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Anyone have a dog with Addison's disease?
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:15 pm
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
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
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Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:17 pm to Carson123987
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$1500 a year in meds and tests.
problem solved.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:17 pm to Carson123987
Just give me an address, I will be at work Sunday 
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:18 pm to burgeman
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:20 pm to brucevilanch
On the real tho, just read about it. Sounds pretty involved, good luck
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:20 pm to Carson123987
no clue man but always enjoy looking at pics of that poodle lol
and f tom brady
and f tom brady
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:23 pm to oleyeller
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no clue man but always enjoy looking at pics of that poodle lol
and f tom brady
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:33 pm to Carson123987
I had an elderly poodle that was sick with other things. Then he was diagnosed with Addison's disease. I said I can't deal with this anymore, plus he was suffering from skin problems. It was all a mess. I put him down. I didn't want to prolong his life because of my selfishness.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:35 pm to MBclass83
sophie's not even 5 yet, so i dont think id put her down. she is not lethargic at all, so at least there are no symptoms. hopefully she's the lucky one
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:41 pm to Carson123987
man i think your just worrying too much. enjoy your dog, as long as she is getting negative results dont think about what could happen, enjoy the now! 
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:52 pm to Carson123987
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.
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 on 8/4/14 at 5:24 pm to Pinetar
Damn man. Thanks for the write up. Very informative
Posted on 8/4/14 at 5:40 pm to Carson123987
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.
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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