thyroid problem...makes dogs fat

[havello]

My yellow lab had thyroid problems...he gained alot of weight and his coat was thinning and his skin would get scabby and have a terrible, obnixious odor. We took him to 3 vets before they identified the problem correctly and gave us thyroid pills. He took them for the rest of his life. His coat cleared up, hair grew back, and he began to lose weight almost immediately after we started him on his thyroxine (think that was the name of his thyroid pill).

He gained weight but it does not sound like he gained NEARLY as much as that golden you were talking of. I think his highest weight was 110 before we started him on the medicine if I remember correctly.

What pills did your vet give you for the thyroid problem?

[K9soul]

What pills did your vet give you for the thyroid problem?

My golden was recently diagnosed with thyroid autoimmune disease, meaning his body creates a chemical that destroys his own thyroid level. The treatment is the same as for just regular low thyroid and he is on levothyroxine (which is the generic for the following brands: Eltroxin (Can), Levo-T, Levotabs, Levothroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid, Thyrox, Unithroid). Dogs are treated with the same medications for thyroid that humans are (but dosing always depending on the size of the dog and the level of thyroid).