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Sorry to learn that your Corgi is not responding as well and as quickly as I am sure you and your veterinarian would like. You mentioned that your dog has/had bladder stones. Did your veterinarian also do a urine test? If the stones are still present or if they have returned, that could be part of the problem. It may be necessary to do a chest radiograph to rule in or out a primary lung problem. I wish there was an easy answer. You have done a great deal but it sounds as though a diagnostic challenge is still ahead of you. Allergies typically do not cause fevers. A normal dog's temperature is 101 to 102.5 degrees F.

Ask your veterinarian if there are any changes in the white blood cell count that might make him or her concerned that there is a leukemia condition. I have called my diagnositc lab in the past when I have had questions about lab results and spoken to one of their board certified internist. This is something your doctor may opt to do.

Wishing your pup a speedy recovery...
Dr. Bernadine Cruz

Dear Dr. Cruz,

Thank you so much for your reply. Buffy went back to see her vet this afternoon and Dr. Hillhouse drew more blood and it did not show any change in the white blood count, neither up or down but the count is around 27,000. She changed the antibiotic to Baytril for 10 days. She did not take a urine speciman but Buffy does still have stones. She is urinating well so far. Her temp today was 102.8. Her little nose is the only part of her body that is having this symptom of crusting and it is making it hard for her to breathe through her nose as the crust like material is inside the nostril too. The vet took tweezers an removed some of the substance and there were no lesions or sores inside the nose. We will continue to watch her closely and I pray these new antibiotics will do the trick. I was using allermyl shampoo but the vet is out so we are going with cortisoothe which I have used in the past with good success. Dr. Hillhouse wants to use as little cortisone products as possible though which I fully understand having lost our male corgi to Addison's two years ago. Thank you again.

sbamerican

Hi sbamerican,

I am glad you are seeking professional care for Buffy. If she still has a crusty nose, you can often clean the crust by using a warm wet washcloth.

Many years ago I had a pit bull with a chronic sinus infection and her nose would get crusty and clogged. We would get a washcloth good and wet with warm, not hot, water. Moisten her nose and the crusties would soften so we could clean them off.

Your dog still needs professional treatment fo the underlying cause but cleaning her nose may make her more comfortable

my best to both of you.

Dear DianeR01,

Thank you so much for your advice. I will start using the warm washcloth to soften the crusties. Her condition seems to be improving as far as not being lethargic and fever. Instead of lying in her "office", the utility room off the kitchen, she is pretty much getting back to her daily routine. I am for now keeping her off any food with grain ingredients in case this is a yeast infection or leaky gut. She has had "allergies" for years. When I take her back next week to see her vet, hopefully she will be over this terrible infection. I feel like our vet is family having gone through five years of treatment for Addison's with our male corgi, William. The vet in my book is SUPER and we have full confidence in she and her husband who are a team vet clinic. He treats large animal and she treats small.

Thank you again,

sbamerican

Hi Diane - I have a femael pit bull mix named Sophie that is currently experincing the same symptoms as your Buffy. We are in the initial stages of treatment the past 9 days with no improvement. She isnt lethargic and is playing and eating well, with the exceptions of her swollen nose and problem with her right eye. Has your Vet been able to help Buffy with her problem?
Please help, Sophie was also diagnoised three weeks ago with Addisions.
Thanks, Tammy
Help for Sophie

have you ruled out a yeast infecion? Google it and see if your ddog has any similars symptoms

Dear Tammy

Help For sophie

I am sorry I did not respond to your post sooner, I just got the email alert that someone had responded to this topic.

My Buffy girl was finally diagnosed with "Canine Dysautonomia" a rare auto immune disease that attacks the involuntary neurologic functions, like blinking, breathing, digestion, heart rate, swallowing, defacating, urinating. When she was diagnosed, I read up all I could find about it and sadly, the mortality rate in dogs is currently 92%. I know of two dogs that survived after about three months of constant care. Buffy was so sick when she was finally diagnosed about eight weeks after the first symptom that we had to put her to sleep. I pray your little Sophie did not have this horrid disease. It has a history of striking dogs in the midwest states, Kansas and Missouri being the worst. It was first seen in America in 1986 in Missouri. There STILL is not a cause or cure but some researchers think it is related to a dog's autoimmune system being compromised at some time during its life and the fact that dogs that live in rural areas near pasture land, cattle, horses, ponds get it whereas dogs living in the city do not. They think it may be from a soil borne bacteria, C. Botulinum, one of the most dangerous bacteria known. How a dog contracts it really is not known.

If Sophie has been diagnosed with Addison's, she may have symptoms like Buffy's but it could be attributed to Addisons except for the crusty nose. I am sorry to hear she has Addisons. Our male Pembroke, William was diagnosed with Addison's at age five and lived another five years with our vet's care. He was on Percarten injection once ever 25 days and took prednisone every other day during that time. They can live pretty normal lives and William was his old self once he got the correct meds and dosage of Prednisone.

Is Sophie doing all right now? Were you able to find out what she had? I pray she is doing well and that it was something that was treatable. If you want to know more about the Canine Dysautonomia disease, please go to the University of Misssouri Veterinary Hospital and read Dr. O'Brien's research on it.

Again, I am sorry I did not get back to you sooner. I so hope Sophie is ok.

sbamerican