Ok, just got off the phone with the vet and my head is going to pop!  I need to process all this info and figured you all might be able to help.  Ok, first off all we brought Mic into the vet a couple days ago because his behavior has just gotten unexplainable.  He's aggressive in odd situations, we had been working on his training and he's great and then BAM, right back to awful, then sweet as a cutie patootie.  We were confused.  So when we took him to the vet we knew either A. it was health related or B. we have to get a bahaviorist.

Well the vet checked him out, did a bunch of tests.  And then called me today with the results.  Help me figure all this out if you can, I have to go to the vets after work or tomorrow to pick stuff up and ask any questions I may have...

1.  He has bad feet allergies.  He might be in pain which is why he constantly jumps up at us on long walks.  Prescription antihystomine needed.

2. He has low thyroid levels.  His bloodwork came back .7 and she believes it should never be under 1.  The most possible reason is his glands are not funcitoning properly, which would explain behavioral changes, tired a lot (which he is), always cold (yep), and over weight (well....)  They are putting him on hormone meds to try and correct this.

3.  He has acute pancreatitis.  His lypase levels are off and kidney enzymes are elevated.  His eyedrops could be a problem, but wouldn't cause the entire problem, for now stay normal with the drops, but we may have to cut back for his overall health.  This could also add to the behavior problem.  He needs to be on a specific diet of a food called ID (prescrip. only)

After 3 weeks of all this, they want to do more bloodwork and tests and see where he is at that point and will decide what else needs to be done.

thoughts???  my head and heart just hurt right now.... how bad is this???  I know, I'm going to talk to the vet again, I was just so overwhelmed all I could do was write it all down, couldn't think of questions....

Poor little Mic.

So much to deal with. Hopefully, he'll be feeling better soon!!

that's exactly what the vet said!   That's why she wants him off the regular dog food.  She said that's great that he was eating EVO, but it may just be to much for his kidneys to process.  After 1 month, he gets all the tests again.... I hope I can make it a whole month!!  I'm a wreck!  but, he's not so bad that it can't be controlled. 

Mic is definitely getting lots and lots and lots of hugs and kissies tonight!!!!

Gee, I'd be overwhelmed, too, Kim. Poor little Mic! And poor little Kim! But it's good to know there's a medical reason for his recent behavioral changes. Hopefully the special diet and meds will do the trick. I'm not familiar with ID prescription diet. Had a dachsie once with kidney problems (diabetes insipidis) that required KD and only had 30% pancreatic functions (due to adhesions) that required PD. He was on a 50:50 mix of the two for the rest of his life from age 3 on (he lived to be 17). The special foods are expenive but usually do what they were designed to do. They're our babies, so we gotta do what we gotta do. Hopefully the thyroid meds they're trying will address those imbalances. Funny thing, we were just talking about thyroid problems on another forum a couple weeks ago and all the aggression issues and seizures some dogs have with thyroid problems. I hope Mic is feeling a bit better after a couple days on meds and special diet.

Poor Micster ... Hopefully the meds and new food will do wonders!!!

Kim,

How old of a dog is Mic?

Kim,

Best wishes to Micster, these little dogs are so amazing that sometimes we hurt and worry more than them! Just take it step by step with the vet and write down all your questions as you think of them so you can bring them with you when you go. Ask as much as you need to! I have full faith Mic is going to be a healthy dog and hopefully well behaved to boot!!