Welcome

We here at the Canine Liver Disease Foundation would like to welcome you to our website. This site was created in memory of my Golden Retriever, Reiley, who passed away suddenly in October of 2008 only 2 weeks after receiving the diagnosis of liver disease. While scouring the internet to find out all I could about this disease, I discovered that the information available was scarce, scattered among several different sites and was not always complete. I decided to create this site to provide all of the information I had been looking for on ONE site.

Our Mission: To educate dog owners about the signs/symptoms of liver disease and how to prevent, diagnose and treat this serious condition. We intend to reach out to the public through accurate, timely, and inspirational information distributed on our website and at our sponsored community events, as well as social networking venues and local and national pet-related businesses.

Our Vision: We want to reduce the number of liver-disease related illness and deaths by alerting the dog-owning population to the signs and symptoms of this disease. We also intend to raise money for research on prevention and treatment of canine liver disease. We plan to work to remove liver-disease as the 5th leading cause of non-accidental death in dogs and reduce the numbers of animals infected annually.

Contact Information:

Founder - Lisa Smith

PMB#13

5820 W. Peoria Ave. Ste 107

Glendale, AZ 85302

602-619-8349

lisasmith@canineliverdiseasefoundation.org

Please browse through all of our topics and let us know if there is something else you would like us to feature, or if you would like to contribute your story to our blog.

Thank You,


Disclaimer: The Canine Liver Disease Foundation assumes no liability for injury to you or your pet incurred by following the information, descriptions, treatment options or procedures listed on this site. This site is not intended to be used as a replacement for veterinary advice or consultation. We always recommend speaking with a veterinarian or liver specialist before attempting to use any of the treatments listed on our site.

The Canine Liver Disease Foundation does not endorse, support or have affiliations with any company, product, or individual featured on our blog. This blog is for informational purposes ONLY and is not intended to be a recommendation for treatment. Links are chosen based on “key words” and listed here with the link to the entire article. For questions regarding individual posts, please contact the author of that specific post.

From the Blog

In Memory of Connor

Hi Lisa, Me and my wife have just lost our boy to Liver disease. It crept up so quickly we are both still in shock and disbelief. He slowed down eating etc around 4 before. As with you he had symptoms before this but they were up and down and we just believed that after antibiotics he was better. By the time we got him to the vet recently he was not a well boy. He had blood in the liver and was not getting better, as we were waiting for Blood tests etc to be done. They put him on a drip to replace any lost fluids and we were just left to wait for the results while he was tested. After a long wait we were told that he was effectively bleeding to death. We made the obvious decision to have him put down. As hard as this was for me and my wife we felt that there was nothing else to do. ALthough i was gutted. As with you guys we found ourselves telling him how much we love him and telling him this was for the best. He died in my arms on Thursday 25 Feb. Me and my wife are both devastated and... [Read more of this story]

Your Dog

The years go so very fast and before you know it that romping pup is Old and grey muzzled and they have sat by our sides while we read, watch TV, And work on our computers. Every so often they come and lay their heads in Our laps, toss our elbow with their muzzle or gaze into our eyes and wait for Us to notice them. Take a moment now to remember what they mean to you: I am your dog, and I have a little something I’d like to whisper in your ear I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and running there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life. Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle. You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves... [Read more of this story]

Aid for Pets and Pet Owners

This is a list of resources for pet owners looking for financial help for anything pet related from medication to pet food to housing issues.  This list was….. Compiled by various pet-loving friends Organized by Patricia Collier, Owner of FloridaPets.net   Although some of these organizations listed are specific to Florida, some have locations and contacts all over the US.  Feel free to contact them to see if there is someone in your area that can help. Please understand these are not places where you can give your pet away. These resources are to help you keep your pet. Please read or call for their qualifications before applying for assistance. Here is the link to the complete list of resources.  I hope this helps many of you that have contacted me about somewhere to turn when you are in need.  PET AID RESOURCE PAGE SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Aid for Pets and Pet Owners", url: "http://canineliverdiseasefoundation.org/?p=259" }); Read More →

One Year

Hello to all of you that have used our website and contacted me this past year. From the time I put the website up in January to this past week, the affirmation that I have received from you all has been amazing.  I used to get 1-2 emails per month asking for resources, sharing stories or just looking for a sympathetic ear and now I get 1-2 per day.  We have over 3300 visitors to the website each month and we are #1 on google for various search terms related to canine liver disease.  Our site has become successful beyond what I could have imagined. The good news is that the website is helping to inform, give hope and connect people who are dealing with this terrible disease.  It is becoming a premiere resource for people searching for information to help their pets and dear friends & I am SO grateful that I can be a part of making a difference, even a small one, in the lives of a family and their furry friend. It has been 1 year on this exact day since our beloved Reiley passed... [Read more of this story]

Dog’s Last Will and Testament

On the 1 year anniversary of our Reiley passing away, I thought I would post this poignant piece of writing.  May it help any of you that are going through what we went through just a year ago.  Our hearts still ache & we miss our girl everyday but know she is feeling better now. ~ Lisa I came across this wonderful piece of writing by Eugene O’Neill, the well known American playwright and a Nobel prize recipient. He reportedly wrote this to comfort his wife when their beloved dog, Blemie, was in his last days: ” Last Will and Testament” I, Silverdene Emblem O’Neill (familiarly known to my family, friends and acquaintances as Blemie), because the burden of my years is heavy upon me, and I realize the end of my life is near, do hereby bury my last will and testament in the mind of my Master. He will not know it is there until I am dead. Then, remembering me in his loneliness, he will suddenly know of this testament, and I ask him then to inscribe it as a memorial... [Read more of this story]

Click Here to Read More Stories From Our Blog