The past few days have been really bad days for Taffy. She has been completely off of the Tem-P for a week. During this week she has had several days of not being able to walk at all. We are carrying her outside and holding her up for potty. Her fur is falling out by the handfulls,she has a very large bare spot under her chin and her front feet are beginning to be bare. This evening I came home from an evening out. My DH had taken her out about 45 min before I got home and when she was picked up to go out,she was laying in a puddle of pee. So she had a quick bath,brushed her out very carefully for fear of tearing her skin and was then taken out where she peed again. She is refusing to eat unless it is chicken and rice,this is my mixture and is mostly rice. She drinks only if we take her to the bowl or bring the bowl to her. If there is not a drastic change I dont hold alot of hope for this little girl. Vet apt is Tuesday for testing.

Don't know if this will help but when my lillymae was still with us & had cushings, my vet gave me Cyproheptadine to stimulate her appetite & it worked well. Also lillymae took Anapryl for her cushings as the other cush meds did not work well for her. I hope this helps.

Thank you. Taffy has spent today at the vet for testing. Make sure what is going on really is cushings and try a medication. I pick her up at 3:30. She just seems so miserable. Her hair is about half gone on her front feet,she has a huge bare spot on her chest,her back legs dont work most of the time,going potty is not easy for her.

What about using baby diapers for her? God bless that sweet little baby, and the Mommy that loves and cares for her special needs.

Taffy update: All of Taffy's blood work came back showing NO cushings,kinda wish it was. She is in serious kidney and liver failure. She will not eat,drink or take her meds. Her pee looks like water with no color. Tests still show blood in her urine but not as much because she is on an antibiotic for the demodex,,that is not clearing up. Her bowels are not working properly because she can not walk. I am not looking forward to the decision that I have had to come to. She is a sweet girl and I will not allow her to go through her end of days in so much obvious pain.
I had to try to explain it to my mother today ,she lives in a alzheimers unit.
Prayers please that I will have the strength to go through with this.

I'm so sorry you are going through this with little Taffy.
Prayers being sent for Taffy, your mother and you! So very sorry, I know how hard it is when these babies are so ill...they so grab hold of our hearts....poor baby.

Thank you, we have lost a furbaby a year for several years. Although that sounds terrible,they have all lived a long life and just happened to all be almost the same age. I knew that it was a possiblility when I realized that all of them were close in age. 13 is a good long life, I just dont want to watch her suffer.

My heart goes out to you.

I'm so very sorry...I'm just heartbroken for you :(. Please know I'll keep you in my thoughts.

Thank you all. Taffy had a pretty good day yesterday until evening,you could tell that she hurt. I have taken the rug up so she can be in the den with us. We are down to her last days and I can tell that she wants to feel good but just cannt. She will pat the floor with her front feet to play and perk her ears up,then just lay her chin on the floor. She even barked when my DH came home from work,but didnt even try to get up. Friday is going to be a tuff day.

I agree with your decision and know how gut-wrenching it is. No one can stand to see a dog suffer and live a less than good dog's life. I know how hard Friday is going to be for you but you know your mom and all true doglovers would agree you are doing the what is best for her and will get her out of her miserable condition. Please know I'll have you and Taffy in my prayers Friday.

I took in a 14 year old, overweight 13 pound Maltese mix who could barely walk, had massive hair loss & was near death due to Cushing's disease. Her elderly owner died and his son wanted her to be put down, but his sister put an ad in the paper about her fate, so I took her in order to see if I could help her in some way live out her life with some happiness. First thing I did was go on line looking for a book on this disease. I found Caring for an Older Dog: The Survival Guide and 101 Healthy Recipes to Fight Cushing's Disease. Both books written by Michael Dole. I bought the on line type so I could make as many copies as I want in order to give anyone that needed them.

Bell did an amazing turn around, lost down to 9 pounds, her hair all came back in and she would have such happy days that she would actually try to skip and trot. She lived over a year then her little body gave up and we had to have her put to sleep. I'll never forget that precious little angel that blessed our lives. We loved her so very, very much and her passing was a deep and painful loss.

If you want to try and give her more time, I can mail you copies of these. Just pm me your name and address.

Thank you "yorkiedaze". Although this thread is titled "Cushings" it was found through testing that she infact did not have cushings,wish she had,atleast then I would of had something to work with. In fact she was in kidney and liver failure. Nothing we gave her seemed to help with her pain or physical state. She would not eat,drink or take her meds. In the last two weeks she seemed to go down hill even more quickly. I was cooking chicken and rice for her,offering even cheese. The only food that she would eat that she liked was raw broccoli. She didnt poop anymore,her urine was completely clear. I was mixing her meds in baby meats and she still would not take them.

So it is with a heavy heart that I have to say that I helped this little princess over the rainbow bridge this morning about 10:45. My other 4 furbabys are all sitting on me,because they know.

Now I have to go explain it to my mother.