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Thanks Sandy, for this post. I am sure it will offer hope to many who have dogs with Cushing's. (I am learning a lot about this here.)
You are giving your dog such devotion, and good care and attention. Blessings to you, and Julie.
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We are both happier now:)
Sandy Can you provide ....
She is always starving with this Cushings & just Hills KD alone, doesn't kick it for her.
Once I got more info on Cushings & started making my own "big girl.
That I did not feel that way.
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I wish you and Salka much luck, and hope she responds to the medication. You sound like you have a really good vet, he was willing to refer you to a specialist, instead of guessing and giving unnecessary meds, and also takes payments. A lot of vets won...
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His Holiness in heaven....
For a warmed heart.
Also, watch "All Dogs Go to Heaven" and "My Dog Skip" ...
Sleeping, but I can remember when our dog, who had Cushings Cushing syndrome , would sleep she would" for comfort.
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Harv is now 7 years old and for most of his life has suffered with allergies, so after trying many medications the steroid, anti-histamine and dorwest herbs mix seemed to do just the trick and the constant scratching stopped.
However, over the last 2 ...
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Hope Harv starts to feel better very soon Cushings disease can be brought on by using high doses or long term steroid therapy to treat other diseases, in your dogs case you know it was for the allergies.
To help with allergies.
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Cushing's Disease is the most-often-used name for hyperadrenocorticism, or the body producing an overabundance of cortisol Cortisol level , which is a corticosteroid.
It is most often diagnosed in middle-aged and older dogs but the actual symptoms of ...
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It can....
Often the owner and can also cause fluid retention.
Dogs that were impeccably housetrained may start to have accidents in the house.
In middle-aged and older dogs but the actual symptoms of the disease can spend YEARS building up.
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Good morning all, I have just had my dog to the vets yesterday and I have been told she probably has Cushing's Syndrome.Has anyone's dog got this and how are they coping with treatment.
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Me angry that dog owners put their dogs through this kind of thing out of pure selfishness ie cannot tests to determine whether it is Cushings? My dog had hyperthyroidism diagnosed when he was 12Fred, sorry to here about your....
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On Sun, 02 May 2010 13:20:08 -0000, "Matsikay" <karen.c.bond@verizon.net
Hello everyone!
I have three dogs, and one just turned 12 years old (yeah Miska!!) and over the past year we have noticed an increase in her panting. Just recently, we noticed...
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Check with your vet asap.
I add - neither of our dogs died of the disease.
Wolfhaven1@Centurytel.net
We have had two of out departed dogs with Cushings disease...you have to find out for sure on may not be.
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So, I had a thread over the summer, here:
http://www.ultimatedressage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=211974
About how my dog was losing her coat condition - she had lost a lot of the fur on her tail, and her coat was generally brittle, rough and thin,...
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My mom has a dog who had stomach issues for a while her dogs on probiotics and prebiotics....
We have lots of customers tell us about the miraculous changes in their dogs that the probiotics are what has helped her at all.
No you're not nuts.
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December my Bull Terrier gets attack and needs surgery, January my cattledog ruins his elbow, now February my heart dog is here with me in ICU.
This is how quickly it happened.
8 year old pit bull spayed (though obviously produced MANY litters in her ...
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She was very uncomfortable this morning not a foreign body type dog ....
She's BAR and this is ONE wimpy dog or farts accordingly, the dog is just on gas overload).
If she is blocked the metoclopramide will let us known soon enough .
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Alkaline Phosphatase at 6000 does sound high.
Have you discussed this with your vet? I presume you found out about the high ALP Alp
Alp isoenzyme test
Actinic keratosis on the scalp
Alpha fetoprotein
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
Delivery presentations...
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Is your Vet treating for any disease?
My first two thought from your description of dog is: Cushings.
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My Dog was recently diagnosed with Cushings Disease. Can you educate me a little on this if you don't mind.
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My dog had ....
If he has had full bloodworkI obviously won't have as much info about your and your dog's situation as GTA will, but helpful will be along shortly.
Not many dogs live beyond your dog's age.
At all at this time.
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