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I haven't posted here in quite a long time, but my ~7.5 yo male silver spoo was just diagnosed with atypical Addison's disease. He seemed off and in pain, and our vet thought he had arthritis...then he vomited 10 times one evening, and the ER vet tested him for Addison's on a hunch. So here we are. Anyone have experience with this?
He's recovering well, but seems a little slower than usual, and is drinking and peeing a LOT. His prednisone dose is still pretty high (we're supposed to ween him off slowly), so I'm hoping things get better as we lower it. He's always been amped up by other dogs we see on walks so I'm not sure how to handle that long term...we've been trying to avoid other dogs as much as possible for the time being, but will we likely end up having to dose him every time we go on a walk? That seems excessive :/ There is also a (small) possibility we could move overseas in a couple years for work...is that even possible for an Addison's dog? I suspect we will be getting to know our vet very well.
Anyway, no real question here, just looking for general thoughts from anyone with an Addison's dog.
He's recovering well, but seems a little slower than usual, and is drinking and peeing a LOT. His prednisone dose is still pretty high (we're supposed to ween him off slowly), so I'm hoping things get better as we lower it. He's always been amped up by other dogs we see on walks so I'm not sure how to handle that long term...we've been trying to avoid other dogs as much as possible for the time being, but will we likely end up having to dose him every time we go on a walk? That seems excessive :/ There is also a (small) possibility we could move overseas in a couple years for work...is that even possible for an Addison's dog? I suspect we will be getting to know our vet very well.
Anyway, no real question here, just looking for general thoughts from anyone with an Addison's dog.