Anyone's dog ever have vestibular disorder?

[JudyH]

Our geriactric lab suddenly developed symptoms that looked like a stroke: wobbly, vomiting, listing to a side, walking into things.

The vet says its an inner ear disorder, probably caused by her chronic ear infection. Its supposed to go away on its own in a few days to a few weeks.

She is miserable and its terrible watching her. I finally gave her a Bonine in the middle of the night and that might have stopped the vomiting, otherwise she'll dehydrate.

Anyone else live thru this?

 

[MULTIZ321]

Judy,

Our dog has not experienced this.

Vestibular Disease in Dogs

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Geriatric Vestibular syndrome in Dogs

Richard

 

[DonM]

My sister's dog had this. In a couple of weeks he got better, but I think her vet gave the dog an injection. I'll inquire and get back to you.

don

 

[Pat H]

My dog had it twice. The first time the Dr. said he had Lyme's disease and we had to give him steroids for a couple of weeks and antibiotics for a couple of months. The second time it was diagnosed as the vesticular disorder and I'm pretty sure he got some meds. Is your dog older? Buddy had the 2 attacks in the last 2 yrs of his life and he died at 15 1/2.

 

[baz48]

Our 12 year old lab had this a couple of times in her last year. It was quite scary to watch. The first attack lasted only a day or so if I remember correctly, and the second lasted a little longer. I don't think her vet gave her anything for it, just said to wait and watch.

 

[Carol C]

There is no med that works for this. It's going to get better with time, the vomiting and worst symptoms will go away. Our dog did still have a bit of a cocked thing going on with her head...but it became kind of charming and folks thought she looked cute. She adapted to that and was no longer bumping into walls & we no longer had to carry her up and down steps. That's what counts. She was 15, and this condition seems somewhat common in dogs that live to a ripe old age. Your dog will be just fine.

 

[Keitht]

I can sympathise both with the owners and the dogs when balance is affected. I'm not a dog but I have suffered from sudden onset of an inner ear problem and it scared the living daylights out of me. I had the benefit of a doctor to explain what was going on and how it was likely to progress. Regrettably, unless you have the phone number for Dr Dolittle, you can't do that for your dog.
It must be absolutely terrifying for the poor creature. If it's any consolation, my problem did clear up quite quickly.