Dogs

Beating Back Pain in Dogs: Researchers to Test New Use for Shockwave Therapy to Bring Relief

Foundation-funded researchers recently began a study to evaluate a noninvasive and affordable therapy for lower back pain in dogs, called extracorporeal shockwave therapy.

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Our health study database, searchable by species or area of study, houses our funded research that is making a difference in the lives of animals across the globe.

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Some of Our Studies

From Tip to Tail

Veterinary advances for dogs

Since 1950, we have invested over $48 million in more than 1,060 canine health studies. We’ve contributed to early research that contributed to the parvovirus vaccine and development of genetic tests for heart diseases, eye diseases and seizure disorders. We also are at the forefront of funding cancer studies in dogs, including hemangiosarcoma, lymphoma and osteosarcoma.

Dog people get it. Life just wouldn’t be the same without these devoted, loving and funny members of our family. So, you want them to have the longest, healthiest lives possible. And so do we.

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1,060+

canine studies funded

63.4 million

dogs helped in the United States alone

This Foundation-led groundbreaking study is the largest and most comprehensive prospective study ever undertaken in veterinary medicine. The study, funded and managed by the Foundation, will help identify risk factors associated with development of cancer and other major diseases in dogs.

Learn more about the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study

Golden Retriever Lifetime Study

Investigating Novel Device to Reduce Epileptic Seizures

Researchers will evaluate a novel wearable wireless collar device to help improve treatment of canine epilepsy. They will test whether the device effectively causes detectable changes in heart rate and brainwaves in dogs. Identifying noninvasive and nonpharmaceutical therapies for epileptic dogs will increase the available treatment strategies for this frustrating disease.

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