Pet World Insider Radio Segment – Priscilla Sharpe – Joy The Cancer detecting Akita
On this Pet World Radio Segment we talk with Priscilla Sharpe about her cancer detecting dog – Joy.
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The AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE) 2012
The American Kennel Club is proud to announce the Recipients and Honorable Mentions for the 2012 AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). Established in 2000, ACE has become a valuable public-outreach program for the AKC as well as a source of pride among the fancy and the dog community.
The recipient in each category (Exemplary Companion, Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Service, and Therapy) will receive an engraved silver collar medallion and a check for $1,000 at a presentation ceremony at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Orlando, Florida, on December 15, 2012. Dogs earning honorable mention will be cited and will receive bronze collar medallions.
Exemplary Companion
Joy – Akita owned by Priscilla and Terry Sharpe of Klamath Falls, OR
The Sharpes were head-over-heels in love with their fluffy new Akita puppy. They expected Joy to be beautiful, loving, and adorable—and they weren’t disappointed. But they had no idea Joy would reveal a mysterious life-saving ability that modern science still can’t fully explain.
At 7 months old, Joy began reacting oddly to Terry—whining, pacing, circling, pressing her nose hard against his lap, and all the while losing her appetite and showing signs of depression. Terry visited a doctor and returned home with terrible news: advanced prostate cancer. Shortly after Terry underwent successful radiation treatment, Joy’s behavior returned to normal.
Months later Joy again began alerting, this time on Priscilla. Priscilla went straight to the doctor, and yes, Joy had again alerted on otherwise undetected cancer. There were cancerous polyps on Priscilla’s colon, which were successfully removed. Last year, Joy began alerting on Priscilla again.
“I soon learned that it meant ‘Sit down before you pass out from low blood sugar!’ You see, I’m diabetic,” Priscilla explains. “I don’t know how she senses these things, but we listen to her warnings without question now.
