Titre results

Well, two out of the three diseases are low now for Skye: distemper and hepatitis. As distemper is now even lower (the reading is just 7) than it was last year when it was already low, Mark recommends to vaccinate and I agree. So when we go back for the thyroid test in a month time, I will get her a booster sorted out.

Re thyroid: I am not sure whether it makes a big difference with Skye now being on soloxine. She isn't very grumbly in general at the moment and there have been a couple of moments when I was pleased that she didn't grumble... but right now, I can't see enough difference in her behaviour yet to say that it is definitely working. It's only been just over a week, so will definitely observe another month of course when her thyroid test is due.

Thyroid

Well, Skye had another thyroid test. The T4 is a little higher at 21, but still well below the top half range that a young dog should be. After a chat with Mark, he agreed to put her on a trial of Soloxin for a couple of months. So she is now on 0.3mg a day (that's less than Jesse who is on 0.5mg).

Skye's aggression issues were well under control and not a problem at all anymore at home, but in new more stressful situations, she can still be quite scary... e.g. in training school with a new dog, at Karen's (where she was over the week-end) etc. So we will see how she gets on.

She has been on Soloxin since Monday evening and she hasn't had any growls (other than her usual "chatty" growls) since then... probably just coincidence, but nonetheless encouraging.