Addisons Disease – Saffy
This is Saffy’s story as told by Denise Loveday.
Saffy is my first Standard Poodle and when she became ill for the first time I did refer to Eileen Geesons book (The Complete Standard Poodle) when the vet couldn’t find the problem. The book details all the symptoms but because they are so varied it did not sink in because Saffy only seemed a little depressed & was off her food. She had been attacked by a dog whilst walking (she isreally sociable) & we put the lack of appetite down to
shock for the first 2 days, but after that we felt there was more to it.
The luck is that a Standard owner locally, has a daughter who works at our vets. She told her mum (the Standard owner) and she rang round the Standard Poodle people she knew and they told her to check for Addisons which our vet immediately did. She is now on florinef for the rest of her life (she is 21 months). However we will always worry if she turns her nose up at food.
Our vets are now very aware of S Poodles being predisposed to Addisons.
You may find the following site helpful if you have a dog with Addison’s Disease: http://k9addisons.com/
The above story was taken from a web site run by Michelle Hargreaves. I believe the owner of the material would be happy for the story to be reproduced here.
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