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Anyone have a dog with Addison's disease?

Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:15 pm
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66470 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:15 pm
Sophie's breeder just called and said that another poodle from her litter has been diagnosed with Addison's, or hypoadrenocorticism. That makes 3 total Addisonians from the litter. I dont know much about it, but apparently you have to give 3 pills daily, a monthly shot, plus tests every 6 months, and it averages to about $1500 a year in meds and tests.

kinda scared. going to get her tested soon. we've gotten tests in the past when the first two were diagnosed, but she's always turned up clean. if any of you have a dog with Addison's, please let me know what it's like living with them, quality of life, etc.

obligatory sophie pics



Posted by brucevilanch
Fort Worth, Tejas
Member since May 2011
24334 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:17 pm to
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$1500 a year in meds and tests.


problem solved.

Posted by burgeman
Member since Jun 2008
10365 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:17 pm to
Just give me an address, I will be at work Sunday
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32025 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:20 pm to
no clue man but always enjoy looking at pics of that poodle lol


and f tom brady
Posted by Pinetar
local watering hole
Member since Feb 2005
365 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:52 pm to
had a Chocolate Lab diagnosed with Addison's years ago. Treatment at that time was just the pills and two visits a year. Med's were not cheap, but it was probably worth it.

He was diagnosed at around 2 years old and lived another 5 or 6 years. His quality of life didn't seem to suffer any for it. He would play fetch until my arm got tired. Probably the best dog I ever owned. My son was born when the dog was about 5 or 6 years old. Every time the dog came in the house from outside, he wouldn't lay down until he located my son.

With that said, the end was absolutely gut-wrenching. He wouldn't eat for a few days, so we took him to the vet. They called a couple of days later to say that his kidneys were failing. So, we decided to take my 2 year old son to visit. When they were taking him back into the vet's office, he would stop after every step and look back at my son. My son kept trying to run back to him, and my wife had to pick him up to leave. Pretty sure the dog knew it was over. Got the call from the vet's office the next morning. Sat in my office and cried like a little girl for 5 minutes before I called the wife.
Posted by AubieALUMdvm
Member since Oct 2011
11713 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 5:40 pm to
Good looking standard poodle you have there. Great dogs, really.

Does Sophie experience much lethargy? Waxing and waning vomiting/diarrhea? Is anything "off" at all about her?

I had never heard of anyone testing an asymptomatic dog but I guess it makes sense if that's the case. Plenty of dogs with Addison's do quite well with it. In some areas of hte world, veterinarians will treat dogs with HYPERadrenocorticism (Cushing's disease) with a drug at such high doses they make them become Adisonian b/c it's supposed to be so much easier to treat. So, there's that.

As long as treatment continues as planned their quality of life IMO should be good.
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