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My dog Jake a 5 1/2 year old Shetland Sheepdog otherwise highly active suddenly started stumbling around on Friday and got worse and worse till yesterday morning. He went to the 24/7 emergency vet yesterday for about 8 hours where they diagnosed him with Vestibular disease. He can hardly walk and or stand, has a lean, and a head tilt. He does have an appetite and is thirsty, which is good but can not use the bathroom because he is so off balance.


Vet sent him home yesterday with Anti-motion and sickness pills.


Anyone gone through this with their dog? Hints on ways to help? Anything is better


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One of my dogs got it years ago. I was sitting right there when it first occurred and I thought he was having a stroke or maybe had a brain tumor. Don’t remember what my vet gave him, but he was back to normal in a couple of days and fortunately he never had another episode. I remember being told that sometimes it takes quite a while to resolve.
 
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I’m so sorry to hear this about your pup. As someone who had balance issues for a bit, I can’t tell you how much this sucks for your dog. Be patient, try to assist wherever you can- that tail is going to be flailing to try and assist balance..he/she will probably stay low to the ground for a while. Bring things or carry the pup if it helps to avoid injury. Hopefully slabsides may have more/better advice..it’s just an awful, but hopefully temporary situation. Take care, and best of luck.


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He give him meclizine HCL? Is it BPV or the canine equivalent of Menieres Disease?
 
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I'm sorry hearing about your dog and hope he is better soon. At least he will eat, many vestibular affected dogs won't eat, and have to be fed and watered with a syringe.

Some breeds seem to be affected more than others. Some never have it again, while it reoccurs with others.

The vet misdiagnosed my 15 year old Shiba Inu as having a brain tumor, when I think it was vestibular and could have been treated. He was euthanized, and at the time I had just gotten home from the hospital after a bad car wreck.

I didn't know about vestibular disease , but learned about it afterwards, and really regret putting him to sleep.

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Our 11 year Border Collie showed signs of this and the Vet diagnosed it as such. My wife is a very good researcher and took a look at the side effects of medicine she was on and one could cause inner ear problems. We stopped the medication and she was normal within a day. Not sure your young pup is on any medication.


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Our Brittany had her first episode of this at about age 13. Scary as heck and we thought she was dying. She has had occasional episodes lasting a few days since then. Maybe a few times a year. She is now 16 1/2, still alive and well.
 
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Our GSP had that. Vet called it Idiopathic Vestibular Syndrome. Took her to emergency care, they medicated her with an anti-motion sickness injection and she was recovering by the time we left the facility. 100% by the next day and has never happened again - which the vet said was the most likely outcome. She is still with us at 15 YO.

Hope that you and your fur-kid have the same outcome.

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