Does anyone know a good natural treatment for Cushing's?
My Dachshund was diagnosed with Cushing's a couple of years ago, and he shows all the symptoms. Lost a ton of weight and muscle mass. Lost fur. Occasional panting, although that hasn't been a problem lately. Very thirsty. And the worst, he pees constantly. And I mean constantly, to the point where he's ruining our floors.
My dog is old. We got him as an older rescue, I'm guessing he was was around 7 when we saved him, which would make him about 15 now. We were giving him Vetoryl, which helped with the constant peeing for a while, but a few months ago he started having bad reactions to the medicine. He was getting lethargic, and it seemed to effect him mentally, like he had alzheimers. Once we took him off the meds, he went back to normal, but the peeing came back.
We then tried Pet Alive Cushex drops, and while they seemed to work ok for a few weeks, they quickly became ineffective.
Is there anything else we can do? He doesn't seem to be suffering at all and is a happy dog, he just pees all the time. We have him on a diet of boiled shredded chicken, brown rice and green beans, so we are not poisoning him with store bought food.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
My Dachshund was diagnosed with Cushing's a couple of years ago, and he shows all the symptoms. Lost a ton of weight and muscle mass. Lost fur. Occasional panting, although that hasn't been a problem lately. Very thirsty. And the worst, he pees constantly. And I mean constantly, to the point where he's ruining our floors.
My dog is old. We got him as an older rescue, I'm guessing he was was around 7 when we saved him, which would make him about 15 now. We were giving him Vetoryl, which helped with the constant peeing for a while, but a few months ago he started having bad reactions to the medicine. He was getting lethargic, and it seemed to effect him mentally, like he had alzheimers. Once we took him off the meds, he went back to normal, but the peeing came back.
We then tried Pet Alive Cushex drops, and while they seemed to work ok for a few weeks, they quickly became ineffective.
Is there anything else we can do? He doesn't seem to be suffering at all and is a happy dog, he just pees all the time. We have him on a diet of boiled shredded chicken, brown rice and green beans, so we are not poisoning him with store bought food.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.