Hi there My Brother has a bulldog he has just been told by his vet that she has this she is spayed and is 8 years old ( I think) could someone point us in the right direction as to what her quality of life might bee and and any good information site that we might be able to read up on this she is on medication the vet has given her VETORYL 60 mg twice daily and information would be most greatfully recived
thank you ellie

Hi ellie, sorry to hear about your brothers bulldog i will try and find a site but i do know if you go on to some of the bulldog sites they have lots of health details,just type in English Bulldog and you should get bits come up.

thabk you corsa girl hope you can find somthing to help us

Sorry to hear about the dog, Cushing's (hyperadrenocorticism) is an hormonal problem caused by a malfunction of the adrenal gland leading to an excess about of the hormone and can usually be controlled by giving of medication, or surgery.

hi. will ask my fellow bulldoggers and find out what i can for you.

thank you tanni looking forward to you reply my brother say she is 10 years old

elsa if you go onto www.vetinfo.com this site will give you lots of information and help, lots of luck tell your brother we are thinking of him.

Thank you corsa the site was most helpfully
My brother is so upset as she is his baby so to speak and he cant image life without her around. but at least we know more about it now
thank you

what an amazing site corso. have added it to my favourites. :).

elsa if you e mail me privately i can give you the name of someone who has had a dog with this problem. just click on my name.

The condition is treatable as long as the liver is not damaged but the treatment is very very expensive (we were quoted £45-£90 a month) without treatment she would die very slowly. We made the difficult decision to have the rescue bitch put to sleep but this was based mainly on her age (9 years old) and the fact that it had been diagnosed months before hand and the original owner had not started her treatment. We also decided her quality of life had already deteriorated and when weighing up the cost of the treatment against the time it would buy her we decided she'd be better off at rainbow bridge as it would have meant permanent foster care for her as no one would be able to afford her treatment or be prepared to take on a dog with such a serious illness. Pip ate a lot and could not walk very far, the vet explained to me that cushings is when the Adrenal gland or the Pituitary (sp?) gland stops working, if it was my dog I would have paid out for the treatment but if quality of life begins to suffer the kindest thing is PTS sadly.
That's about all I know, not sure if it will help or not but I wish them all the luck

above is the reply i got from owner of bulldog with cushings.