The first 2 vets told us that Beener had allergies, they gave us special shampoo, we had to bathe him EVERY DAY, which he was not too thrilled about. None of the allergy stuff worked. I can't believe they did not know that it was thyroid related and not just allergies...the third vet knew suspected right away, did the blood test and when the test came back, prescribed thyroxine. He's still our animals vet. Of course I will not go back to the other 2 again.