re: Anyone have a dog with Addison's disease?

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.