Osteosarcoma and our White German Shepherd, Scarlett

Recently I posted one of these pictures to my facebook, and found many of you thought my white lady is as pretty as I do.

Scarlett was diagnosed with bone cancer, osteosarcoma, 18 months ago. I was told all my options and that she would probably be with us maybe 6 more months. We could amputate her leg, we could do chemo, we could... you know the story.

We decided that we would not put her though any of this and that whatever the LORD wanted for our friend, would be fine with us... so long as she was as comfortable as possible.
I asked the LORD to help me find the right foods and nutritional supplements so that she could be healthy and as strong as possible since the x-rays had shown the OS in her front left joint.
(this is a hilarious pic... Troy always called her "eraser nose")


As you can see from the pictures here... taken this week... 18 months from her diagnosis.. Scarlett is doing GREAT! She is 10 years old and oh so very special to us.
She is a certified search and rescue dog. (her favorites to find are children... maybe I'll post one of my favorite stories about that someday)
She has a horrible tendency to leave herself all over my house
(white shepherds are notorious for shedding year round).
And yes... she still plays like a much younger dog.
In the picture below, you can see the lump on her left leg.
It has remained ONLY there as far as we can tell.

You might ask what we are doing??
1)we thank God for allowing her to be with us any time
2) every morning we use 2 supplements in her food
*4life... Canine Complete... Transfer Factor
*2 capsules of 4Life Choice 50 (opened and poured over her food)
3) we feed Innova dog food for older dogs
**I found 4Life as I was searching for osteosarcoma treatments, the website is
http://www.4-life.com/
they also have human vitamins and supplements though I've never used them.


Scarlett is very special to us, and to look in her eyes is to look into complete love.
Dogs are unconditional in their devotion to us, and this one has held my heart since
we first picked her out as my youngest daughter began college at TAMU.
We know she won't be with us forever,
but right now, we are thankful for any time we have with any of our
sweet 4 legged friends.

Yorkie Royalty.... dress up night at doggy class!

it was a night to be remembered. The two BIG goldens were not here and neither was the REALLY big black Rottweiler! It was just us... Me and the girls, and well... guess we'd better include the pup, Coby. He's still learning of course.

Coby was dressed like a Red Raider (in honor of the upcoming Tech vs. UT game).

Miss Breezy Lady... Chatty for short wore a stunning orange ensemble which matched her bouncy personality perfectly.
Julie, MY PERSONAL favorite, as well as TEACHER's pet... came with her owners... yes, both of them as country cow dogs... as in Hank look alikes.

Having so many choices before me... should I be an angel? nope, a little too sweet.

Should I be a court jester, nope, wouldn't get me the respect I deserve....

Well... decision made... I came as the leader of the pack in the royal robes designating my regal position before my adoring public. I really think my owner should have done a bit more with the hair, but oh well... out came the silly pony tail anyway before the night was over!

Yes.... dress up night was a hit... even if I didn't get that new signal "WAIT"... understood... I really thought people loved watching me bounce to my owner so much, why should I WAIT???

Looks like I'm in for a bit more training at home... at least that's what Miss Betty told my owner.

you know what that means????

more treats!

I'm no dummy:)