Poor Duke!

If you have followed our blog or been to our house for any length of time you know our oldest dog Duke has bladder issues among other things. He pants continuously as if he is going to die of thirst if you don't give him more water...so we generally give him more water but all the water makes him peepee allllll the time. He will literally pee 4-5 times on a 20 minute walk and then come in and 30 minutes later pee on the floor! For all this time we thought he was just old and stubborn.
He had his annual appointment Tuesday and our wonderful vet noticed some recent hair loss along with weight gain and said all of these problems could be due to elevated cortisol level so our champion urinator peepee in a cup for them and sure enough he has Cushings disease. We are going to try some oral medications and see if he improves. Hopefully this will all be taken care of before Ensley gets here and Duke can start living a normal life....otherwise he might not make it as a house dog when Ensley arrives.
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