Great video. My girl will be 14 this week and yesterday she stood up and fell over. Then she started walking like she was drunk and she kept falling over. She fell over in the yard when she tried to potty. We took her immediately to the vet. The vet noticed the nystagmus and informed us about ideopathic vestibular disease. All her blood work and her senior workup was excellent last month. She did have a little bit of bacteria in one of her ears so the vet treated her for that and sent us home with the meclizine plan. We are on day 2 now. First getting up was very wobbly for her but she did walk all the way around the yard with little help and she pottied by herself. She is definitely still walking like she is drunk and she tends to walk with her side on the furniture to stabilize her. Such a helpless feeling when you can't make your dog's world stop spinning! We are being patient and supportive as instructed by our vet, and we hope this passes quickly!
My Dog had this yesterday... I thought it was the end of his world (and mine also). It broke my heart watching him keep falling and spinning .. and i can see he also stressed. I hope he can get better like your dog 🙏
Me too. I was in shock.. I did not know what to do it was so early in the morning took him to vet asap. He was diagnosed with the vestibular disease.. I felt hopeless.. slow is getting better
My 13 yr old girl qas just diagnosed with this randomly woke up at 2am and my dog was standing there looking at me stumbling falling i grabbed her and gave her love took her to the vet the next day after test and bills they said she had this gave us meds to help nausea my dog refused to eat anything i put her meds in it took 3 to 4 days for my dog to finally eat she was drinking everyday in less then a wk shes improved alot eating alot smiling like she always does she does crash if she tries to shake her head my dog always loved hounds roll but wouldnt eat it she liked mince patties which wasnt a norm for her and temptation cat biscuits i noticed she ddnt like anything that had a strong smell
Yes. I have a 13 year old lab, we are at day 7. She is highly anxious anyway, so the less times she falls the better she does, so it is a lot of work. Everything you have mentioned worked for me also. I hand feed also, luckily she will drink on her own. Yes, I am exhausted. Thanks for sharing.
I hope things get better. My golden fully recovered from VD. It took a few weeks to months. Lots of work. She had no head tilt. But she only lived one more year because her hip dysplasia was too bad and her vestibular came back and was more severe. We didn’t want her in pain. She was 14 years and 8 months old.
I'm amazed at hearing recovery stories. I've seen 3 doctors and we've been fighting vestibular disease for 8 months and it's out gotten worse. They all say there is nothing that can be done. Its heart breaking watching her fall and tumble multiple times per day. She's getting hurt just by trying to go potty
Sorry to hear about your ongoing struggle. I think at a certain point you'll have a difficult decision to make. Wishing you strength through your difficult time ❤️
my 16 year old pitbull has been having these episodes for a couple of months now on and off.It's a terrible thing to see but you do what you need to for your best friend . I will never give kibble again as impretty sure this isn't good for older dogs to digest anyway. I just say be strong and be there for your dog at these worrying scary times for you both and feed your dog good food and lots of love 🙏💙
Thank you so much for your video 😔 For 3 days so far my girl has been having the head tilt and slipping while walking, and not eating much. Not wanting to go out to toilet. I have been so scared for her. She is 6 years old chihuahua and not her happy self. And I noticed she is barking at everyone who walks by, like she is scared. I will take her to the vet and watch what she eats and drinks. Your video has relaxed me abit. Hoping she gets better soon. 😕
Thanks for sharing. i just found out my dog has the vestibular disease. i knew something was wrong. thank god he is drinking and eating. I will include fish oil in his diet. Thanks, everyone.
Thank you for the video, it confirms my dog's symptoms. It does help to take notes of events, conditions, foods they're exposed to before the symptoms manifest. It has happened to me several times now. She is 14 yrs old and has dealt with liver disease, then last year kidney disease from a urine infection. Pain meds and sedatives make it worse. In the past what's helped is home subcutaneous fluids (lactated ringers mixed with b12 and reglan (metoclopramide). My vet was smart in that b12 helps with appetite and reglan helps with nausea. B vitamins help with neuropathies so perhaps it helps the neurons in her vestibular system as well. During her episodes she does have that disturbing head tilt, the back legs splay out. She appears to have trouble figuring out how to coordinate eating and drinking. I find her sleeping half out of her dog bed. It could easily be written off as dementia or stroke but it always gets better with time and supportive home care. I agree with another vet on you tube posting about this... please give your dog time and do not euthanize right away. Also agree to work with your dog in their home environment instead of leaving them at the vets which gets expensive and adds to the dog's disorientation and anxiety.
I know this is an older video but I hope this helps someone that may happen to come across it like I did. Fantastic video!!! I have to say the first time this happened with my dog it terrified the crap out of me and I definitely thought I was losing him. I just wanted to offer up another thing that helped my dog is acupressure. I am very much into the holistic approach when at all possible. I too will say I am not a Vet and I am only stating what worked for me and my fur baby. So one acupoint is right between the ears on the top of the head. I didn't have much luck with this one but the second one worked instantly. Lift one of your dogs front legs. Where the paw bends, on the backside, feel for two large veins or arteries (not a vet lol) on the leg. Put pressure in between those two veins for 30 to 60 seconds. I believe this pressure point has something to do with the blood flow to the brain and it is a recommended pressure point on humans with Vertigo only on humans this pressure point is located on the inside of the arm where the wrist bends. I located the area on myself first so I knew what I was feeling for on my dog. Anyway I hope this might help someone out there. I can't promise anything but I'll be praying for you. I have gone through this a couple of times with my little guy and it seems it happens at the same time of year, during the summer when pollen count is high. This in turn flares up his allergies and trigger a slight ear infection which in turn led to this. I wish you all the best in you and your fur babies journey through this. You are not alone. oh one other thing is Gingko. Just type Gingko for dogs in the search bar for more info. Take care.
Great video! Thank you for documenting and spreading awareness. I'm currently going through my 2nd episode in 8 months with my 13 year old german shepherd. It is definitely terrifying to come home to when you have no knowledge of this syndrome!
I made a liquid diet for our 3.5 lb Yorkie. Goat milk, one raw egg, 1 T peanut butter blenderized and fed with a syringe. Water the first day by syringe, but after that he could lap it up if we held it up to him. He had no control of his body.
Thank you so much for this video. My 13 and a half year old golden retriever started vomiting uncontrollably and unable to walk with an eye jerk last night. We thought it was a stroke and when taking her to the vet, we thought it was the end. She was diagnosed with this but is already showing improvement and has been eating and drinking after 5 hours of medication. We’re not out of the woods yet since they are scared it might be a brain tumor instead of vestibular, but the improvement already is leaning towards a fast recovery from vestibular and returning to her active life. :)
OMG!!! Best video out there about this!! My Aussie is 14.6 years old and has had 3 episodes of this. You're advice is spot on and will definetly help others who's dos are going through this. Thanks so much for all of your info.
Boil peas and chicken in water or in a broth has almost no sodium. Use a syringe for fish oil and water and CBD Tinctures. Hold your hands to their side whenever they move. Literally follow their every step and catch their falls. Otherwise, the dog will get so hurt from falling, he will start to associate getting food with pain of falling. And he may not want to leave his bed at all at that point. This is a job for a someone with empathy, patience and fast reflexes.
THANK YOU so much from Ontario, Canada!!! I thought our 11 year old female Boxer "Ginger" had a stroke too. She was already prone to having seizures if she doesn't eat every 6 hours or so. So I thought that's what happened at first. My partner said she vomited too. But then there was the major balance issue, head tilt and one eye looking droopy or lower than the other. So, that night after getting home from work, I suddenly thought.... Stroke!!! So I made a Vet appointment the next morning and she diagnosed it as Vestibular disease. And she gave Ginger a shot of anti-nausea medication and sent me home with 4 days worth of anti-nausea medication in pill form. But I thank you so much because you described things that other Vet videos don't..... Especially about their losing their appetite. We normally give our dogs dry food with a little tuna for incentive. But she wasn't interested in it on the 2nd day. I had to put a little turkey lunch meat to get her to eat and she still didn't eat everything. It's now the 3rd day since this suddenly came on and she's doing a bit better. She didn't want to eat much of her food last night or this morning. Then she has/had diarrhea this morning. So I made up a batch of rice to help with that and her poop is still pretty pasty but at least it's not pure liquid like early this morning. Also, I had to pick her up to go down two sets of stairs on our two-tiered deck but as of the 2nd night, she is starting to go down and back up on her own. Also, your video makes me feel better because you say it was about a 3 week recovery period. My Vet said that if it is just peripheral Vestibular disease she should get her balance back in just 3 or 4 days! She said if she doesn't get better, it could be something worse like a brain tumor. But your video helps me by not getting too worried if her balance and eating isn't back to normal after just 3 or 4 days. So thank you very much. As always, the situation is closely guarded right now.
My 13 yr old boxer just had this for the first time it lasted 48 hours and the third day he was back to himself. Did your boxer have anymore episodes of the dizziness?
@@user-sj3bh5ti9l It took her a couple months to recover but she was never the same again. She developed a weird cough/hack during the Christmas holidays when we took her on a long drive from Ontario, Canada to Michigan. I knew we shouldn't have taken her. We ended up taking her to an emergency Vet in Kalamazoo, MI and he said he thought everything our Vet told us about the Vestibular disease was wrong. He believed she did have a tumor. He gave us this drug that stopped the coughing but it made her really spacey. Back in Canada they gave her Prednisone and that helped a bit and took away the spacey symptom but the cough never went away. Then after her Prednisone ran out a second time my partner decided not to renew it and had her put down on Feb. 24th. The Prednisone was just prolonging the inevitable. I was extremely hard on both of us but she is no longer suffering. She was 10 years and 5 months old which is pretty good for a Boxer. We now have a male Boxer that I own and he is almost 8 months old. His name is "Buddy." But Ginger will always be in our hearts!
Currently dealing with this..using a poultry baster to get her to drink little bits of water, really important to keep them hydrated. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I wish you luck. Yeah, hydration is the biggest thing. If they don't drink for more than a day or two you need to take them to the vet for IV fluid. You can keep an eye on the level of hydration by using the pinch and twist skin test, as well as feeling their gums.
Give the dog Cayenne Pepper and the attack of vestibular sill cease within 5 seconds. This works by opening blood vessels as there is a response to the Cayenne Pepper. I used it to cure my dog 2 years ago having attacks each day. The vet was completed useless as was the medication they gave. Just have a jar of Cayenne Pepper on hand. If the dog has an attack lick and dip your finger in it and put on their gum. Use about half a matchstick head amount in their food each day. Works a treat. Sounds unlikely but it works instantly and completely and it costs so little
@@angelacoughran1378 Stephanie reported on a separate post that it had a positive effect. I have posted this information on many posts and on RU-vid. Unfortunately the veterinary industry has little interest in a super cheap, so cheap it is effectively free, side-effect free, fast, efficient, super effective remedy for a very high cost and prolonged veterinary intensive disease. I wonder why that could be?$$$$$$$$$$$
Thanks. This is a great video. Given its 3 years later It would be great to have an update about on what happened 6, 12 and 24 months after this video to get an idea of reoccurrence or progression of this illness in your experience. Over the last few days my very healthy 13 year old Boston Terrier suddenly seemed a bit unsteady and stumbled a few times after standing up. This morning she did a typical dog head shake and promptly fell over. She looked as shocked and scared as I was and she immediately tried to get back into the house. My heart fell but I walked her for a dozen meters and she slowly became more steady and was able to pee and poo. Your video has given me both relevant advice and some hope. I will as suggested take her to the vet as the first step. Ironically she passed her annual health check up with flying colours only 2 weeks ago. Only issue was very slow progression of heart murmur but as she runs and chases her ball like a two year old we had no real concerns. Best wishes to everyone out there who values the joy and companionship their dog has given them over the years and can now help their beloved canine through their later years.
Thank you for this. I also documented my dog’s symptoms for the vet visit (which is in three hours). I am praying that it is, in fact, vestibular disease caused by an ear infection and not something more serious like a tumor. The onset of my dog’s condition was very quick. At first, it manifested as a fear response to everything. Days earlier, I had just had have my other dog euthanized due to an unrelated illness so mistook the behavior to stress and mourning. The next day the imbalance and rapid eye movements manifested and got worse over the next 48 hours. The hardest part for me is that she is absolutely terrified all of the time. She’s always been a bit anxious and this has her so confused that she’s urinating from fear anytime she is approached. She was able to eat from my hand but, like yours, not drinking. She will not drink from my hands though. I have to use an eye dropper to administer an electrolyte solution as best as I can as she is reluctant to take in water even like this. Thank you for sharing your experience. Left this comment just as another testimony to hopefully help others as well. My dog is a chihuahua/jack Russell cross and is only 2 1/2 years old.
@@user-fn3fk3ug2o that's great I am glad for you. My dog has all her vaccins but she had surgery 4 weeks ago (TPLO). So I still wonder where it comes from...but at least there is hope. Thank you for your answer.
Thanks for taking the time to post. I found this encouraging to read. I have a 14yo Golden Retriever who currently has vestibular disease for the second time. The fist time he was nursed through the first few days at the vet. This time having visited the vet he is being nursed at home with the addition of anti nausea medication. Your step by step description is identical to my experience, even to going off of all food with the expert ion of things like cooked chicken...or human food normally used as treats. I’m currently at day three, he is still being hand fed chicken, but can drink and go to the toilet by himself, albeit very wobbly. He has progressed from sleeping with his head vertical to now being able to lay down on his side. As you say it’s a long road, but does recover, unfortunately it can return as in my dogs case, but it has taken 18 months to reoccur. Thanks again documenting and accurately describing the diseases progression and recovery.
I'm glad you can validate the advice. I kind of made this video on the off chance that someone might find it useful, but it seems to have transcended that at this point which is humbling. Glad I could give something back. Best of luck with your Golden Retriever. 14 is a pretty solid age for that breed of dog.
Thank you for posting this video. My 14.5 year old cockapoo has been diagnosed with vestibular disease when she had a very scary episode on Thursday night. I was so scared for her but she is actually recovery nicely. It was great to read your tips and to know We aren’t the only ones going through this. Thanks again.
Give the dog Cayenne Pepper and the attack of vestibular sill cease within 5 seconds. This works by opening blood vessels as there is a response to the Cayenne Pepper. I used it to cure my dog 2 years ago having attacks each day. The vet was completed useless as was the medication they gave. Just have a jar of Cayenne Pepper on hand. If the dog has an attack lick and dip your finger in it and put on their gum. Use about half a matchstick head amount in their food each day. Works a treat. Sounds unlikely but it works instantly and completely and it costs so little. The heat of it doesn't bother the dog much either and u will see an immediate improvement in the dog. I hope this helps ur dog
@@HendrikusDeVaan It was really scary the first time she had the attack, we thought it was a stroke. Cayenne pepper immediately lowers blood pressure so i thought it might help the stroke although my mother and sister were insisting I didn't try it. However we were all amazed when it stopped immediately. The next time Daisy had an attack, about 2 weeks later i gave it to her and she was fine afterwards altho i still brought her to the vet. She then had frequent, pretty much daily attacks until we started putting cayenne pepper in her food. 2 years later she is as healthy as a 16 year old dog cud be and has just a very slight head tilt. I told the vet about cayenne pepper working and they were not interested. I guess its too cheap and effective a treatment.... I have checked this with pharmacists and doctors and the effect of cayenne pepper is very well known. I hope more pet owners will use this to help their dogs avoid unnecessary trauma as vestibular is awful for the dogs
Thank you so much for your video, it was so helpful. We hope our dog progresses as well as yours. Her symptoms came on yesterday and have worsen overnight. I’m off to buy chicken this morning. It’s very frightening to watch our poor doggies suffer with this. 🐶
Thank you. I have a 17yr old Bishon, Buster who had his 1st episode almost 2yrs ago. I too thought he was having a stroke. He woke up suddenly, drooling, nauseous, his eyes moving fast, and lost his balance completely. He was diagnosed with vestibular. The vet gave anti nausea medication. In 3 days you would had never known all he went through. It did leave him with a few things he didn't have before the episode. His eyes were very sensitive to light and would at times have a twitch. Fast forward, almost 2 yrs, and he is starting to show signs of loss of balance, difficulty finding a comfortable position to sleep, and when he does, his tongue sticks out (that's new) b/c when he wakes up it's still sticking out. ;-( Thank you for your video, it helped.
Thank you for sharing… My dog was just diagnosed with vestibular disease today. It was heartbreaking to see my 5 year old frenchie fur baby dealing with this. It turned out that he had a bad ear infection in both of his ears to the point that it ruptured his ear drums. I’m home with him and looking up all the drugs they gave to treat his infection, but was having issue with getting him to eat and drink water. No youtube videos on how to get your dog to do this. I was lucky to find your video and story. It helps out a lot. Again! Thank for creating this content.
My 5 year old frenchie just got vestibular and she is currently at the vet. Did she have to see a Derm? They are saying we should take her to a specialist just to see if her ear drum ruptured. Did they just give your doggie meds? Wishing your baby the best recovery
@@WendySanchez-o6p I ended up going to the emergency room rather than my veterinarian. The reason was due to my veterinarian advising me that if it was something they could not treat they would recommend going to emergency for further assistance. So I ended up going straight there. The cost was $1,200, which I ended up putting on my care credit card. That card I use for my dogs medical charges and give you 6 month to payoff charges no interest. My frenchie is doing way better. His ears are healing ❤️🩹 he still has a little droopy left side but the vet advised it will take a few months or a year for his nerves to repair. Overall he is doing really good. Hope your little one recovers. And let me know if you have questions. It’s a crazy healing process, both of you hang in there. Have a plan with your vet to see your fur baby every 7-10 to check on healing process until no further issues. Positive thoughts your way!
I ended up taking my frenchie to the emergency pet clinic where they had a specialist. They had to sedate him in order to clean out his ears and be able to see if ear drums intact. That’s where they advised they weren’t and recommend the prescription of meds to tackle the root cause followed by visits to my veterinarian 10 days after and further follow up visits with my veterinarian until she advised no further issues. Hope this helps and your baby has a speedy recovery. Keep a journal of how she is doing and struggles, it helped me not go crazy. It’s a slow recovery process and your vet should advise on steps needed.
It was so good listening to your journey with your dog and vestibular. I thought for sure my almost 15 yr old guy was dying. I did take him to the vet and got the diagnoses but he wouldn't eat or hardly drink anything. We are in day 6 and even though he has been on anti nausea meds I have started him on an appetite enhancer in the hopes he would show interest in food again. I have been able to hand feed him a bit of chicken based on your experience and have been able to give him his meds by putting them into pnut butter and putting in his mouth. I feel hopeful and very grateful for your post as it as me feeling much more confident that he'll get through this in time and with my help and yes my days have been just helping him along and I now feel there is light at the end. Thank you
Thank you for sharing. My 13 year old dog had it come on fast and hard Tuesday. No warning. She was fine when I left for work & even when I got home for lunch she seemed fine except some vomit. Then she really went down hill in a matter of 20 minutes. Thursday she was doing better & eating, but today was a real set back. I hope to wake up to my dog still here in the morning.
Thanks for uploading your experience, Hendrikus! My dog was diagnosed with ataxia vestibular desease and I'm kind lost of what to do, but this video gave me direction on how to take care and proceed! Hope your dog is better by now, cheers
Incredible - My pup, Belle, is same breed, same age (also a rescue so not sure exactly we have her 13 years this month!) and same issue! We are on day 5, she is doing okay after severe persistent nausea/vertigo, confusion and disorientation on Monday night. Went to vet Tuesday morning to check for ear infection or other potential cause. She got an anti-nausea injection and medication for nausea, gastro and circulation. Very bad migraine during day, and vertigo but no vomiting on Tuesday night, restless, and awake all night. No appetite, actually nauseated by look at/smell of food, until Thursday evening. Finally eating a bit more since yesterday, roast chicken or wafer sliced roast beef, hand-fed only. No interest in ‘dog food’ only soft real meat. Same with water, which I found elevating and angling the bowl makes it easier for her to access with head tilt but again was mostly just licking water from hands. Only coming around to drinking from water bowl on her own since yesterday. I bought smart water from Boots (Ireland) for her hydration levels as she was not getting enough water all week - this has electrolytes which should help with hydration. Co-ordination is coming back slowly, eye flickering and facial twitching have improved. Sleeping a lot during day but she’s 14-15y/o so it’s not that totally unusual. Moving around more during day now i.e. one of two trips to back garden, which is good sign. Best case scenario is, as diagnosed, Idiopathic Vestibular Disease and she makes full recovery.. head tilt and awkward posture is worst of it now but it was initially very upsetting and worrying (for Belle too) to see such a robust, active and healthy dog suddenly become incapacitated and unable to walk properly, eat and drink. Thank you for the video, I have done a bit of research since this happened (most on Monday early hours as I wasn’t sleeping and figured old dog IVD was the issue) and I’m optimistic she will be over this soon with no lasting symptoms. Be sure to go to vet asap though as similar symptoms present with more serious life threatening issues such as parasitic infections, inner ear infections, Lymes disease and more. Though, IVD is most common cause of these symptoms in older dogs.
Great video. Here in Australia vets are so keen to hospitalise dogs with this to put them on a drip. I understand the concern, but our Border Collie has high anxiety so I think that home based nursing is a better option. We were aware dehydration was the the biggest risk - lots of great tips in the comments for dealing with getting fluids into them. Wish I knew about the sealegs ($160 for an anti-nausea injection from the vet here). We didn't realise about the hand-feeding at first - we thought he wasn't eating because he felt sick, but turns out he just couldn't work out how to with how he was feeling.
Yeah, Rover had really bad anxiety. Some time after this we had to have him put down due to a brain stem inflammation, and they said we could keep him at the vets with steroids and IV fluids, but chance of recovery was slim. When I mentioned the anxiety they said they could give him opioids. We decided to let him go with dignity instead. Damn it, I'm tearing up writing this now. But it has been a pretty warming experience to see that this video has been of use to people, and that the comments section has taken on a life of its own with tips etc.
@@HendrikusDeVaan What a wonderful, loving connection you and Rover must have had! And, what a beautiful legacy he's inspired you to leave behind! My 13 y/o (+/-) 85 lb, rescued and beloved Siberian Husky/Alaskan Malamute (and his family) are 1 week into this very frightening disease. Improvement is, thank God, being made! However, my heart prompts me to take it one day at a time as we currently fight with/alongside him. He's drinking water on his own but still barely, if at all, eating. Tomorrow, per his vet's advice, we'll likely start him on Entice in order to encourage eating again. Prior to this syndrome, "King" Othello was a chow-hound. Much gratitude to you!
@@phyllisholland149 I kind of put this video up on a whim, but it's heart warming to see how many people it's helping. I wish you all the best with your pupper. I know how hard it must be. Just give him lots of love, and do what you can. It's all you can do.
Your video has been INCREDIBLY HELPFUL and I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH. God Bless you and again THANK YOU SO MUCH. My pug thanks you to!! Lots of Love from Texas!!❤️❤️
My schnauzer is 16 and he’s going through this right now. I haven’t taken him to the vet yet but I’m very sure this is what he has. I’m on day 3. I made homemade ginger tea for his nausea which seemed to as worked great, I gave him to via syringe, ginger tea was just chopped up ginger steeped. Boiled chicken and gave him the broth via syringe as he won’t eat. He did eat a little bit of a sardine . He’s drinking which is good. But yeah very stressful . His vertigo seems to be improving. And the eyes are settling down but if he doesn’t continue to improve I’ll take him to the vet a 2 days. Fingers crossed, I can get him over the line without too much stress involved as he hates vets.
Currently still dealing with this for my Schnauzer... Thank you for sharing so I don't think we're going so slow in recovery. Sounds identical to what I've been doing, hand feeding, with Covid I was home except for pt work so 24/7 care for a week. We're on week 3 and appetite is full back, thankfully. Had 3 IV fluid trips the first week. Still really off balance and the head tilt is probably forever. Really didn't know if she was going to fight, to eventually eat. Now she wants to get in a hurry and fall over... If she'll stop thinking she's 2, and slow down 😊. She 14...
My 14 year old Aussie has been at the vet since Thursday. This is starting day 5. He looks like himself and his head tilt is gone. He still has a little trouble when you put food in front of him to locate it but once he sniffs he find it’s. He still is offf balance when they try and walk him. That’s really been my main concern. He’s eating really well and drinking on his own. Going to the bathroom still. But when they take him at the vet he just seems off balance and has trouble walking. I was wondering if that’s normal and maybe he is just taking a little longer to balance himself up
So our dog Buzz at 14 started to go thru this . Falling down panting eyes darting but after a few days it did subside and after a week he was ok . But what you really need to pay attention to is your dogs breath . We all know it can be bad but when there Kidneys start to fail there breath gets a chemical type smell . If your going to do some treatment or supplement like kidney restore do wait until they stop eating . When a vet can diagnose kidney failure in a dog it’s already 70% gone and that’s the earliest it can be detected. So a tip take care of there kidneys it’s the most important and brush there teeth animals can get blood infections from bad teeth .
My dog (15 yrs old) is currently experiencing this for the first time and since this has never happened to her, I had no idea what was wrong and took her to the vet. I tried to do reasech based on her symptoms and did see vestibular disease and the vet also confirmed it was idiopathic vestibular disease. I'm on day 2 with her and she's clearly very stressed and miserable and it's literally made me cry multiple times because as much as I do everything to make her comfortable, get her to her bed, bring her the food and water, she's not responding as she normally does which is because of what she's feeling. Her eyes are darting left to right pretty quickly. I've tried to carry her but she absolutely hates it now and it's more than likely because she's so disoriented. I'm really hoping she gets better since the vet gave me meclizine for her nausea and dizziness but I don't see it helping very much. I'm just praying and hoping she gets better because with her barely eating and drinking water, I don't want any further health complications to arise.
TY. It seems that your boy took a longer time to recover than most. Mine has been at the to the vet 4 times in the past 5 weeks. At first it was an eye infection, along w/ an occasional yelp. An antibiotic & steriod were injected & prescribed. About 1 wk later, returned to the vet because my dog was coughing, vomiting & constantly gagging, still occasionally yelping. Left w/ a cough suppressant & was told to give him "Bufferin". About a week later I was back at the vet, my boy was falling over, still yelping occasionally, constantly trembling, vomiting. & slight eye infection - from where this nightmare began. Vet says it could be vestibular syndrome, and he is still on the Prednisone & Meclazine. Now we are going onto the 3rd week since this vestibular began. I have seen only slight improvement overall. I hope welcome "Day 20" later in this week, with the same gratitude as you.
Unfortunately Rover recovered only for a short time. He had a brain stem inflammation and ended up just collapsing into a floppy mess one day. We sadly had little choice but to put him down.
@@HendrikusDeVaan Oh, I am so sorry to hear that....I know how heart breaking it is....you did all you could though, and he had a great life with you. My sincere condolences. Be well always.
@@HendrikusDeVaan Very true...I read an article about how hard it is when you loose a beloved dog, and some people just can't go through the heartbreak again but they said, the fact that they don't have long lives means that we can have even more wonderful loving relationships ...which helped me when I lost my beloved Fast Coat Retriever Sabbath to bone cancer ......what a great blessing he was in my life and what a joy to know and care for him. Thanks again for the tips....last Sunday my English Setter Abby entered the VD door....at 13 yo I know time is passing so maintaining good quality of life for as long as possible is my focus. Thanks again!
@@SandraGarratt I wish your dog a successful recovery. But always keep quality of life, both the dogs, but also your own in mind. Good luck on your journey.
Thank you for this video. My Staffordshire terrier is 13 yrs old, had him since he was 2 months. He's was 100% healthy his whole life up till about a month ago when he had his first episode, eyes jerking, wouldn't eat out of his bowl, shaking like he was cold, whimpering constantly. It was terrifying till I brought him to a vet. He's had a couple episodes since the 1st one. I did a complete switch of food, I was feeding him Purina One beef his whole life until this started. I looked into their food and found that there is 300 times more of a severely unhealthy amount of metals in their foods. I switched to a more natural food that is just a fish diet and he's been much better. But seriously thank you for your video. Best wishes to you and your pup.
I had no idea about the food. I guess the pet food industry is a lot less regulated than the human food industry. I’m glad you found a solution. Unfortunately my boy has since passed. He had some neurological issues.
@@Formelyknownasnone as of right now he seems to be doing better. He hasn't had any episodes since I originally posted. He's 13 and has the energy of a pup. But he's definitely showing some signs of wisdom. Since changing his food he's been alot better, but again this could be merely coincidence. I did find bringing him to a comfortable and relaxing spot in my home was a good way to get him to calm down during an episode. His eyes would dart erratically and he would shake uncontrollably. The shaking could very well have been fear from what was happening to him. I found a soothing environment and telling him everything was okay along with petting him behind the ears and such was enough to calm him down till it passed. But I am not a veterinarian and do not hold any medical degree what so ever. With the current situation our world is in I do not know the availability of vets in anyone's area. But if you have the means I would bring your staffie in just in case. I wish you all the luck.
Why don’t they call this vertigo? I get vertigo the moment the climate changes effecting my sinus and a lot of the symptom feel the same… it sounds like nausea and vertigo but they call it something different in dogs. Also, are dogs the only animal species that get their ears cleaned? So many questions. My dog has shown signs of this once a few months ago and again now… he’s just one month shy of 17.
My female dog developed this disease two days back.unable to stand firm and head tilting on right.she was vomiting once or twice daily in last week.but i thought it was normal as she eats some grass and vomit.i was thinky to take her to vet which is 70 km away and no diagnostic facility ava.doctor just treat by guess.so after viewing this video i will treat her in home giving good supplement.
My 6 year old shih tzu was just diagnosed with this. I hold a small fruit bowl up for water while she lays down. I also mix water with wet dog food to make a soup so she can lick it up. She is also on anti nausea medicine (16mg every 24 hours).
Our dog has vestibulair disease it started 14 days ago the biggest problem is the food se won't eat and try to follow me every where she is 14 years old i hope she getting better❤
good video, i notice you cut away from videoing numerious times i sure becuz talking bout it you were getting emotional. dude ive been there when my first rescued pekingese came down with this disease. it scared me. she would shake her head back and forth. it stopped then her eyes moved back and forth so fast. i took her to the vet and they explained what she had was " old dog vestibular" becuz older dog sometimes get it. they told me they can get it again and each time it gets worst. didnt want to hear that but thats reality. i also had to hand feed her and took her on slow walks because she would only walk in circles. after several months her world seem to get better until she had another episode. this time it caused her to tilt to one side. it was heart breaking to see her drink water because she dunked her head in the dish. so we got her a hamster watering bottle. i know the feeling of helplessness for our furry family members. but each time she recovered to her new normal. a year later she past away and is now in a better place. we got another pekingese and she started showing signs of the same thing. slow walking, when she picks up her head she gets off balance. also eating very little, and wanting to lay down and close her eyes. the signs are the same. so now we just let her go through it and develop a new norm for her life. it breaks my heart to see an energetic family member all of the sudden get hit with this. but we been through this before and kno its just a matter of time she get through it.✌🐶
Thanks so much for this video. Our vet told us our dog probably had a brain tumour and the best thing would be to put her to sleep, I pushed for more time and to try antibiotics steroids qnd qnti sickness drugs , 2 weeks on she has made progress, is eating and attempting little bits herself , hopefully the vet is wrong and she recovers almost fully . Thanks again
I'm so glad your pup is on the mend. My Rover ended up having to be put down a few months later with a brain stem inflammation, broke my heart. But thankful for the extra time we got with him. Just take it day by day, and enjoy the moments. ❤️
My dog is currently going through this for the first time. It was really terrifying when her eyes first started going and she couldn’t walk. We rushed her into emergency and they started saying things like brain tumours and asked if I agreed to euthanasia if she started to seizure. It’s was a traumatic time for us all but thankfully day three she is walking unassisted, drinking water almost every hour and sleeping a lot but I can’t get any food down her what so ever. She was given steroids for swelling and antibiotics for the ear infection but I’m worried that the pills will be too hard on her tummy if she doesn’t eat. I’ve tried gravy, tuna, even those little cat foods with the mousse texture. My vet nurse friend said I may need to force feed a teaspoon of food every hour as of it was a tablet just to keep her energy levels up. Any suggestions from people who’s dog hasn’t eaten please let me know what you did. It’s day two of no food for us..
Someone else might chime in with something more useful, but: Are you giving her anti-nausea medication? "Sealegs" is what we used, and it made a huge difference (I think I mention dose in the video). That will help get them eating. My dog liked peanut butter, so you can try that too. Mostly, you just have to tough it out. It's hard, especially because they can't exactly tell you what they want. Best of luck!
She wasn’t prescribed anti nausea pills. Did the vet give you the sea legs? Do you by any chance know if It’s something that I could just get from a pharmacy and give the dog amount? I give her human fish oils and things like that so wondering if it’s the same. Thanks for your video too btw and all your non vet advice, it’s been helpful and less clinical. :)
hey tell me your advice, same with my dog two days ago all of a sudden, face and body went corner, his eyes was popping out staring at us, he was walking weirdly and lost balance to walk and we had to calm him down. It was so sad!! . Can you help, we didn't take our dog to the vet, were worried what they will say! we don't know what wrong with our dog :(
I think my dog has the same problem but she is just 8! They did X ray, 2 MRI as well, on the first her brain was totally different (the two sides) and 1,5days after on the 2nd MRI the two sides of the brain was almost normal! They still don’t know what’s the problem, but it’s killing me it’s so painful to see her like this! It started since a month! But the first time she almost died she was soooo down. Got infusion for 5days. Then for 2 weeks she was totally fine and now she started to feel bad again.
You mention your dog having separation anxiety before this happened, where you by chance giving him anything for that? I'm asking because my dog has the same problem and also experienced vestibular disease however I treat her anxiety with doggie anti-depressants and was wonder if there's a connection.
My dog lost her appetite for 4 days. I was manually putting pieces of boiled chicken into her mouth cuz I was afraid she was starving. Once she regained her appetite. She could pee but didn't poop. It took her 7 whole days (in total) to poop again. On day 6, I started giving her ground flax seed and puree pumpkin (3 days after she finally started eating normally) in her food to stimulate her bowels. I think that helped her a lot.
Its been a wk since my girk got sick she needs nappies now her bladder is weak but she still likes to be indipendant takes herself outside to do her business still walking is still wobbly but improved ao much i thought my girk was going to die when i first seen it broke my heart
Great video. Do you think sudden incontinence can come with vestibular disease? When my dog first had her symptoms, she had gotten up from her bed, and saw she peed there and then pooped a 15 sec later while I was trying to hold her body up 😥
Why does my dog have this at a young age what’s going on could it be an ear infection doing this to her on the symptoms he’s explaining please any advice would help
My vet put my 15 yr old yorky on predisalone, steroids, 3years ago, for vd, they work. Now when i see 1st signs start steroids immediately ,They work very quick so saves your dog and you any stress. Please try them.
Great job in caring for your dog. Something is bothering my dog now and because of the virus, I do not feel safe taking him to the vet. Gave him a good dose of cod liver oil and hoping that helps. Thanks for your sharing.☮️❤️💥🌈🌈🌈🌎🌎😇😇😇😛
There's a women on you tube who does head exercises for her dog.She lays him flat on his side..head flat on side..holds for 45 sec...then she turns him and does other side....then she sits him up and holds his head perfectly straight ..45 secs....she says she does that everyday and her dog has really improved on balance
This is well worth looking into for anyone experiencing this with their dog. Unfortunately Rover has since been put down. He had a severe brain stem inflammation, and the vet was surprised he made it through the vestibular disease in the first place. One day his nervous system just gave out completely and he went totally floppy. We'll miss him, he was a good boy.
Hendrikus De Vaan hello My dog is 2 years old and my dog has the same problem He titled his head the first day and the second day he couldn’t even stand and eat his food and every time he stood up he compeletly gave up and fell down and starting rolling uncontrollably Pls help if you have any idea what is happening
@@LYNX-nz6rx Hi, so sorry to hear that. You should definitely take him to the vet, as I am not qualified to asses your dogs condition. But it sounds like it could be vestibular disease, but it can also be a number of other things - like stroke etc. So you need to take him to the vet urgently.
Hendrikus De Vaan my vet told me that it could be due to lack of thyamine so I’m giving him neurobin right now Hope he’ll recover soon and end to torture himself :(
My miniature poodle started these imbalance symptoms at age 2 years 3 months and had 10 incidents over the next 2 years, the first 9 only lasting a few minutes to maybe 10 minutes of imbalance following by up to 15 minutes to a couple hours of resting after each time and all 9 incidents happened when suddenly jumping off a couch to run excitedly to the door or to greet a family member coming into the house. But it took the 10th incident which happened while swimming in the water after an hour of play on the beach to get her diagnosed by the Vet College at University of Saskatchewan on August 6, 2021 for me to further research vestibular disease intensively and for me to put together that prior to her first incident in Sept of 2019 that she had had one external ear infection treated by drops inside that one ear. I had not known that poodles in particular grow hair inside their ear canal and had not been pulling it out and cleaning her ears regularly up to that time. I am now researching that this problem is now an inner ear issue that likely began with that first ear infection over 2 years ago and likely spread to her middle ear and has never been fully resolved and is likely from getting water into her ears during a bath or a swim previous to all 10 attacks. I will keep posted as I intend on asking for up to a 2 month course of antibiotics to clinically treat it as a middle ear inflammation. CT scans and a team at U. of S. was quoted at $3000 to $4000 to definitively diagnose it as a middle ear issue and I am more willing to try the antibiotic without all that expense. How many other dogs out there could be experiencing this imbalance from an ear infection/inflammation? A human with a middle ear infection will experience the same symptoms.
I work in emergency Healthcare, and tonight my doggo presented very acutely with an abnormal gait, brief vomiting episode, some confusion... I've never been so worried about him. The sx that he's presenting with are all really alarming (if they are seen in humans). I've got a suspicion that it's probably acute vestibular... hope it's not encephalitis, or something really or quickly fatal. God damn. I hope my guys alright. Thanks for the video Manno. Helping
It's heartbreaking when your dog gets this. My 13 year old Jack Russell just got over this and the entire ordeal lasted over 7 weeks. I notice that he's not as coordinated as he was before. He's also not as confident when attempting to jump up onto a chair or the couch etc. I find that I have to help him more, but that's okay. I'm glad to support him. For the drinking, I found that putting crushed ice in the bowl with some water made a huge difference. He shunned most food, but the vet recommended some really smelly intensive care canned food and he did eat that fairly well after a couple of days. I also had some luck with scrambled eggs. Overall, he lost enough weight that I could see his backbone, but he has recovered nicely. I'm looking forward to a few more years with him. Don't give up on your pal.
Thank you, I am on day 2. It's neurological it appears. What I gave her was B1,b6,b12 she is 90 lbs and I can't carry her. Also the gums where looking a bit pale. A small pinch of baking soda and she she got better in about 6 hours enough to walk a bit. Iam on day 2 she is eating and drinking and I gave her vitamins the sublingual so easy to give her. I am NOT a Vetnarian. But, I have studied vitamins for over 22 years. The B vitamins are critical to the nervous system. I am sharing what is helping my baby. This is so tragic and painful. I am heartbroken. Thank you for sharing your story. It helped me alot.
Thank you thank you thank you! To be honest, I've never experienced something so scary. My heart bleeds for her. At first I thought she hit her head and caused a head trauma. All of the symptoms you talked about are the same. Day 2 but my dog eats and drinks by herself. No issues with that
best thing every was small cans of puppy stimulate food...trazodone,..diapers washable from Amazon.....hugs...miss mine GSDs every day....my priest said if he " gets there ( heaven) and his GSD not there he's calling customer service".....dont let them suffer
My 5 year old dog had surgery to remove bladder stones and he was fine. 2 nights later we woke up to him rolling on the floor and we dont know why. Our vet said it’s normal for older dogs but i see in the comments that the dogs are so much okder than mine. I hope my dog gets better soon
