I have an 11 1/2 year old toy fox terrier who has been plagued by chronic ear infections and skin allergies?
This has been going on for many, many, years! I have taken her to specialists, checked her for allergies, been on numerous medications (antifungal and antibiotics – you name it!) bought special shampoos, creams, ointments, ear cleansing solutions, natural, apple cider vinegar treatments, boric acid washes, and the list goes on. Her current vet thinks she is hypothyroid – looking back over records from a specialist I took her to in British Columbia Canada (we live in the states) her T4 was 9.5. My understanding is the normal range is 13-44 proving she does have low thyroid levels!! The specialist did not even mention this to me, instead wanted more expensive and elaborate tests!! Sorry for the long spill but I hate to see that my precious pet has suffered because of this so called specialist!!! My question-does anyone else have a dog diagnoised with hypothyroid? How did they respond to the medication and are there side effects?
Does anyone have a dog with similiar symptoms especially the chronic ear/skin infections? After taking meds for hypothyroid did the symptoms clear up? Is your dog much happier and energetic?
Vet prescribed soloxin .05 twice a day. He halved the regularly prescribed dose because of her age.
Hoping this will help her and not cause any medication side effects. I’m a little OCD about medication for my little dog! 
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i have a dog with ear problems and allergies and all i did was the vet gave him a steroid shot and he gets benadryl and he is much better, he’s also eating lamb and rice dog food only… he gets ottomax ear drops daily and we have to clean his ears out a lot. good luck.
erm yea this is going to sound really nasty but the dog is very old and sometimes its nice to do the nastyer xx
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I have both–actually two dogs that are hypothyroid, and one dog that has crhonic ear and mouth infections. The two that are hypothyroid were diagnosed from routine yearly blood work. They were never symptomatic, but skin issues are a common symptom of low thyroid. Both of my dogs are on Soloxine twice daily, now test within the normal range for their thyroid values, and have never had any problems at all. Their skin and coats are beautiful.
The one dog that has ear and mouth infections has an autoimmune problem, (thryoid normal) and we have had an ongoing problem for years battling it with antibiotics, steroids, ear washes, teeth cleaning, apple cider vinegar in his water, you name it. What we finally found that worked was colloidal silver, both as ear drops and as a spray to his mouth. I have been using MesoSilver but just ordered a similar product called Peace and Kindness from Chris Christensen Systems. I know the MesoSilver works, can’t yet testify to the Peace and Kindness. Elemental silver is a broadspectrum, natural, completely harmless antibiotic that does not contribute to the development of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. I’m showing my age here, but remember when they used to put silver in newborn babies eyes and on their umbilical cords? Get her thyroid levels up to par and then if you’re still having trouble, get some of the colloidal silver solutions and give it a try. You can also ask your vet if he/she is familiar with a prescription ear medication that contains silver. They are available if you want it in prescription form–I know that we used a couple before deciding to go with the straight silver solution, including Baytril and Tricide with Baytril. Good luck.