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Originally Posted by lillymae  Welcome to YT ! You mentioned your baby is porky, has the vet tested him for Cushings ? as this can cause his test results to be as they are. |
I guess maybe "Porkie Yorkie" isn't the best description, although we call him that all the time. He's not fat, he's just a big boy. Definitely not one of the tiny, fine boned, perfect ones you see in pictures with beautiful coats and bows in their hair. But he sure is cute! He weighs around 11 pounds and is sturdy and stocky but not overweight for his size. He's weighed the same since he was a couple of years old.
As for the Cushings though, I am interested in that and wonder if you have any experience? I read someplace but can't find it again, that there is a simple, non invasive urine test that can at least rule it out?? We have mentioned Cushings to both our regular vet and the Internal Medicine specialist we saw last week. Our regular vet has said, he doesn't have Cushings symptoms and then she read off a whole list of things he doesn't have. Thinning coat, skin changes, drinks too much and pees too much, pot belly, etc. And no, he doesn't have any of those symptoms but he does have the sky high ALKP. She said, it's not recommended to test unless there are symptoms because they only treat Cushings to control the symptoms. On the other hand, I asked for bile acid testing a dozen times and finally had to go around her to the IM vet to get that done. About the bile acid test, she said it wouldn't give us information we need. Would only show that his liver is not working well, which we already know because his ALKP is sky high. Which wasn't the case. We did finally get the bile acid test last week and the numbers were only slightly elevated. So his liver is working pretty efficiently. (And yes, we are in the market for a new vet! So frustrated!)
We again brought it up to the Internal Medicine vet last week, and she said in her opinion he does not "look Cushingoid", whatever that means. So she said, lets do another ultrasound and the bile acids and go from there. Nothing remarkable was found in either of those tests, so we are back to square one. I would like to find the info on that urine test so that I can request it specifically. We go back in for blood work in a couple of weeks, and I would really like to explore the Cushings further.
Diana and the Scoobster