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    Addison's Disease in Dogs
    Addison's Disease in Dogs
    Addison's Disease in Dogs
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    Addison's Disease in Dogs

    By Stephanie Kenrose

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    Canine Addison's disease is a serious and often fatal illness. "A poignant journey of a dog owner's quest to understand and comprehend the grim facts of Addison's Disease. This book provides concise but comprehensive information about Addison's Disease that can easily be understood by dog owners everywhere..." Merliza Cabriles, D.V.M.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndale LLC
    Release dateSep 3, 2010
    ISBN9781452343358
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      Addison's Disease in Dogs - Stephanie Kenrose

      Addison’s Disease in Dogs

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      Copyright 2010 Stephanie Kenrose

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      For Shakti-Holly, my shadow and best friend.

      Table of Contents:

      Chapter One: Introduction

      Chapter Two: What is Addison’s Disease?

      Chapter Three: Symptoms

      Chapter Four: Causes

      Chapter Five: Diagnosis

      Chapter Six: Genetics and Inheritability

      Chapter Seven: Treatment Options

      Chapter Eight: Cheaper Treatment Options

      Appendix 1: A Note on Heartworm Preventatives

      Appendix 2: Web Resources

      Definitions

      References

      Chapter One: Introduction

      We welcomed our wonderful border collie, Shakti-Holly into our family in January 2007. She was very young–about a year old–and had been left for dead at a veterinarian by her previous owners. One day, a year and a half after she came to live with us, Shakti-Holly started acting lethargic. She didn’t want to go for her usual walk, and she didn’t want to eat—not even a treat. Less than twenty four hours later, she was in shock, with multiple organs failing.

      We adopted Shakti-Holly from a Border collie rescue about an hour’s drive south from our home in Jacksonville, Florida. Holly (as she was called then) was very young—the rescue estimated that she was about a year old. A few months before coming to the rescue, Holly found herself at the local dog pound. A man and woman adopted her, but soon after arriving home Holly became severely ill. Her owner’s took her to a veterinarian, who suspected Holly had been poisoned: her liver was shutting down, he told the new owners, and it was probably going to cost several hundred dollars to treat her—that’s if she survived at all.

      Go ahead and put her to sleep, they said. We can get another one at the pound for eighty dollars.

      Instead of euthanizing Holly, the vet started her on IV fluids and nursed her back to health. After only a few days, Holly was back to good health, fully recovered from the mysterious poisoning. The vet called a local Border collie rescue, who took her in.

      A few weeks later, my husband, two sons and I visited the rescue looking for a new addition to our family.

      I have just the girl for you! the rescue’s owner, Jerry said, when we met her at her kennels.

      I think we all imagined taking home an energetic, agile herding dog—like the border

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