This has been the hard part of this forum for me. There are no cut and dry answers for this part of it. I feel treatment, and living and caring for a dog with VKH go hand in hand, so this post will be brief, speaking of the typical medical treatments for this disease. Once a dog is put on the suppressants the dog's system becomes open wide for all sorts of bacteria and viruses. The side effects of the medication are sometimes worse than the disease itself.
Many dogs get an insatiable appetite and thirst.
There could also be a noticeable change in the dog's personality. Also, because of the suppressants, dogs cannot get their vaccines. They get a low chemical tolerance, so the food preservatives are looked at, flea products as well as the vaccines. Tomorrow, I will post exerts from Bea Pitt's diary, compiled by Les Ray. This will show you how one family coped, lived, cared and loved a VKH dog.