re: Dog has cancer

Our lab was about that age, developed a lung tumor. Vet went over the options, none of which she recommended She said no dog she had ever put through any heavy chemo treatment had done well on it. We opted for palliative care, which consisted of prednisone, something to control the cough, and one or two other things. He lived five months, most of which was pretty good quality of life. Up until the last few days he enjoyed going for walks. Sometimes we had to coax him to eat, but he was always a bit picky about his food.

One thing to keep in mind is that dogs are mobile animals. If they lose their ability to move around like they want to, their quality of life goes way down.