[Rhodes22-list] Blind Dog Advice

[Brad Haslett]

Anne,

Thanks for the suggestion,  I'm making Gracie an appointment for next week
with a specialist that teaches and runs a clinic at Ole Miss.  Maybe we'll
stumble across a miracle but then again, maybe not.  I'm going to mulch
around the trees in the back yard so she will know when she's approaching
one.  Gracie likes to sleep under Cora's play set and can find it by the
sand underneath.  She also can orient herself by the ivy bed.  She is a
little depressed by her new condition (who wouldn't be) but is adapting.
She slept next to me last night and found her way downstairs via the back
steps sometime in the night on her own.  It's painful to watch her walk into
things but she has to learn.  Everything I've read on the net says not to
coddle them but help them learn their way as best they can.  Elle, is right,
getting old sucks but look at the alternatives.  Thank goodness a
half-century of clean living has had no effect on me!

Brad


On 12/28/06, Anne M <anima13 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Brad,
> I hate to bring up another more onimous differential diagnosis, but you
> may want to consider Adisson's disease. Isay this because my sister is
> visiting and
> she has bred and shown and wins championship Welsh Corgis for more than 30
> years. (Did I mention that I work in an endocrinology practice)
> My sister said this could be a cause for sudden blindness.
> Does Gracie drink more than ever?
> Just a thought. You can treat this with daily low-dose prednisone with
> good
> results.
> Anne
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