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My 11 year old miniature schnauzer, Zoey, was diagnosed with a pulmonary tumor. The vet gave her 2 days to 2 weeks. We are working towards week 6 right now. This is what I am doing for Zoey. Is it working? I don't know. She has outlived what the vet said but he made an educated guess. I just know that she is having more good days than bad days.
She gets 10 mg of prednisone once a day, 25 mg of tramadol three times a day, 1 mg of Valium every 12 hours. In addition, I am giving her one capsule of K9 immunity, 1/2 tablet of transfer factor, one capsule of Thorne's Small Animal Antioxidants, 1000 mg of salmon oil, and 1/4 teaspoon of Dogzymes Digestive Enzymes. I crush the transfer factor, open the capsules and mix these together and blend it with some wet dog food (Hill's A/D) and give her this with an oral syringe. She has stopped eating dog food totally on her own. So I give her Hill's A/D via the oral syringe (1/2 ounce at a time) throughout the day. I have been feeding her a variety of the following: shaved deli turkey, boiled boneless chicken thighs, tuna in oil, Spam and occasionally she will eat broccoli, black beans and carrots. I have been giving her some Solid Gold Tiny Tots which she likes to eat. I supplement this with Nutri-Cal (which you can buy online much cheaper than in any store).

Again, this seems to be working for her. I have no idea what is helping her. Her appetite changes a good bit. Occasionally she shakes/trembles and doesn't seem to feel good. But overall, she seems comfortable, rests a lot, follows me around the house, drinks a lot of water, goes outside to pee and poop.