Some owners decide not to treat, and it is a far more common decision than the internet suggests. It is rarely made carelessly. It is made by people with a fourteen-year-old dog and a heart murmur, or a diagnosis that arrived the same month as a job loss, or a veterinarian who said honestly that […]
The dental appointment is booked. Or the lipoma has grown enough that it needs to come off, or a torn nail needs repair, or the mass on the eyelid needs a biopsy. It is a routine procedure at a practice you trust, and nobody at the front desk asked about the Cushing’s. This is one […]
Most owners ask this question late, and quietly. The diagnosis has already landed, the treatment plan has already been described, and somewhere in the middle of it is a number nobody has said out loud yet. It deserves to be asked early and directly, because cost is not separate from the medicine. Cushing’s is managed, […]
Treating Cushing’s means deliberately lowering a hormone the body cannot do without. Cortisol in excess causes the disease; cortisol in deficiency causes a different and more acute problem. The therapeutic target sits between the two, and the whole apparatus of dose adjustment and periodic monitoring exists to keep a dog inside that window. Most dogs […]
For a great many dogs, the skin is where Cushing’s fnalized — a hot summer, a greedy dog, advancing age. A coat that thins symmetrically across both flanks and does not grow back is harder to explain away. Dermatologic changes are among the most common presenting signs of hyperadrenocorticism, and they are worth understanding in […]
Canine Hyperadrenocorticism – Cushing's Disease in Dogs
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