Quote Originally Posted by Gizzy
My Pomeranian was just diagnosed with a brain tumor. He weighs 5 pounds and were told that all they could do for him was to put him on prednisone. Do you think the oil can help him and what dose would you recommend? Have you heard of tumors shrinking with this oil? I am desperate and willing to try anything to help him.

Avoid the Prednisone if you can, it is symptomatic treatment only, and will compromise the dog's immune system by shutting down production of white blood cells.
If there are no seizures from swelling pass on the prednisone .

Yes, I do think the oil could help.
It does shrink tumors and hinder metastasis.
My dear friend has been taking it for a year and a half for a brain tumor where avg. survival is 6 months.
It has slowed my prostate cancer enough to give me 7 healthy years so far and I can expect another 12 at the present rate of growth.

As for dosage.
It's best to err on the side of caution.
Over medicating is just as un-fun for a dog as it is for a human.

(The dog does not have the comfort of knowing why it feels that way and that it's temporary.)

So, A 200 pound male has to work his way up to a gram per day.
Your pup weighs 1/40th as much.
I'd start with 4 or 5 mg. every 8 hours and slowly increase it to 9 or 10 mg.

How to measure?
Well, you could take a gram of RSO and mix it with ~80 grams of butter.
Then start with one gram of butter in 3 divided doses per day and work your way up to 2 grams as the dog tolerates it.
So, 2 grams of oil should provide a full course of treatment for such a wee beastie.

Disclaimer:
I'm not a doctor, not even a veterinarian.
I'm just some guy on the internet, but I do believe that RSO will help your pup.
Bottom line?
It won't do any damage.
That, is a fact!
Please keep us posted on the progress

Aloha,
Weezard