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6 years ago since i posted this. i will never forget how this cushing family helped me. 2 dogs with cushing's disease at the same time. i now have my powerdog midas who is 8 years old now and...

hi sharlene, how are you and vanilla doing? not used to you not posting for months on this forum. hope everything is ok?

ACTH -T1cortisol-1.92
T2cortisol-3.16
those are actually pretty good numbers. shouldn't go much lower, but was this on 30 mg vetoryl?
may be the vetoryl and cushing's are not his main problem,...

thank you.
you all know what it is like to live without your beloved dog[s].
the house is so empty without them.
we all wish they could live as long as we do.
it is just like losing a child....

yes, queen elisabeth always had a corgi or more from the same line of dogs.
when one dies, you always have a family member to comfort you.
i thought it was the same with her ponies i believe.
yes...

you all know what it is to have to say goodbye to your beloved dog.
in the end you have to take more care of them. they need to go out more, broken nights etc.
i didn't expect this to happen, the...

thank you all.
it is very quiet in the house. since her brother ian died, she was my shadow. never a day apart in our whole life.
her mom was born in 1995, so i had this family of dogs for 23...

welcome here vanilla. another diva.
it is very rare for a puppy mill to give up on a young female like her.
do you know why the puppy mill gave her up/away instead of making $$$$$ out of her?...

sadly i had to say goodbye to enya last wednesday.
she was 16 years old and had never been ill in her life.
but last months we thought she had an uti.
she got 2 different types of antibiotics, but...

thank you sharlene.
enya's picture is not a very recent one.
her pot belly is gone now.
no smartphone or digital camera present over here.
so i have to wait till others make pictures of my dogs.

this rare bi-blue merle colouring ended up to be a hallmark sign of most of my dogs. except for flynn, he was black and white.
i have to double check midas" collar and working harness too, because...

tried to upload some photo's. my old pc is very slow. 3x midas, 1x enya.

beautiful pictures of henry in the snow, water and playing with a stick.
just like my dogs.
how about his houdini tricks?
no more escapes?
p.s. i tried to upload some photo's too. my old pc is...

midas turned 2 january 6 th. time flies......
yes the temp. will be as low as -7C at night next week.
i heard that scotland had a lot of snow, saw pictures on facebook. beautiful landscape.
a...

yes sharlene, only [mostly] non frost winters for us now.
next week will be colder though with up to -7C at night.
how is your weather up north?

good to hear from you too.
enya is still doing well for her age.
and midas is a handfull pffft.
we had a few days of snow in december. both dogs loved it.
pleased to hear that henry loves the...

hi lauren, flynn was a border collie and ian a shetland sheepdog mix.
flynn had all the symptoms in the book including the rare ones. he couldn't tolerate vetoryl because of arthritis.
ian had much...

welcome here on the forum from us.
we do live in europe and i keep my dogs as natural as possible too.
that means raw food, no desexing, i do titer my dogs, so they only get their puppy...

@ leslie and marianne, i do read the new posts on the forum a couple of times a week to stay in touch with my cushing's family.
learning new things about the disease.
almost 4 years ago flynn died,...

last post was 1 1/2 years ago.
enya turned 15 1/2 november 2.
still going strong for her age.
midas is becoming a good detection/snifferdog.
he is very high maintenance pfft!
i do everything...

2500-3500 to remove the adenoma????????
i paid 200 at my local vet to remove my flynn's adenoma. including antibiotics and painkillers. [4 years ago.]
this operation is no big deal at all!
i think...

my intact cush dog flynn [border collie] had one. it was bleeding on and off indeed.
i had the adenoma removed.
it is not a difficult operation and it was inexpensive.
vetoryl did not shrink it....

glad to hear that henry had a good day and enjoyed his beach walk.
have you tried just putting him in the back of the car in a covered bench/transporter and just ignore him?
maybe he is enjoying...

@mc davis; i keep enya and midas seperated. he is too high energy for her and way too big!
that is good that you own a generator. 1 day without power in winter is no fun, but a week.......
poor...

enya is still going strong for her age. she will turn 15 may 2. still missing her brother.
midas turned 1 in january. he is a very powerful working dog. very high energy, pffffft! he passed his...