Thyroid test

Jesse had another thyroid test on 17th December. The T4 came back as being sky high now. So Mark has advised me to half the Soloxine dose, which I am doing now. His coat seemed to go drier though and I am not sure whether this is the right dosage; however, the T4 really are very high (133 compared to the 15 - 40 normal range).

I have contacted Jean Dodds with the results to see what the American Cocker Spaniel normal range should be and to see what her interpretation of it all is. I will then let Mark know as soon as she gets back to me.

In the meantime I will give Jesse the lower dosage as recommended and will keep track of things.

2 YEARS OLD

I can't believe how quickly time went by, but yesterday, Jesse already had his second birthday... he is properly grown up now.

Unfortunately my proper camera has given up the ghost, so I had to use the small camera today, hence the less than ideal picture quality, but nonetheless... They have come up as a lovely memory of Jesse's 2nd birthday!

Jesse being a typical gundog... always gotta have something in his gob...

Jesse with Flash and Troy in the background

A typical snobbish Jesse pose... LOL (He isn't a snob, really).

And that's what Jesse thought of this whole photo shoot session...

Isn't he just the most beautiful pup...

Upset tummy

On Wednesday night, Jesse brought his dinner up again virtually undigested and he also threw up some unidentified mess too... Yesterday morning I gave him a small amount of food which he ate, but he threw it up again. In the evening, he didn't even want to eat. He was a bit less energetic, but not lethargic or anything, so it certainly wasn't a veterinary emergency.

This morning now, he threw up some bile again, but I still offered half a meal, which he ate very enthusiastically! Time will tell whether it'll come back up again too... I will leave early today from work so I can see how he is and if he throws up again, take him to the vet.

Update... a bit more itching again

Over the last week or so, Jesse has started itching quite a lot again, though I can't see any skin changes. I have now stopped the Salmon Oil and the Nut Oil too as I think he may be reacting to that. Time will tell.

I have booked him in for Tuesday, 16th November, to have his thyroid levels checked to see whether the dosage is fine.

Jesse has not had any aggressive incidents, virtually no resource guarding against our dogs (a couple of growls when toys taken straight out of his mouth which is fair enough), no problems on walks unless the lurchers kicked off (so Jesse has to join in of course...).

His coat is not much improved yet, but I guess with so much coat, it will take a good few months for the new hair to come through. But he still has no dandruff and he doesn't smell.

Tonight, Jacqui is popping in for some TTouch whilst I am at the work Christmas Party, so I will get an opinion off of her too as she would obviously notice more due to not seeing him so often.