Tertiary Hypothyroidism?
Has anyone’s Pei been diagnosed with this?
My girl has packed on a cool 15# in the last year or so with the exact same diet and snacks. I reduced her food and pretty sure she’s still gaining weight. She no longer wants to go on a walk and won’t take more than a few steps out the front door unless she sees a squirrel or deer to chase. She’s going to be 9 next month so I chalked it up to old age. Now she’s got a chunk of fur missing from her face and the skin underneath is dry/scaly. She also started getting ear infections in the last year when she never had any prior issues. Andddd she has some bald spots on her back legs plus the beautiful seborrhea bumps. Her cankles always look swollen or full but the vet always checks and says they’re fine. She gets her T4 checked during her senior lab work and it was 2.1 last year but Dr Google told me that falls normal or low.
I lovingly call her my lemon, so maybe she’s just fat (which would be 100% my fault) with all the other issues separate. I’m taking her to the dogtor Thursday but didn’t know if anyone had any tips or experience with it.
TLDR: my Pei is turning into a fatty patty and I’m concerned she has tertiary hypothyroidism.