A dog who suffers from an over or under active thyroid may exhibit signs including, lack of energy, weight loss or gain despite normal eating habits, black dots or rash around the groin area, an unhealthy looking coat or a dirty/greasy feel to the coat, irritable or lathargic as well as other possible symptoms.
A homeade diet is always the best health maintainence program along with exercise but here are some other helpful hints:
1) Kelp and/or small quantities of sea salt help to insure a proper level of iodine on the body. Iodine is an important part of health thyroid function.
2) Aswahganda and astragalus are whole body tonics that are especially helpful in boosting thyroid health. Tyrosine is the amino acid that plays an important role in thyroid function and can sometimes be given as a supplement.
3) Sunlight is necessary for all around health and especially for the proper functioning of the entire glandular system. The benefits of playing, walking or running in the sun are huge and vast. While every dog needs access to shade and water, time spent in the sun will balance energize your pet. Proper hormone balance is often related to proper illumination. In light therapy or spectropathy, different colors of the spectrum are used to depress or stimulate certain body systems and the components of those systems, sunlight is the combination of all the colors of the spectrum and is necessary for life and health in all animals and humans. A blue, indigo or purple light shown on your dog at night may calm your dog and allow for healing while sleeping. An orange or red light shown on your dog during the day for perioids of time (15-60 minutes) may help to stimulate proper hormone functions and thyroid balance.
