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[Menzie Campbell]

Hi veronica.  If you've said before how old Flash is, I've missed it.
But as I read your e-mail- and thank you for being thorough and
informative, that's always very helpful - the only thing that occurred
to me was that maybe he has a doggy version of alzheimer's?  I know
that some people with alzheimer's develop fixations.  I had a friend
whose mother, who lived with him, developed the absolute fixation that
his bassets were not being fed enough, so she would feed them things
out of the refrigerator - hotdogs, cheese - at 3 am while he was
asleep.  His dogs got immensely fat, and he and his vet were so
puzzled - the poor dogs were constantly on diet food, etc., they ran
bloodwork for thyroid problems - until he finally figured out what was
going on.  Once his mom finally went into a nursing home, his dogs
lost a bunch of weight.

Anyway, so it occurs to me that it's at least possible that Flash has
developed a similar fixation on water.  His brain has convinced him
that he is constantly thirsty, even though he obviously isn't.  That's
the only idea I had.  Best wishes to you both; I absolutely know how
frustrating it is to be constantly "riding the mop", as Debbie
Winchester says.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Veronica Woodruff <bassetgrrl at hotmail.com>

I'm sure that at least one Drooler will have some practical advice
about Flash's condition.

Everything that could possibly be wrong with Flash has been ruled out
by the vet (Cushing's, too).  Last week Flash spent the day in a water
deprivation test and it showed inconclusive.  Dr. MacDonald said the
only thing left to do was to treat Flash 'as if' he has diabetes
insipidus.  So now Flash is on Rhinyle DDAVP which is used for humans
who have diabetes insipidus (Flashy gets two drops twice a day in his
eye).

I asked the vet if he thought Flash might have a brain tumour or mass
that causes him to drink like an insane thing (I've had to limit him
to 10 cups of water a day; Flash would drink 10 gallons if he could.

So riddle-me-ree, Droolers:  Does anyone have a clue what might really
be wrong with Flash?  Or is it diabetes insipidus that doesn't respond
to drugs (as in 50% of cases)?

Paul and I are both thanking you all in advance.


Veronica Woodruff


(Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia)

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