Thank you for the posts. Vet wants to wait 4 weeks then retest blood levels to determine whether we need to test for Cushings. All that was done yesterday was the bloodwork then putting him on the medication.
So far my little guy seems to be doing ok, no more throwing up. I had started...
I usually just read posts and search old posts for help on minor health problems. Yesterday my poor dog, he's 9, started throwing up - 3 - 4 times. Couldn't hold food down yesterday and wouldn't eat anything this morning so I took him to the vet.
Vet ran blood tests and results indicate...
Very interesting info Moonstr8. While I haven't experienced Cushings in my dogs, I do have a horse with Cushings. I thought the two were different diseases in each but based on your info there are many similarities.
Do you know if Pergolide or Chastetreeberry have ever been used in...
Did I take him in between vaccination and a year later.. - of course I did - and the vet's advice each time was just to watch it. Needless to say I don't use that vet any longer. I didn't feel the detail was as important as the point in my first post.
I would bet injection site tumors in dogs are more common than we think. I took my jrt in for routine shots when he was about 3. The shot area swelled up slightly within a day or so and never went away. A year or so later the bump had to be surgically removed as it was cancerous. Vet never...