Welcome to the Canine Cupboard website. For those of you who have visited our store in Portsmouth, NH we thank you for your patronage and hope to see you back soon. If you haven’t had the opportunity to visit us, next time you are in the Seacoast area please take a few minutes to come on by and check us out.

Our Hours are Tuesday–Friday 12:30pm-6pm, Saturday 11am-6pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm.

Spring 2010!

Abby February 1998- February 2010

Well it has been a tough winter for us and we are sad to bring you the news that our inspiration for Canine Cupboard, Abby, passed away on February 14, 2010. We just celebrated our 9th anniversary in business on January 1st and shortly after that we noticed Abby drinking a lot of water, which was unusual for her. A trip to the vet and by January 20th we had a diagnosis of large granular hepatic lymphoma. It was an atypical type that compromised her liver, kidney and bone marrow. It was very aggressive. We tried one round of chemo but could clearly see it was too aggressive to continue on. She had some really good days and some really bad days in the three short weeks we were battling this with her. Our vet was kind enough to come to our house in the early morning on Valentine's Day. We had her at home with us until the very end.

Abby has been an inspiration to us. We did so much in our 12 years with her. She went everywhere with us, loved to visit family, work at the store, take walks in the woods and the beach or just hang with us at home. She was just the coolest dog. Some days it is very hard to be working at the store, Abby's store. But then we look up at her picture on the wall, flying through an agility tunnel, with a huge smile on her face and instantly it brings a huge smile to our faces. We lost out best buddy and miss her terribly, but have great memories of our 12 years together.

Morris Animal Foundation- Cure Canine Cancer Campaign
Little did we know that 1 in 4 dogs will die from cancer and many more suffer its terrible effects. The Morris Animal Foundation helps animals enjoy longer, healthier lives by advancing animal health and welfare research worldwide. For more than 60 years, Morris Animal Foundation has funded health studies that protect, treat and cure companion animals and wildlife on every continent on Earth. Each year Morris Animal Foundation funds more than 200 health studies to improve the health of dogs, cats, horses, llamas/alpacas and numerous wildlife species. Their support also trains the next generation of veterinary scientists to meet future animal health needs.

High-quality health research is essential to advancing veterinary medicine and improving animal health and welfare worldwide.

To learn more about MAF, how you can donate to the Cure Canine Cancer Campaign and Abby’s story, please go to:
www.curecaninecancer.org
www.morrisanimalfoundation.org
www.curecaninecancer.org/survivor_stories.html