European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The pet passport has arrived by Ellis  United press internationals o there you Are just you and flip your Check ered Chihuahua who goes everywhere with you and you re trying to grab the next Light out of California for a hectic week of shopping in Paris your passport checks out line. Off you go no problem Bui poor flip. No passport what to do a ludicrous scenario of course. Pets need a Tol of things but passports Are not one of Ihm until now anyway. Now Tho Pel passport has arrived. And to Hoar Bonnie Schachler speak other 6 month old invention you d think it rivals the rates shot. People Are into organising every facet of their lives the savvy entrepreneur began recently Over a cup of espresso at the Swank Rose cafe m Santa Monica Calif. And the Pel passport is Par of that getting everything in order Schachler says see his makes travelling easy because Lei s say you re in a hurry and you have to drop your pet off before your trip All you have to do is leave them the passport and it tolls hem  or As Schuehler inscribed on her brochure ii 5 a pet Saver whether your pet is a c softer or a Yard  what Schachter the president of innovative amenities tailed to mention is Hal Hopel passport really does much More to organize your cat or dog s Tita than your own the pet passport a near replica of the Royal Blue human variety except of course Hie last Page provides a Large Square for a Paw print offers the space for detailed scribblings about flip s vaccination history How Many titters tie s sired and his family tree in Case flip Ever wants to return la his roots. Retailing for $4 95 and available in More than 500 stores throughout the United states the passport also lips the Pel Siller about critical Dala pertain Fig to those dietary and bathroom habits while providing room Lor his registration and a photograph in 1he name of humanity one supposes the pet passport also supplies vital space for a personality profile documenting your creature s pet pastimes his friends and foes his fears and favorite tricks and meals. And worry not there s plenty of room left Over to enumerate those Petty annoyances like Small children licks and other Pel peeves. Ii works great Schachler gushes it fido is used to getting his milk Bono every Day Al 2, just Pul that Down in the Pel pass  apparently tha gimmick is working about 20,000 of them have been sold. Even America s first  president Reagan s Golden retriever Rex has his own Pel passport. It must come in Handy in Case of a last minute asian Summit conference Bill Swetson the purchasing manager at he Pel department in los Angeles recalls a woman coming into his store a few months ago and proudly displaying her dog s Pel passport it was stamped in three countries Sawelson marvels she had he actual passport picture of the dog on it and  the pet passport is Only one Small step for Man in validating people s feelings for their Pels Schachter says. A couple of months ago. Schachter introduced greeting cards Tor Pels. Some samples a dog in a Cap and gown holds a diploma and wags his ail congratulations the card reads on graduating from obedience  a very bored cat sits on a throne surrounded by gifts and mice at arms. Happy birthday your majesty says the card inside. There s a card too for inc grieving pet owner. Ii shows an assorted array of smiling animals angelic ally floating on Clouds in what one presumes is pet heaven. The card reads your pet has taken its eternal place in the peaceable  Schachter says the idea for the line of greeting cards filled the left Terry pet germinated alter Reading a dear Abby letter from a person looking for a pet therapist because she was unable to Cope with the death of her dog All we re doing is simply validating people s feeling for their  Schachter says. Wilh Raitport a ready available for Doga and fort to about one  cancers in dogs and cats by Susan Seager United press International hat would happen if your thu aha came Down with breast cancel if the police department s prize drug soil Fig dog was diagnosed As having leukaemia it your Mother s Kitty had skin cancer chances Are. Despite the Lack that increasing numbers of pets Are afflicted with cancer your veterinarian would be unable to offer treatment recommending instead that the animal be Pul out of ils misery. Besides even in there were a veterinarian who would treat cancer who would want to plunk Down As much As $2.000 of save a 13-year-old Mutt or. Jusem Uecke has found thai plenty of pet owners in Southern California would and do. Spurred Fay a f tightening bout seven years ago with Melanoma a deadly lorm of skin cancer hat required surgery on his Arm. The 25-year veterinary science Veteran opened what he believes is America s first private practice dedicated exclusive to he costly treatment of cancer in dogs and cats. Page 16 the stars and stripes ii sounds corny but t thought the technology and capability exist. Why no use it to help these animals he said animal rights activists May take heart that animals which have been unwitting Guinea pigs for cancer research for decades Are finally reaping the benefits. Of cake who employs 25 stall members olters diagnostic screenings for 135 and a variety of treatments including surgery radiation and chemotherapy. The doctor has seen 200 animal a aliens and treated about 50 since opening the California veterinary oncology group in Fountain Valley about 30 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. Molt fellow animal doctors have shied away from opening a cancer treatment practice for animals because of the High Cost of equipment. Uecke pronounced Quick has invested Moro than $1 million in sophisticated equipment usually reserved for humans a cat scanner a Cobalt machine for radiation treatment and a sensitive a Ray device known As an Orth voltage machine. The veterinarian tells of a Laguna Hills couple who paid is ,400 to save their 13-year-old Chihuahua ally cited with breast cancer and a Seal Beach woman saturday july 26.1986 who paid 11,000 in savings to have a cancerous growth removed from her aging cat. Quecke donated his services to Ireat Anaheim g drug sri fling police dog. Cliff Tor leukaemia. The canine Sleuth had needed about $2,000 in treatment. Quacke Sard studies show More of America s animals Are contracting cancer because they Are living longer thanks to improved nutrition and health care cancer is a disease of older animals " he said Naer and 3s a a us the two most common cancer in dogs and cats Neukem l " p Ludcke "�a1s a e skin Cance a Quecke said extensive studies have shown that