author(s)
Kanwarpal Singh Dhillon, Simran Jot Kaur and Sourav Pabby

abstract
A two year old male obese Beagle dog was presented with history of inflamed swelling of all four paws. Physical examination revealed marked obesity with tragic facial expression, hair fall, mental dullness, unwilling to exercise and excessive amount of fat covering the ribs, neck, spine, base of tail and hip. Also, the dog had a history of recurrent skin infection from last one year, which included painful inflamed paws, dry scaly skin, seborrhea, alopecia were present at base of tail, bilateral thigh region and ventral abdominal region. Hemogram depicted normocytic, normochromic anemia. Hormonal and biochemical parameters revealed lower levels of T₃ and T₄. While as, increased level of serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides and TSH. On the basis of clinical observations and thyroid function test, the present case was confirmed as hypothyroidism associated with recurrent pododermatitis. The dog was treated with Levothyroxine along with quinolone antibiotics with complete recovery in 2 months after initiation of treatment without any recurrence.