Saturday, April 23, 2011

Look what a Dog with Addison's Disease can do!

Didn't I tell you that a dog with Canine Addison's Disease can do Anything!!

Aidan the dog with Canine Addison's disease competes in the AKC National Agility Championship in Lexington Virgina.

I am including some notes that Karen wrote on her Facebook page about Aidan's run at the Nationals.
Karen & Aidan

"Aidan walked in like he owned the place, and paid heed to nothing but his tug, his mom, and the rabbit meat in my pocket.  Same ol' Aidan, no matter what.  A dog of his caliber is rare, priceless."

We stepped to the start line, and Aidan waited for the signal, and handled as well, or better, than ever before.  Too bad I didn't!
 I pushed him past jump 3, and after checking in with me, he proceeded to the tunnel.
We regrouped and finished what I felt was one of the best runs ever.  I was proud to be show casing my little whippet.
No problem with the weave pole entrance, running A frame was perfect. 
Every turn was graceful and efficient.  I couldn't have asked for better. 
I felt like we were dancing, our bodies practically singing with motion inspired harmony.  Our time was respectable, considering the error, and I was left thinking of what could of been, but happy as well with what was.

Aidan was diagnosed with Canine Addison's disease just over a year ago. His Mom Karen is incredibly devoted to her furkids and was devastated when she diagnosed Aidan with Primary Typical Addison's disease ( yes Karen is a Vet ). She figured his agility career was over and she knew how much he loved it. Karen sought out the Canine Addison's Support Group on Yahoo and we quickly changed her mind about what Aidan could do.. She switched Aidan from Florinef to percorten and has never looked back. 

When I asked Karen if I could post Aidan's pictures on my blog, her reply was, "Absolutely, I want all to know that these are awesome dogs that just happen to have Addison's."

Karen also has some video of Aidan run at the Nationals that I will put up as soon as I have it.

ADogs ROCK!!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Elizabeth, I'm so honored and humbled to be able to be a small part of the Addison's community. Without your help, we wouldn't have gotten things under control so quickly, and would not have had our adventures at Nationals, I'm sure!
Thanks for all you do!!
Karen

Joey said...

Beautiful!!!!

dustinbdtown said...

Hi, I have a pup with Addisons and would like more info on the best ways to treat it on a ongoing basis. Please reply!

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