Comments on: Ask a Vet: Cushing’s Disease in Dogs

By: Halo

Halo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:12:34 +0000

Dear Cheryl,

I would advise that you get your dog examined promptly as the signs he is exhibiting are consistent with diabetes or other conditions that require immediate medical attention.

Good luck with him.
Dr. Donna Spector

By: Cheryl Morgan

Cheryl Morgan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:50 +0000

My 9 yrs old poodle recently starting drink a lot of water and eating more and has had a couple of accidents in the hosue and he has not done that since he was a puppy and he has doggie door, My vet is out of town until March 15th could wait until then or should I take to the emergency clinic, Could he have diabetes or cushing disease?

By: Jennifer Daun

Jennifer Daun — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:21:51 +0000

I have a dog that has had bladder surgery due to oxalated bladder stones. According to our vet, it is biological (his body is not formulating what is necessary to break down the oxalate stones). I have fed both my dogs with holistic food since puppies and now have to switch to a prescription diet that has been tested to keep the stones from reforming. This prescription diet is just by-products and it’s eating at my conscience to feed it to my boys! However, many of the holistic foods have ingredients that are high oxalate in content (brown rice, sweet potato, spinach – to name just a few) so feeding these foods is detrimental to the health of the one dog. Is there an holistic food that is available for dogs with oxalate stone issues? The food cannot have Vitamin C, restricted Vitamin D and more Magnesium. Or am I forever subjected to feeding the Royal Canin by-product food?
Thank you for your time.

By: erin

erin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:54:36 +0000

my 13 year old cattle dog mix has been suffering for 5 months now with diarehia – i put her on supplements including a priobotic after numerous tests, really nothing is wrong with her. she is also now on a enzyme supplement and seems to be better

the diarehia is gone but now she struts around the yard trying to go with nothing happening. her stools are now firmer but she has the urge to go frequently after eating.

can you suggest anything?

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By: Sherry Drew

Sherry Drew — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:21:23 +0000

I recently bought your book The Whole Pet Diet. I’m going to have both of my dogs on the diet, but I wanted to make sure that the diet is ok for my pregnant female? Are there any other special things I should do while she is pregnant, and feeding?

Thanks,
Sherry

By: Joann Keller

Joann Keller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:32:25 +0000

In the book The Whole Pet Diet, it is suggested that the use of cottage cheese should be limited. Can you explain why? And are there an symptoms of too much cottage cheese.