My friend has a toy poodle around a year old,he has always been skinny,and fussy with food,he was hard to house train too.They are really concerned with his health as he is seriously thin,like a skeleton! and has been a bit lethargic latley,she took him to the vets where they took bloods and said they were quite worried,are there any "poodle"conditions this could be? i think the breeder had lots of dogs,and was a bit overwhelmed with it all,they paid £400 but never got any papers.

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Who said they were quite worried?? I read it to be the vets! is this correct? if so did they not give an explaination as to why they where worried?
regards
DT

yes the vet said if he were the owner he would be very concernedhe mentioned something about his liver,he is so very thin,and has always been,he is very sensitive (his stomach)

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I believ Poodles can suffer from Addison's Disease. Symptoms of this include loss of appetite and lethargy

they can also suffer from AIHA which causes lethargy

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Have they had the results from the bloods yet? If the vet were worried about the liver then would not the lab be looking at the liver emzymes (can't spell)
Think your friend has to be ruled by the vet on this and maybe pushing for more tests, I used to give my dog 'mild thistle' the aid her liver function as this is said to be good, as is dandilion so I believe but have never tried this.
If as Clueless suggests it is addisons there is a fabulous support group that I know of that it may be benifical to join - it is by invite only so you would have to pm me for details
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DT

Bloods were taken today,not sure how long it will take.

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oh no why did i read this thread....now i'm going to be worrying about health problems with Mika! No must think positive.

I hope your toy poodle is ok. Let us know.

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