hair falling out
 The skin wasn't red or irritated, looked normal, the hair had scab like stuff with it. She finally pulled away after I had pulled off a 2" diameter section.
She was just at the vet earlier today for her dribbling problem and to have a thyroid test again. I had brushed over that spot earlier and didn't noticed a problem or did she flinch. No wound. Hotspot? Mange? I'm up to my eyeballs in a project and can't take the time to research further, not until Sunday. Here we've been trying to get hair in that area to thicken up (near base of spine) and grow undercoat and now it all is falling out |
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| I think losing hair is a classic sign of a thryoid problem. You mention you are having her tested again for thryoid. Does she have a problem?
We were borderline since just a pup and now at 3 we finally started the medication. Saw tremendous results. Started and after three weeks, retest. Numbers were better but Vet wanted to see them brough up a bit more so we increased the dose slightly. Maybe you will need to do that as well. Good luck. After all these hours of brushing, sometimes I wish the hair would fall out  |
| Sounds like thyroid, mange or possibly a yeast infection on the skin that sounds like it is resolving itself? |
| Vet called with results of tests from yesterday. Thyroid is now 4 which is about right.....strange the hair would fall out just as the numbers get to the right area.
Leaking is probably old spay female so starting her on Proin. Urine was dilute but kidney test came back OK She also has these strange growths on their third eye lid......she had them before in another area and we had them checked, came back with 4 long medical terms and a treatment of "don't worry about it." Steroid cream doesn't help, but has taught her how to clamp her eye shut even tighter 
........so mentioned the hair falling out to the vet this a.m.. It's going to be a "let's see if it gets worse" situation. If we weren't heading into cold weather I'd let it go, but I may have to get creative in brushing her hair so she can be comfortable outside. Her nickname may be Big Dollar because the naked patch is like an over sized Silver Dollar (old type). This has been a great dog. She's the one we had as a rescue when she was still a teenager and she left for 5 years to go to various homes (she was destructive, barker--duh, she's a Pyr; and not a typical of the breed in appearance). She came back to us thanks to intervention of the dog angels, and has been a wonderful girl and a great love. At 12, she's a senior Pyr with a sneaky streak but fortunately too slow to do anything we can't handle. (one escape she dug into the neighbor's yard and was walking around the garage corner when the neighbor was also coming around the corner, dressed in his police uniform. Glacier took one look at him, turned around, went to the hole under the fence and crawled back into the yard....BUSTED!) |
| ^^^^^^^
That's funny! Even a dog up to no good recognises the uniform. |
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