Shortly after Lori Guzewich adopted Canute, a young Great Dane, she noticed something odd inside his mouth. A receptionist at a veterinary practice, she knew she should get someone to check it out, and was relieved to hear it didn't seem to be anything but a harmless polyp.
A year later, Guzewich noticed the polyp was still there, and it was creating a foul odor. She took him back to the vet, who found it was fibrosarcoma, a malignant tumor. The veterinarian suggested she take Canute to LSU Pet Med, a veterinary teaching hospital at Louisiana State University.
“He's just a baby, and he deserves a long life,” said Guzewich, who lives in Crestview, Florida, and rented an AirBnB so she and her spouse could take turns staying with Canute during his treatment in Louisiana.
