Angus, a 20-month old Spinone Italiano, was lying on the derm examination room floor. There's something wrong with him. He came in the dermatology unit but we all agreed that probably the internal medicine unit would better suit his need. His mild pyoderma could be easily controlled, but the underlying problem needed to be identified.
An 'ecstatic' American Staffordshire Terrier was later bought into the derm exmination room, running about, all excited, ready to fight and everything else... but the teenage Angus paid no attention whatsoever to his over-friendly canine pal.
Carla was from Italy and she was familiar with this breed. 'No,' she said, 'they're not supposed to be so quiet. They're hunting dogs.'
When patting and observing Angus, you could easily find evidence of temple muscle atropy. And, he was VERY VERY lethergic. Angus demonstrated the definition of lethergy superbly. Could hypothyroidism be the reason of his 'laid-back' attitude? Test result pending...
