaign.
Collect donations yourself or have your sponsors donate on your Firstgiving page. After you post a campaign, please notify us. Send us an email by clicking the fund logo at the bottom of any page on this site.
Take a look at Michelle Linke's FirstGiving page for the Magic Bullet Fund. Michelle offers the dog magnets you see to the right in exchange for donations.
On her FirstGiving page, Michelle offers the dog magnets below for donations. All proceeds go to MBF.
In loving memory of Cire
Cire served the Village of Spring Valley Police Department with handler Scott Krzyskowski for many years. When Cire passed (from cancer), the department organized a memorial service in his honor. The Magic Bullet Fund is proud and very grateful that they chose to help us help more dogs with cancer, in honor of Cire.
Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club
"Every year the Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club makes a charitable contribution to a canine organization in memory of our Club members' dogs that passed away during the previous year. We have chosen the Magic Bullet Fund to receive this donation for 2006."
IN MEMORIUM
Rocky (Mona Olsen), CH. Lou's Diamond Tyler (Ruth Perkey), Showfield's Betsy Ross (Ruth Perkey), Dylan (Sylvia Nalepa), Bambi (Gerri Wilson), Becca (Jane Walters), Sidney (Kris Meighan), Dumas (Jayme Rutter), Bridgette (Tammy Cox), Gizmo (Maureen Thomas), Becca (Barb Blanchfield), Jewelee (Linda Moore), Duncan (Jan Mayr), Allie (Norma Hornung), Mizo (Carol Durco), Luna (Joann & Dave Harr), Rosie (Doris Lazenby), Bailey (Ann Baltich), Scruffy Geezer (Mellissa Voll-Stouffer & Dave Stouffer), Sophie (Jay Beaver), Linde (Karen Schroeder).
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About me: Bullet's Story
On September 19, 1992, I met Bullet at my local SPCA animal shelter. He was 18 months old and weighed 58 pounds. My first puppy! Over the years, I had had many cats, two or three at a time, and had no interest in dogs. I was a medical animal writer and the editor of Catnip newsmagazine from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Siberians show up at shelters often - they are willful, high-energy and spend their lives on a quest to find a hole in the fence, a door that wasn't closed securely, a dropped leash... their wanderlust is insatiable! Shelters are now educating people about the personality of the Siberian before placing them. Yes, they are undeniably beautiful, but living with a Siberian requires a great deal of patience and humility as well as a sense of humor. As I read in a book about Siberians shortly after adopting Bullet, "If you want an owner-slave relationship with a dog, don't get a Siberian!"
Bullet and I enjoyed many years of adventure. We traveled from home near NYC down to the Chesapeake Bay and up to Lake Placid for dog sledding. We hiked, trained, learned agility (both of us), bicycled, went camping and snow shoeing... he was a wonderful companion and a true friend.
On July 17th, 2000, at 9+ years old, Bullet was diagnosed with late stage multicentric B-cell lymphoma. I was horrified, terrified, and determined that I would not lose Bullet wihtout a fight.
"NOT TODAY AND NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT"
He had chemotherapy the next day and went into remission right away. Bullet had a chemotherapy protocol called VELCAP-L. The "L" stands for Long, and it was! Bullet had treatments every 2-3 weeks for 75 weeks (a year and a half). Modern chemotherapy protocols are only 16 - 25 weeks long. A shorter version of Bullet's protocol is now used (VELCAP-S), using the same chemo agents but runs only 16 weeks.
During the course of his treatment, I often re-evaluated my decision to continue with treatment. I was committed to a promise that he would never suffer. He was the most perfect creature that ever existed. Bullet had chemo side effects but recovered each time. At times he clearly didn't feel well, but I believe he felt as I might if I had a bad cold or the flu. I decided, on his behalf, as we all must do for our pups, that as long as he was not in pain (in my best estimation) and as long as there was a good chance that the side effects would be short lived, he could tolerate a little discomfort.
I developed a diet and supplement regimen for Bullet to give him the best chance of surviving cancer and chemo. Knowing that I was a medical animal writer, the wonderful veterinarian who provided chemotherapy treatments for Bullet insisted that I must write a book to help others who have dogs with cancer.
Through the book, "Help Your Dog Fight Cancer," Bullet's story is helping thousands of dogs with cancer and thousands of caretakers who are living with, caring for and loving those dogs. It's a primer, a crash course for the caretaker of a dog with cancer. The book has won awards and is the top selling book on canine cancer (for the layperson - the caretaker) at Amazon.com.
I often thought about how very lucky I was to be able to pay for Bullet's treatment and how devastated I would have felt if I could not. In concert with the publication of this book, I founded the Magic Bullet Fund, to help people who have dogs with cancer but cannot afford to pay for treatment.
On November 20th, 2004, I lost my sweet boy to renal failure. He was nearly 14 years old. Bullet was one shining moment that graced my life for 12 years, 2 months and a day. The Magic Bullet Fund is Bullet's legacy.
With the assistance of people like you, the fund will give many more more dogs a chance to survive cancer and follow in Bullet's big pawprints.
Please read Help Your Dog Fight Cancer.
Please help us fulfill this dream by donating to the Magic Bullet Fund.
Laurie Kaplan
for Bullet
This breathtaking, perfect creature was my inspiration and he is still. He is guiding me, from the fabled Rainbow Bridge, to help other dogs with cancer.
Even now, he is barking instructions to me from atop a cloud at the Bridge. How could I not obey?
I hope this is what you want, my sweet precious boy.
Who I'd like to meet: MISSION STATEMENT
Canine cancer treatment requires a substantial outlay of financial resources, ranging on average between $600 and $6,000 per dog. Many dog owners cannot support such a large unanticipated outlay. To offer help to such individuals and their dogs, The Magic Bullet Fund provides financial assistance to pay for canine cancer treatments and medicines when the owners cannot. With our financial sponsorship, the canines we serve receive state-of-the-art veterinary cancer support for their conditions. The Fund’s mission is to provide cancer treatment for dogs whose caretakers are unable to provide treatment; dogs who would not have cancer treatment at all without our assistance.
The Fund’s secondary mission is to heighten public awareness about canine cancer through our ongoing educational efforts. We firmly believe that this work will result in measurable improvement in both canine cancer prevention and early canine cancer detection.
The Magic Bullet Fund is a program of the Perseus Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports research and public education about cancer in companion animals. All donations are tax deductible.
If you see a dog you want to help, you can domater at www.themagicbulletfund.org.
Jenn is the MBF volunteer (and mom of MBF cancer survivor, STELLA. Jenn is having some financial and technical difficulties and hasn't been able to work on our MySpace pages.
But Jenn is moving into a new house next week (YAY JENN!!) and will be back to keep this page up to date again.
Our Smiley was taken for our fenced yard 5/12/08 he was 3 months old. We believe we have not reached who has him. Just to find he is happy and safe would mean so much. Appreciate anything that might help from posts to adding Smiley to top friends. Need help Paying VET bills check these sites:
Hello ~ thank you for being a friend of Moon Warriors. I am drumming up signatures for 14 petitions to stop the gassing of healthy, loving animals in the USA, so please visit my blog and sign them!
This video shows what can be done ~ it is not necessary to kill so many animals, nor kill them in an inhumane manner
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Please visit the blog and sign petitions to end the animal gas chambers. There are 14, if you could sign at least some of them that would be great ~ Have a good weekend ~ Thank you for helping animals ~♥~
I am looking for help to purchase this piece of property outside of Taos, New Mexico where I can start to build my own wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, refuge and education facility. This is a start and will serve as the perfect foundation to fulfill my dreams while contributing to a common good and a betterment for all concerned.
I know that many of us are experiencing financial trouble right now and our economy is not healthy. However, maybe you know someone who would be interested in helping out or can donate a piece of property?
This parcel comes with living quarters which would have to be torn down and a new home put in its place. It is extremely important to live on-site while caring and watching out for resident animals 24/7.
Bullet is an angel, I had a pal like him long ago. Good people are being educated on this very special breed. Awesome thing you are doing with the Magic Bullet Fund! Thank you for the work you do and for being our friend! Please view and help by posting Smiley's info, thanks. May God be with us all in making the right election decisions for America and our families future. Hope you have a great day friend!
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