Bleu is a 12 yr old Blue Tick Coonhound. He belonged to my parents who in 1998 died of Cancer, yes, both of them. At the time Bleu was 8 months old, and I adopted him. He is a wonderful dog, who has more personality then most of the people I meet. He loves to swim, play ball, and go for walks.

A few months ago Bleu started to urinate in the house, he has never done this before, especially right in front of us.

We took him to the vet's and since he did not show any other signs of a bladder infection, the Vet was thinking he may be suffering from Canine Cognitive Disorder, or senility in dogs.

We purchased a Male Dog diaper at a local pet store; however, the male type diapers kept falling off. We ordered an item from the internet called "Tinkle Trousers", and it is worn kind of like a harness and holds a human child's diaper. This item works great, and a short time later Bleu did use the Tinkle Trousers and much to our surprise we found Blood had settled in the diaper, which in any other situation we would not have seen. We have Tinkle Trousers to thank!

We took Bleu back to the Vet's and it was suggested or believed that he may have Bladder Stones, and it was arranged to have an Ultra-Sound. On January 19th 2010, it was found during the Ultra Sound that Bleu had a mass (Tumor) in his Bladder, and was diagnosed with Transitional Cell Carcinoma. The good news if there could be any, was the tumor was not blocking any of the tubes in or out of the bladder and was positioned on the back wall.

Just when we thought the nightmare couldn't get any worse, it appears that the cancer has spread to his Iliac lymph nodes.

On Wednesday the 27th Bleu started Chemotherapy "Mitoxantrone" along with Deramaxx (NSAID).
We also started with K9 Immunity and Transfer Factor as an immune supplement.