Have you heard of old dog vestibular disease?

Such a relief give her a big hug from Lucy and me.

 

This will probably be the final note of this episode. Here we are 7 weeks later, and I can say in this last week she seems to mostly have recovered to her previous self. She still blows a tire now and then in snow (much less though), and is a bit drunk- like for about 5 seconds when she first wakes up, but I'd call it near full recovery. Definitely not a quick recovery as some dogs I've read about, but if it happens to your poochie, please just ride out the storm.

 

Thank you for the report of the progress. I had never heard of the disease or issue. It is something to be aware of as our dogs are getting older.

 

have had a dog all the time I've been around, never heard of this before? also lost a 10 yr/old aussie to diabetes a few years back. spent more money on her than we could afford and still couldn't get her blood to correct levels. treatment included daily insulin shots with weekly blood test. symptoms sound very similar. if they could only talk better than they already do! glad to hear of the improvement

 

It is very common and scary as heck (we've had it in 2 of ~15 senior dogs), but still most dogs will never get it.

 

Yes, it's quite the thing to witness for the first time. If she has another episode, I'm sure it will be much less stressful to deal with though.

 

You and me both! Had never heard of before this, although our other furball had ear problems once, and his balance was shot for a few days.

 

Might be some genetic ??whatever you call it with the breed. That's unfortunate if so, because as an all round friendly breed, they rock.

 

What a helpless feeling to witness it.

 

And here we go again...a little frustrated to say the least.

 

............can only imagine

 

Damm, that stinks sask.

 

Apparently not near as bad as when she first got it. We went for potty trip, and harness with a leash and she's alright. I never would have thought in a million years it would be back so soon. She can eat snow and out of my hand easy enough, so however this turns out, I'm going to assume this time will be much smoother. Maybe it's not the whole shebang, maybe just vertigo part of it. Guess time will tell.

 

And its back again. This time we're wondering if it's maybe stroke related, but it's hard to say. It seems the first time was the worst for symptoms and longer for recovery. The next time wasn't as bad, and she seemed to recover quicker, but not fully. It's anyones guess how this time will turn out. She had weird circling behavior a few days ago and I figured it was just a matter of time. Usually it's figure 8's when she's going to get silly. She has an odd habit though (maybe a comfort thing) where she'll go to her food, go to her bed, go to the couch, and then about 5 seconds later pick which one she wants. The other night she did the ritual 3-4 times and would have continued had I not plunked her down by the couch by me. Her vision also seems to have diminished somewhat, the close vision. She can eat and drink by herself though. And step in her water bowl too!

 

We had a boarder collie that had it. She shook it off for a few months but in the end she just couldn't walk anymore and we had to let her go. Best dog I'd ever had.

 

I'm hoping things improve, as it's not much of a life for her or us if she can't get around. She's incapable of stairs since her 2nd bout of it, so who knows how this time will go.