Our vet also said it was a reaction to a vaccine and that it is very common to have such vacinosis. There is a huge study on vacinosis in dogs being conducted at the University of WI in Madison. I will not vacinate any dogs again with first checking for titers and only if it is necessary using mono(single) dose injections.

We are getting 1 more test for adrenal abnormality.

Hope to see if that is the cause for his lack of energy and why he won’t play with his toys anymore. And if he can have treatment can get some of my active little boy back♥

Spent alot of money at one vet and took to another and she convinced me to take him to a specialist in Pitt. And that is where he was diagnosed.

I read treatments of pred is done on Cookie and I blame pred causing my dear Pugslys condition…he was on pred for 4 yrs for allergys went into cushings and got him off and that is when he started hitting into walls. Was very sick a month or more before all that.

He is the love of my life and my best friend and am trying to help him live a safe life. He also has learned to walk and be at the edge of walls or whatever he walks near.

Today she is just listless and sleeps mostly. Her breathing has sounded labored for the last few weeks and we thought that this was attributable to allergy. She has had eye inflamation in the spring and summer for the past 4 yrs that was treated with eye drops. Gidget has her best pal, our 7 yr. old male Lhasa named Charlie.

Charlie was brought home when Gidget was a year old and they instantly bonded. They are inseparable. Our hearts are breaking for both of them. I am trying to hope that she will be with us for a long time and may just need to adjust to her loss of sight, but with the level of protien in her urine already I am fearful that this could be the beginning of a very sad decline.

Dr. Grozdanic told Paul that very often the loss of vision is the least of the problems with SARDS dogs, and that if she starts to decline that the humane action is the best. I am having trouble typing through my tears and feel that I just want to hit somthing. Hit it hard. I will continue to post Gidget’s progress.

He told me there was no cure and no treatment. I have been contacting various Colleges of Veternary Medicine and found that very litte is known about this horrible disease. My dog has the same gait as your little Oscar, big tummy, frequent urination, increased appetite, and confusion.

I get the fact that it is incurable and untreatable…that is all I am told by the Vets I contact. Isn’t there anything out there that can make them more comfortable, will this SARDS lead to her death? I am naturally devastated but I do want to make her more comfortable if that is possible.

Did the prednisone seem to make Oscar more comfortable? Should I ask my vet about prednisone treatment?

Any advice you can provide will be greatly appreciated. No one seems to know anything about this in my area (Charlotte, NC).

Thank you!

Linda

I just wanted to thank everyone who posted here and also the hosts. This has given me a wealth of knowledge and some great advice as to how to handle this. I didn’t realize this was the cause of her hunger. She eats with a venegence and seems to never be full. She is about 5lbs overweight and that is not good for dachsunds, especially the miniatures because of back promblems but I can’t seem to get any results and I have put her on a diet. I am going to take her off of commercial food totally and see if that helps. Right now she gets 1/3 cup of Beneful Weight control and 1 can of green beans but is still not losing weight and as a matter of fact picked up 1/4 lb on our last vet visit.

Cheryl