Hey friends!!!! It's been way too long since I last posted but I really don't post (still read though) much these days on any forum. I am just too busy really as things are still going great here in Las Vegas and my wife and I are both very happy with how things have gone so far (3.5 years and counting)
Anyways the main reason I stopped by today is because I was hoping maybe someone here might know a little about bit about something that is going on in our lives right now. Here is the story:
Our nearly 14 year old German Shepherd Averi may have come down with vestibular syndrome over the weekend. This is a very scary disease that effects mostly older dogs. I had never heard of this until now and spent a lot of time researching it these last few days.
Without going too far into detail it's basically a disease that looks like the dog has suffered a stroke (but hasn't) as they lose their balance, tilt their head to the side, drool a lot, have rapid eye movement, vomit, etc... Though very scary to see your dog go through this, it is for the most part not a life threatning situation
The vet has ran lots of x-ray and blood tests and so far everything has come back fine (thankfully). If this doesn't improve in the next few days then we will take her in for a skull x-ray to see if anything is going on there but for now it looks more like she has vestibular syndrome. She is not crying at all or doesn't appear to be in any pain, she just can't stand up or walk right now as her balance is completely off.
Was wondering if anyone here has went through something like this with before their dog or knows someone who has? If even 1 percent part of me felt that our dog was in any harm than we would do the difficult thing and put her down but from what I understand and pray is that this disease is fairly common among older dogs and oustside of maybe a slight head tilt they usually fully recovery and do so in a short period of time
Any information anyone has would be great. As always thanks for your time!!!
Anyways the main reason I stopped by today is because I was hoping maybe someone here might know a little about bit about something that is going on in our lives right now. Here is the story:
Our nearly 14 year old German Shepherd Averi may have come down with vestibular syndrome over the weekend. This is a very scary disease that effects mostly older dogs. I had never heard of this until now and spent a lot of time researching it these last few days.
Without going too far into detail it's basically a disease that looks like the dog has suffered a stroke (but hasn't) as they lose their balance, tilt their head to the side, drool a lot, have rapid eye movement, vomit, etc... Though very scary to see your dog go through this, it is for the most part not a life threatning situation
The vet has ran lots of x-ray and blood tests and so far everything has come back fine (thankfully). If this doesn't improve in the next few days then we will take her in for a skull x-ray to see if anything is going on there but for now it looks more like she has vestibular syndrome. She is not crying at all or doesn't appear to be in any pain, she just can't stand up or walk right now as her balance is completely off.
Was wondering if anyone here has went through something like this with before their dog or knows someone who has? If even 1 percent part of me felt that our dog was in any harm than we would do the difficult thing and put her down but from what I understand and pray is that this disease is fairly common among older dogs and oustside of maybe a slight head tilt they usually fully recovery and do so in a short period of time
Any information anyone has would be great. As always thanks for your time!!!
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