News/Updates at Kodivaro Kennels!
February 6, 2025 - Dutch's OFA certificates arrived today (Cardiac, Dentition, and Patella). It turns out that the thyroid test he had done at my vet's office did not test all 3 of the levels the OFA requires (only the Free T4), so I will be taking him in next week for re-testing before beginning any thyroid medication. I doubt the results will change much, but I want to be sure we are doing them properly in order to get accurate results.
February 4, 2025 - So, some good news and some "meh" news. The good news is Dutch's cardiac auscultation is normal (no murmurs) and he also has no abnormal dentition or patellar luxation. The "meh" news is that his thyroid level is EXTREMELY low, even for a Greyhound (1.0 - 4.0 is considered normal, and his was less than 0.5.) He has been put on some thyroid medication and we'll have his levels rechecked in 2 weeks to see how they look.
It's not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, since low thyroid levels are extremely common especially in racing-bred Greys and rarely cause any real issue. (He's not experiencing any symptoms, this was just an incidental finding.) Regardless, however, today's result is the one I will be submitting to OFA, because I will never *not* be transparent about these things when I find out about them.
The last test we need for his CHIC is his eye exam, which we'll do at the OKC Summer Classic in June.
Very very good boy, Dutchy! (I caught him mid-yawn while we waited for results at the vet today.) 🥰
It's not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, since low thyroid levels are extremely common especially in racing-bred Greys and rarely cause any real issue. (He's not experiencing any symptoms, this was just an incidental finding.) Regardless, however, today's result is the one I will be submitting to OFA, because I will never *not* be transparent about these things when I find out about them.
The last test we need for his CHIC is his eye exam, which we'll do at the OKC Summer Classic in June.
Very very good boy, Dutchy! (I caught him mid-yawn while we waited for results at the vet today.) 🥰
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