Susan, I know this email post was some time ago, but our Bailey (29mos male) has just been diagnosed with Addison's disease. He's lost about 10 lbs (from 91 to 81 lbs) in the past week. We (the family) are a little "freaked" by this and were wondering if you could provide an update on Cody as well as "lessons learned" over the past 18 months. We're being told that steroid shots every 25 days will be required as well as other medication. We're meeting with the Vet today (we got the test results yesterday) and wanted to go in with insiteful questions. Any insight would be appreciated. Bob
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > Cody has been a chewer as well and when he starts to chew on > anything we immediately give him a rawhide chew (no more than 2 > small ones a day). Most of the time we let him take them outside > and he spends hours burying and digging up, burying again, etc. By > the time he comes in he's so exhausted he doesn't want to chew > anything else. He also likes toys that squeek...I might also > suggest not using the crate as punishment. Eventually he'll decide > it's not a place he likes to be and you may have a larger problem. > > Cody has been diagnosed with a intrahypatic (I hope that's spelled > right) liver shunt, as well as Addison's disease. His internal > organs are smaller than they should be as well but all in all he's > doing pretty good. I have him on Dr. Pitcarin's health diet and he > likes that lots. The lactulose he gets should reduce the amount of > toxins in his little body. So far so good. We take it day by > day and love him to pieces as much as possible. > > Hug those "doodles" for me... > > Susan > Apex, NC ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/rtCxlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
