Saturday, June 9, 2007
To continue, I am still taking iodine daily; I even give Lugols to my dog, whom I suspect is also hypo. I put it in her food; and she is getting a raw kibble with brown rice and veggies mixed in and I am making her chews out of sweet potatoes, which she loves! I take 5.5 grains of Armour and 17.5 mgs. of hydrocortisone. I am feeling better than I have in years, but am still contending somewhat with insomnia. The oils have helped, as has a mental exercise I am doing. Speaking of essential oils, they are amazing! Our dog tore her ACL and the vet said she needed expensive surgery. We had another vet look at it, and while she agreed about the injury, she recommended hydrotherapy and other things. We were introduced to someone who used essential oils on animals and went to a session to find out. We started using them on Onyx's knee and now, months later, she is walking normally and the look of pain and confusion is gone from her eyes. She is a happy dog again. We had been talking about putting her down; no more. We are happy campers. The oils work miracles as far as I am concerned.
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Hi Cathy,
So glad to hear about your dog doing so well! I switched my GSD (Manny) to a raw diet right after I found out he was Hypothyroid (at 9 months old!). He is 6.5 now and doing great on his raw diet, Armour Thyroid (he takes 8 grains 2x a day!) and a couple of drops of Lugols in his food in the morning. Many people "in the know" about canine nutrition believe that ACL issues in dogs are caused by poor diet (the grain in kibble and overcooked, over processed protein sources). In fact freinds of mine whose dog had one ACL surgery switched their dog to a raw diet and ended up not needing the surgery on the second leg at all! Hydrotherapy is fabulous for dogs also. Sounds like you guys are doing all the right things. Definitely get Onyx a "6 panel Thyroid Test". You can have your vet do the blood draw and spin the sample, then you can mail it yourself to Dr. Jean Dodds in California (she is the leading authority on canine hypothyroidism). Here is the website with the paperwork link www.hemopet.com Just like with human hypothyroidism - most vets will tell you that your dog is fine if they are "in range" (not looking at where in the range they are) and also only test the TSh and T4. Save time and money and help Onyx the most by have Dr. Dodds do the testing and working with your vet directly. Good Luck - give Onyx some belly rubs from me!
I wish we could afford that. We do have an "alternative" vet, but right now we are persuing the only way we can right now. Thanks sew much for the input! I will check out the website.
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