| i'm starting to have suspicions that my girl might have a thyroid problem. looking back in hindsight, her attitude has been off since last november. sometimes she has somewhat of a "lost" look on her face. then the hair started thinning down around her hinds and then the thinning moved up her body. now i'm noticing it under her neck. she also doesn't seem all that excited about food either. she'll eat it but, it may take her 2 hours or so to take down a her meal portion.
i had her at the vet last month for some vaccinations and mention to the vet my concerns and she said that it's tough to diagnose at her age (she's roughly 15 months old). But does anyone know if that's necessarily true? that's you can't really diagnose a dog with this until after the age of 2 or 3? they did give me some v3 caps to supplement with to hopefully work with the skin and hair care but after a month, i'm not seeing any changes (in fact, it looks like she losing more hair). i've got another vet appointment in about a month for some more vaccinations and planning on asking for another opinion from one of the other vets but if anyone has any thoughts on this to help me understand a little better, i'd appreciate it. |