Thinnng hair - sign of age?

Adding some fish body oil to a dog's diet is often helpful for dry skin.

For the hair loss -- I've heard via some friends with Greyhounds that supplementing with melatonin can be helpful. I don't know a lot about it, but I found a couple of articles that touch on the use of melatonin for canine alopecia. You can find more if you search for "melatonin for dog hair loss" or something similar.

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Well.. her blood test came back completely normal. Everything healthy for her age. Sooo, they are thinking it might be a natural thing for her. Forgot to ask about zinc as an addition. Really miss that lovely furry tail.
I think her coat is a bit dry also... Any other suggestions?

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X2 on that one, oh wait mine has stopped thinning. It's completely gone!:B

Elizabeth had thining hair and a tail that looked like a rat tail A blood panel showed low thyroid levels and she has been on thyroid for 2 months and her coat is beautiful and her tail is nice and fluffy again

Just looked up thryoid issues on dogs. Matches her symptoms exactly. It wasn't noticed in her well-doggy exam probably because it's only on the back of her legs and not all that prominent unless you look closely. We have an appointment tomorrow to get it confirmed.
Thanks for the advice

Nordic breeds sometimes suffer from zinc deficiency. Our Husky got it at age 2 1/2 and it cost us about $600 to figure that out because they did all kinds of tests to rule out other causes. It's usually around the mouth and nose, but ask your vet about it. It doesn't hurt to give a zinc supplement and see what happens after a few weeks. We use NutriVed Zinpro chewable tablets. The "Beryl Zinpro Palatable Zinc Supplement" is a powder that is NOT palatable at all according to our dog. He would not eat his food when we put it on. The tablets are pretty bad too, but if we break them up into small pieces and mix it into his food he will eat it.

Most likely thyroid. Our dog had a tail that started looking like a rat tail. Soon as we got him on meds tail turned all furry again. Surprised your vet didn't pick up on it right away take blood test.

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Have a complete blood panel with Thyroid levels done by your vet. May not be anything, but this is where I'd start before throwing all kinds of supplements at the situation.