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Paula Smith wrote:
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I need some advice, my Toby was diagnosed with Addisons a year ago. He
takes prendisone 5 mg once a day and percorten injection every 28 days
(last shot was a week ago). He is becoming increasingly more
agressive, both towards my other basset, the 3 cats and my son and I.
It has gotten so bad that today he wouldn't let Cooper in the house
(he was sitting outside in the rain) and when I did get Coop in Toby
went after him and almost killed Cooper, luckily I was able to break
them up before Cooper was too badly hurt. Also, today he would not eat
his dinner, ate breakfast fine, but wouldn't even touch dinner. This
is extremely unusual for him, he is usually starving and snarfs down
his food.
Any advice any of you have would be greatly appreciated
Paula Smith
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My Gabby has had Addisons for over 6 years. She gets her percorten shot
every month and she takes prednisone daily -- BUT, she only takes 1
mg. According to the folks over at the yahoo groups Addisons group,
you want your dog to be taking the <u><b>smallest</b></u> amount of
pred that keeps him/her healthy. Perhaps if you and your vet agree, you
might try lowering Toby's pred and see if this helps the aggression.<br>
You might try going to Yahoo Groups AddisonDogs_ and asking the folks
there about pred and aggression.<br>
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Kathie G<br>
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