My girl pug (confirmed Cushings & confirmed calcinosis cutis) / Tobey has passed

Hi Samantha, thank you for the suggestion. She is spayed (and has been since a puppy). I don't think this is an infection, so much as just discharge, like a side effect of the medication. But, my vet did say we could use epi-otic to cleanse her lady parts as needed. Thankfully, the discharge has dropped off a bit.

Pugs had an exciting day today, since I was baking, I put together some cookies for them too. They won't leave the kitchen now, heehee!

Ah, Reneé, I wasn't meaning it was necessarily an infection, but that it may be good for keeping it clean? Might be too drying, though.
What's epi-otic? Some sort of ear cleaner?

I should ask my vet as well, since Zanya is so prone to UTIs (hopefully that will improve with her Cushing's getting under control!), may help to keep the area a bit cleaner.

Oooh Cookies! I'm sure they were thrilled!

Cheers,
Samantha

Hi, folks! I have found that baby wipes are a great (and inexpensive) way to clean the vulva area. I use Charmin Freshmates which have no aloe (or other additives in them).

Hmm, all good suggestions.

The epi-otic is an ear cleaner, but I suspect it has many of the same ingredients your vet suggested for the stridex pads, plus anti-fungal.

Maybe I'll try baby wipes first, just to keep it clean and then watch for any increase in irritation.

Oh, Samantha, I do think the UTI's will decrease. May not go away for good, but as her immune system strengthens, she likely won't get them as much. Here's hoping!

Baby wipes are a good idea. I have some I use with molly occasionally when she has had UTI's as I just don't want any yeast spreading around causing problems. She hasn't needed them in quite some time, but they did seem to help when I used them.

Interesting happenings at our house... lol

Ichiro (one of my male pugs) has a back injury that we are treating with prednisone. He's been on it 2 solid weeks and begins the tapering off phase tomorrow. What an eye opener to watch him develop prednisone induced cushings symptoms! He's drinking so much water that his little chin is red and chapped (drink a bunch of water, run outside in 10 degree weather), and his appetite is monstrous! It makes me feel a bit sad for Tobey that she went through this for a while before I realized what was happening.

And.... I'm going to cuddle a 7 month old boston terrier baby tonight. He's new to rescue. I may foster him, but I am afraid of foster failing, haha. I don't want four dogs (never even meant to have three!), so that is really what would prevent me from keeping him. But, I can dream for a while! :p

Just posting an update -- the discharge has dropped off. So strange why that even happened!

Everything else is going good. No news is good news, right?!

No news is great news when you are dealing with a Cush pup!

I sure am glad the discharge is gone. How is Ichiro doing? I hope things are going better for him.

Are you still cuddling the puppy?

Yep, no news is good news :)

ohhh, puppy still? I'm with Addy I want to know too.

Hope that all the dogs are doing well.

huggers

Okay, it sounds bad.... I did cuddle the puppy and even brought him home for a few days, but he was way too much work! :D I haven't had a puppy in 10 years. Boy did I forget! Give me an old dog any day!

He's so adorable, he has hordes of people that want him.

Ichiro improved on the pred, but we are tapering him off now. He was starting to get the cushings symptoms, and I wouldn't treat him long-term on the pred anyway. I think he's just an old pug man and I need to find a way to help him manage.