Hi, my name is Kim. I have 2 dogs. My 11 year old Cairn Terrier has always been in good health. My 3 year old basset hound, Duke, was Dx with Addison's disease a year ago this March. He is on daily pred and every 25 day Percorten V injections. He is currently on his 3rd round of an antibiotic for a staph infection. We are reducing his pred dose to see if that is the reason for the recurrent staph. His Addison's was dx after he went into crisis mode, which often is the way Addison's is found. He was very sick. We got him well, and then about 3 months ago my son's friend left part of a ham sandwich (wrapped in a paper towel) on our end table. Duke found it before anyone else. Two days later we ended up in the ER with bloody diarrhea! He recovered from that all except for a soft stool. The vet had me put him on a light food, and he firmed right up. So, currently we are working on getting rid of the staph, finding a working lower dose of pred, and I am trying to find a good dog food for him. If anyone else is dealing with canine Addison's, I would certainly like to hear how you manage the disease.
Kim
Kim