Cushing's disease (canine) advice / help please ?

[woodnut67]

Morning,



We have a fearful day ahead as we are taking our one year old Patterdale (Maisi) to the vet. She has pigmentation change on her white chest patch and poor hair development on her belly and neck. She was treated for Demodex mite when younger due to this, but at a year old, she still hasn't got a full glossy coat.
Googling always scares the bejesus out of us when searching for symptoms and sadly, she ticks quite a few boxes for Cushing's disease.
Has anyone experienced caring for a sufferer ?

Edited by woodnut67 on Wednesday 23 April 10:18

[woodnut67]

Thanks bex, as you say, and supported by our brilliant vet, she is very young. The vet said we have nothing to worry about but if we're still wary in 6 months, i.e. we feel her coat isn't any better, they'll do skin scrapes. So, fingers crossed, she's just a scruffy little pup - unlike her mum who we also have and who is perfect !