Hi, thank you for letting me join. My 6 year old cocker (7 in November) has just been diagnosed with Cushings following on from ACHT blood tests and various scans. Despite being familiar with some Auto-immunes, I am in the dark about how Cushings will affect her day to day.
She presented initially with a Urine infection. Peeing excessively, Drinking loads, panting more than just weather related and quite wheezy and not really going up stairs in the same way she did. I had not really added the pot belly into the equation until we clipped her belly to scan her to make sure no obstructions.. Once we had a possible Cushings diagnosis so many other things all made sense. She has probably had one proper season in her 6 years and she's quite grouchy.
The only stereotypical symptom we seem to miss has been her coat has remained in excellent condition
She has now been on Vetoryl for a couple of weeks and the antibiotics have cleared the urine infection.
She is not drinking as much and does not pant now. She still has a lot of accidents in the house although I am not sure whether this could be behavioural. I also have an aged cocker who has accidents so she could just be matching him! She can be a difficult dog and has always been moody with the others at home, although of course this might of been because this has been ticking for a long time.
I really would like to know what to expect day to day, is this pretty normal to how you came to get a diagnosis. What should we look for in the future?