Saturday, June 11, 2016

Addison's Disease

Some good friends returned from vacation recently only to notice that one of their little dogs was very ill.  The vet was able to diagnose him with Addison's disease which affects the adrenal glands.  So they said the disease is triggered by stress.  It seems that everytime its owners go away, the dog gets stressed and indeed almost died while the owners were away for 2 weeks.  So it is on medication and will receive a double dose next time the owners have to go away.

I will often take photos on my walks, and I love to see the flowers blooming:

Aubretia

Crabapple Blossoms

forget-me-not

17 comments:

shortybear said...

nice flowers

The Happy Whisk said...

Oh my gosh, that poor pup. Where did his owners leave him for the two weeks when they were gone?

Great photos.

Kay said...

Oh gracious! Dogs can get stressed when the owners go away? To the point of illness? Wow!

Valerie-Jael said...

Poor little doggie! Lovely flower photos! Have a nice day, hugs, Valerie

ann @ studiohyde said...

That is sad for the little dog and the owners too. Sometimes going away cannot be avoided, such a pity when a dog can't understand that and stresses. Really glad they can give it medication to help though.

Romance Reader said...

Loved the flowers. Poor dog. Sad.

Christine said...

They have a good doggie daycare place.

Icy BC said...

I have seen dogs acting very peculiar and knew that the dog missed the owners, but I didn't know it is called Addison's disease.

Be careful with taking pictures, it is an addiction :)

Anonymous said...

Oh, that poor dog. This is another reason we don't have dogs, they take lots of care. Cats, not as much, but even our cats dislike us being gone. Pets are such a huge responsibility.

Anonymous said...

This is one of the reasons why I no longer have a pet.

Adam said...

Funny how doggies need their owners at times

Lisabella Russo said...

What sweet photographs. Poor little pup, I hope the medications help him.

Giggles said...

Stunning photos...Poor baby...we babysat a toy poodle for years and she was very high strung. Every time I left her for a short time she would whine the whole time I was away. When I took her back to the owner she was fine. I love that little pup! Dogs are precious!

Hugs Giggles

Naquillity said...

so sorry to hear about your friends dog. glad they were able to get it some medication to help with its stress. those flowers are beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Oh, that poor dog! Just goes to show how attached our fur babies become to us.

The Happy Whisk said...

Too bad the pup is that stressed. Did the owners know the dog has that much trouble?

Christine said...

They finally diagnosed him at the vet's this last time. It had happened before but they didn't know what the problem was.