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The Hungry Hound Bakery will be handing out free samples of treats at the Paws for Applause! A Picnic Brunch Celebration for Cummings Veterinary Fund Supporters

I always wondered what it would be like to foster a dog.  Yes, I’ve owned dogs, but never had the opportunity to foster.  Okay, you’re probably saying, “what’s the difference”?  Well, to me there was a world of difference.

I didn’t get to meet little Ellie personally. I only knew her by her picture and talking to the people running the rescue.   Ellie arrived on a van from out-of-state, and I met her in New Hampshire.  She was adorable with a cute little beagle face and lots of freckles or ticking on her front and back legs.  Ellie was full of kisses with one heck of a wiggly butt.

The first thing Ellie had to work on was her housetraining.  Ellie was young and had been working on her housetraining, when she had a mishap and ended up with a broken pelvis.  Needless to say, being in a crate for 6-8 months her housetraining went by the wayside.  The first thing I did was hang a bell on the door, as I had done with my other dogs.  When I sensed that Ellie had to go out, I would take her paw and hit the bell with it while saying the words “Ellie have to go out”.

It didn’t take the little cherub to catch on.  Of course, there were times when ringing the bell meant just going out.  The next thing she had to learn was how to walk on a leash.  Beagles, for the most part and especially Ellie are always ready to go for a walk and a good sniff, but there are times when you better hold on.  Each walk was a training session to try and teach her not to pull.

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I went to a talk the other night that a vet, Barbara J. Davis, VMD, PhD from Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Grafton, MA entitled: The Cancer We Share: What Our Pets Teach Us about Oncology.

We have been fighting the war on cancer for 40 years and we still have a long way to go.  Cancer strikes about 1500 people a day and one out of three dogs.  That’s too many people and too many dogs.  Through a National Cancer Institute project, comparative oncology researchers at the Cummings School are determining how a new drug works and whether it can help human cancer patients as well.    The Cummings School is leading the way in the growing field of comparative oncology.

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