My 18 year old dog was just diagnosed with this. Three days later she is much better. Still wobbling and requires assistance to walk, but she's eating again and can stand on her own now, and can go for short assisted walks outdoors. In addition to our incredible vet, Dr. Stancil, here is what helped: - 1-2 DROPS of CBD OIL so she could relax, sleep, heal, and not fall over and crash into things. Vet said to ensure it was lab tested to contain no THC. - PADDED HARNESS and handle. This was essential because without it I had to carry her outside and she is large. - DIAPERS - EPLEY MANEUVER. If your dog is too large to turn over on her back, just do this with the dog standing or lying down as best you can. There are YT videos on this for dogs. - NATURAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY: I had boswelia on hand, one of the most potent I have found. More natural anti inflammatories are fish oil, ginger, vitamin C, bromelain and devil's claw. Egg shell membrane is also a highly potent anti inflammatory. I will start giving her this too. - PATIENCE: Bringing her bowls of water and holding them for her to drink, hand feeding small amounts of food. - ACUPUNCTURE by the vet - ANTI-NAUSEA SHOT by the vet I have learned that if the dog's eyes are darting side to side it's vestibular disease and if they are darting up and down it's likely a stroke. I also only feed my dog meat (no pork ever) and vegetables, no grains, and she gets chicken broth every day. I believe this contributes to her excellent health at 18 years of age. She also gets a lot of exercise as we hike as much as possible. This was one of the scariest things I have experienced and I have had many dogs. If you have any questions just post and I will do my best to answer.
Impressive. I have an AmStaff I'm putting down today. Her legs are shot. She got an Adequan shot and carprofen last week but is getting worse by the day. She's 11, overweight and has had inflammation problems for the last couple years. I just don't want her to suffer. I wish I could have turned it around.
Even though this is considered an "old dog disease" it is not. My 6 year old dog was recently diagnosed with it. It is extremely frightening to see. In his case in came on slowly over the course of a week. He was misdiagnosed with the first vet we took him to as being an inner ear infection. Antibiotics were prescribed. Symptoms got worse very quickly. Proper diagnoses on the 2nd go around with a different vet. Blood work revealed a possible infection but unknown location. Steroids and motion sickness pills prescribed. Within 2 days of that visit, he was back eating and had regaining much better balance. Unknown if drugs had actually helped or the disease had merely run its course. Motion sickness pills certainly helped with his appetite. After 2 days I quit giving him these. 2 weeks later he is almost back to normal, however a slight head tilt remains. I believe he will have this for the rest of his life. Balance is good, just not what it used to be.
Hi there I am guessing this is for a vet tech class? WONDERFUL video! This was so informative. To folks in care of dogs with this disease be PATIENT with our girl we are going on 1 week and seeing so much improvement. I understand not everyone has the time to give with work and family, but with love and care like a caring for a child - most will have a almost full to full recovery. This will depend on the cause. Hope for the least serious. What helped our girl: heating pad around ear and neck area. Vicks with a little peppermint oil in ear area at night Peroxide on a cotton ball a bit squeezed into ear can dilute if you choose to Walked every hour on short path around yard. Lots of water. Easy food boiled chicken, sweet tators, pumpkin We also did pumpkin seed oil and flax oil for natural anti inflammatory and brain health Warm blankets and new teddy bear!
Thank you for sharing this! My dog has "idiopathic" vestibular disease. Heartbroken. Trying my best to learn as much as possible. He's only 10 and he lives a very charmed life: regularly goes to the vet, eats healthy, lives in doors and gets regular dental cleanings. Don't know what to do.
hope your dog is doing okay! my dog was just diagnosed with idiopathic vestibular disease 3 weeks ago. they do not know the cause. Any tips or insight would be great. Thanks!
@@nicolettedillin1440 Hi, Nicolette. I just saw your comment. The best thing you can do is get your dog an MRI ASAP! No other test will be as conclusive. It's very expensive, but if you can afford it, it's worth it. It is pivotal to making sure cancer isn't the cause. If you're lucky, it can be harmless "old dog's disease" and not cancer, in that case, be sure your dog is in a safe area AWAY from stairs or anywhere they can bump into hard surfaces. If your dog is vomiting make sure they s/he does not fall on their side. VERY IMPORTANT!!! If they do they may inhale their own vomit and develop pneumonia. Ask your vet for meclizine and/or cerenia. Not cures by any means, but can help with the symptoms of nystagmus and ataxia. I wish your dog the best. It's difficult. And don't believe anyone who says IVD is "harmless." My dead dog would beg to differ.... sorry to sound emotional. Still, very emotionally distraught about what happened to my dog. All the best, Godspeed.
@@thegiantpaperpanda thanks for the reply. my dog has gotten every type of testing from MRI, blood tests, checked for ear infections, stomach sonogram, echocardiogram, tick panel, etc and all has came back normal.
@@nicolettedillin1440 I'm truly sorry to hear that nothing came back conclusive. Unfortunately, there's no cure. The best treatment is to wait it out and to monitor your dog. It may be temporary, only time will tell. My dog never recovered and died of pneumonia from inhaling his own vomit.
Mine has had two peripheral episodes of vestibular disease 1 year apart, it is heartbreaking, no way I'll let her go through a third, she's a 15 year old German shepherd.
My 13 year old sheltie is going through it right now. It us very sad and heartbreaking to see her. She is off her meals and water, have to hand feed and offer water. She had a drip yesterday. How was your dog diagnoised for it?
We're really worried about our 10 year old female Boxer - "Ginger." She was diagnosed with the Idiopathic version. But it took her 2 full weeks to start showing improvement. But we also noticed a weakness/drooping of the left side of her face. So the Vet said that wasn't consistent with Vestibular Disease. After 3 weeks she was doing a lot better but still had the head tilt and was drooling out of the left side of her mouth. Then, right around day 22 she had a sudden setback. She was fine in the morning but when we came home from work late that night, she was holding her head low and letting out these little yelps. She even did something she hadn't done for almost 2 weeks.... She walked in circles on the top tier of our deck and seemed really disoriented. But luckily she was still able to go down the stairs and do her poop and pee. But now we're wondering if this is a relapse or if it's the Centralized version with a brain tumor. This return of the unbalance is so stressful. And it seems like she has lost most of the sight in her left eye. We took her back to the Vet right around the two week mark. That's when the Vet said the weakness/drooping on the left side of her face was odd and not usually a symptom of Vestibular disease. But she decided to then treat it as Peripheral Vestibular Disease. When the symptoms first appeared on Sept. 21st, 2022 we took her to the Vet the next day. The Vet gave her a shot for nausea and sent me home with 4 days worth of anti-nausea pills. That did help and she started eating again. But after the 2nd visit, the Vet sent me home with 4 things: 1. Antibiotic pills (Clavaseptin) 2. Nerve pain medication (Gabapentin). 3. Eye moisturizer for the left eye. and 4. A medicated topical solution to put in her ears. The antibiotic is a 2 week amount. The nerve pain medication and topical ear solution were for 1 week. But the nerve pain medication made her super spacey at first so we only gave her 1 dose instead of 2 every 24 hours. I stopped the topical ear solution last Wed. October 12th, 2022. And today after speaking with the Veterinary office, we renewed the prescription for the nerve pain medication for another week. Ginger is due for a 3rd visit on Thursday, October 20th, 2022 but the Vet said we could come sooner if we need to. Right now she's doing a little better than the day of the relapse (Wed. October 12th). There hasn't been any circling. But she will still hold her head low after getting up when she's been laying down for a while. And sometimes she'll still yelp a little. We hope and pray this isn't a tumor. The Vet kept telling me that could be a possibility. But when the Vet examined Ginger, she put her paw back and Ginger moved it back straight. So that was good. But I guess the only way to really know if it's a tumor is to get an MRI and I don't think we can afford that. I thought about trying a Go-fund-Me thing to get the money. Or we could use a Line of Credit we have. Ugh! This is so stressful. And as most videos will tell you, when this first starts it comes on fast and suddenly and is VERY stressful. But now right at the 3 week mark it's like it's starting all over again for us!!! We ordered some dog hemp CB2 oil from Amazon to help with the pain and stress. It got really good reviews and we'll see if it helps. Fingers crossed that it's NOT a tumor and that maybe she had a relapse right when she was almost fully recovered from the first bout.
It sounds like you are doing everything possible for your dog--thanks for loving your dog that much........Sometimes there are no easy answers.....You are doing everything humanly possible......
she missed one...Its what they think my dog has...and its caused by a very rare cyst or malignant tumor deep in pancreas...My dog after presenting himself with these symptoms..@ vet had his blood drawn...all panels were normal except glucose was low....It is possible to experience these symptoms of vertigo in canines...as Hypoglycemia causing them to have vertigo.....He is scheduled for testing???catalyst...not sure on name of test but its blood panel.....
I do not think it will stop the circling only the nausea that results from the circling. I full believe in a round of antibiotics to fight off any internal infections that may not be noticeable. Possible some steroids for any inflammation and a muscle relaxer to help take the tension off. Some people believe in the CBD oil, and I would totally use it now if one of my dogs came down with it. But you really need to give your dog 2 weeks at least to start recovering.
My 18 year old dog was just diagnosed with this. Three days later she is much better. Still wobbling and requires assistance to walk, but she's eating again and can stand on her own now, and can go for short assisted walks outdoors. In addition to our incredible vet, Dr. Stancil, here is what helped:
- 1-2 DROPS of CBD OIL so she could relax, sleep, heal, and not fall over and crash into things. Vet said to ensure it was lab tested to contain no THC.
- PADDED HARNESS and handle. This was essential because without it I had to carry her outside and she is large.
- DIAPERS
- EPLEY MANEUVER. If your dog is too large to turn over on her back, just do this with the dog standing or lying down as best you can. There are YT videos on this for dogs.
- NATURAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY: I had boswelia on hand, one of the most potent I have found. More natural anti inflammatories are fish oil, ginger, vitamin C, bromelain and devil's claw. Egg shell membrane is also a highly potent anti inflammatory. I will start giving her this too.
- PATIENCE: Bringing her bowls of water and holding them for her to drink, hand feeding small amounts of food.
- ACUPUNCTURE by the vet
- ANTI-NAUSEA SHOT by the vet
I have learned that if the dog's eyes are darting side to side it's vestibular disease and if they are darting up and down it's likely a stroke.
I also only feed my dog meat (no pork ever) and vegetables, no grains, and she gets chicken broth every day. I believe this contributes to her excellent health at 18 years of age. She also gets a lot of exercise as we hike as much as possible.
This was one of the scariest things I have experienced and I have had many dogs. If you have any questions just post and I will do my best to answer.
Tell me more about the CBD oil.
Impressive. I have an AmStaff I'm putting down today. Her legs are shot. She got an Adequan shot and carprofen last week but is getting worse by the day. She's 11, overweight and has had inflammation problems for the last couple years. I just don't want her to suffer. I wish I could have turned it around.
Even though this is considered an "old dog disease" it is not. My 6 year old dog was recently diagnosed with it. It is extremely frightening to see. In his case in came on slowly over the course of a week. He was misdiagnosed with the first vet we took him to as being an inner ear infection. Antibiotics were prescribed. Symptoms got worse very quickly. Proper diagnoses on the 2nd go around with a different vet. Blood work revealed a possible infection but unknown location. Steroids and motion sickness pills prescribed. Within 2 days of that visit, he was back eating and had regaining much better balance. Unknown if drugs had actually helped or the disease had merely run its course. Motion sickness pills certainly helped with his appetite. After 2 days I quit giving him these. 2 weeks later he is almost back to normal, however a slight head tilt remains. I believe he will have this for the rest of his life. Balance is good, just not what it used to be.
Hi there I am guessing this is for a vet tech class? WONDERFUL video! This was so informative. To folks in care of dogs with this disease be PATIENT with our girl we are going on 1 week and seeing so much improvement. I understand not everyone has the time to give with work and family, but with love and care like a caring for a child - most will have a almost full to full recovery. This will depend on the cause. Hope for the least serious.
What helped our girl: heating pad around ear and neck area.
Vicks with a little peppermint oil in ear area at night
Peroxide on a cotton ball a bit squeezed into ear can dilute if you choose to
Walked every hour on short path around yard.
Lots of water. Easy food boiled chicken, sweet tators, pumpkin
We also did pumpkin seed oil and flax oil for natural anti inflammatory and brain health
Warm blankets and new teddy bear!
Thank you for sharing this! My dog has "idiopathic" vestibular disease. Heartbroken. Trying my best to learn as much as possible. He's only 10 and he lives a very charmed life: regularly goes to the vet, eats healthy, lives in doors and gets regular dental cleanings. Don't know what to do.
In my prayers. For you & your dog. Please update.
hope your dog is doing okay! my dog was just diagnosed with idiopathic vestibular disease 3 weeks ago. they do not know the cause. Any tips or insight would be great. Thanks!
@@nicolettedillin1440 Hi, Nicolette. I just saw your comment. The best thing you can do is get your dog an MRI ASAP! No other test will be as conclusive. It's very expensive, but if you can afford it, it's worth it.
It is pivotal to making sure cancer isn't the cause. If you're lucky, it can be harmless "old dog's disease" and not cancer, in that case, be sure your dog is in a safe area AWAY from stairs or anywhere they can bump into hard surfaces. If your dog is vomiting make sure they s/he does not fall on their side. VERY IMPORTANT!!! If they do they may inhale their own vomit and develop pneumonia.
Ask your vet for meclizine and/or cerenia. Not cures by any means, but can help with the symptoms of nystagmus and ataxia.
I wish your dog the best. It's difficult. And don't believe anyone who says IVD is "harmless."
My dead dog would beg to differ.... sorry to sound emotional. Still, very emotionally distraught about what happened to my dog.
All the best,
Godspeed.
@@thegiantpaperpanda thanks for the reply. my dog has gotten every type of testing from MRI, blood tests, checked for ear infections, stomach sonogram, echocardiogram, tick panel, etc and all has came back normal.
@@nicolettedillin1440 I'm truly sorry to hear that nothing came back conclusive. Unfortunately, there's no cure. The best treatment is to wait it out and to monitor your dog. It may be temporary, only time will tell. My dog never recovered and died of pneumonia from inhaling his own vomit.
Thanks for sharing. It helps me a lot to answer a lot of questions.
thank you for your sharing and love =)
Mine has had two peripheral episodes of vestibular disease 1 year apart, it is heartbreaking, no way I'll let her go through a third, she's a 15 year old German shepherd.
My 13 year old sheltie is going through it right now. It us very sad and heartbreaking to see her. She is off her meals and water, have to hand feed and offer water. She had a drip yesterday. How was your dog diagnoised for it?
We're really worried about our 10 year old female Boxer - "Ginger." She was diagnosed with the Idiopathic version. But it took her 2 full weeks to start showing improvement. But we also noticed a weakness/drooping of the left side of her face. So the Vet said that wasn't consistent with Vestibular Disease. After 3 weeks she was doing a lot better but still had the head tilt and was drooling out of the left side of her mouth. Then, right around day 22 she had a sudden setback. She was fine in the morning but when we came home from work late that night, she was holding her head low and letting out these little yelps. She even did something she hadn't done for almost 2 weeks.... She walked in circles on the top tier of our deck and seemed really disoriented. But luckily she was still able to go down the stairs and do her poop and pee. But now we're wondering if this is a relapse or if it's the Centralized version with a brain tumor. This return of the unbalance is so stressful. And it seems like she has lost most of the sight in her left eye. We took her back to the Vet right around the two week mark. That's when the Vet said the weakness/drooping on the left side of her face was odd and not usually a symptom of Vestibular disease. But she decided to then treat it as Peripheral Vestibular Disease. When the symptoms first appeared on Sept. 21st, 2022 we took her to the Vet the next day. The Vet gave her a shot for nausea and sent me home with 4 days worth of anti-nausea pills. That did help and she started eating again. But after the 2nd visit, the Vet sent me home with 4 things: 1. Antibiotic pills (Clavaseptin) 2. Nerve pain medication (Gabapentin). 3. Eye moisturizer for the left eye. and 4. A medicated topical solution to put in her ears. The antibiotic is a 2 week amount. The nerve pain medication and topical ear solution were for 1 week. But the nerve pain medication made her super spacey at first so we only gave her 1 dose instead of 2 every 24 hours. I stopped the topical ear solution last Wed. October 12th, 2022. And today after speaking with the Veterinary office, we renewed the prescription for the nerve pain medication for another week. Ginger is due for a 3rd visit on Thursday, October 20th, 2022 but the Vet said we could come sooner if we need to. Right now she's doing a little better than the day of the relapse (Wed. October 12th). There hasn't been any circling. But she will still hold her head low after getting up when she's been laying down for a while. And sometimes she'll still yelp a little. We hope and pray this isn't a tumor. The Vet kept telling me that could be a possibility. But when the Vet examined Ginger, she put her paw back and Ginger moved it back straight. So that was good. But I guess the only way to really know if it's a tumor is to get an MRI and I don't think we can afford that. I thought about trying a Go-fund-Me thing to get the money. Or we could use a Line of Credit we have. Ugh! This is so stressful. And as most videos will tell you, when this first starts it comes on fast and suddenly and is VERY stressful. But now right at the 3 week mark it's like it's starting all over again for us!!! We ordered some dog hemp CB2 oil from Amazon to help with the pain and stress. It got really good reviews and we'll see if it helps. Fingers crossed that it's NOT a tumor and that maybe she had a relapse right when she was almost fully recovered from the first bout.
It sounds like you are doing everything possible for your dog--thanks for loving your dog that much........Sometimes there are no easy answers.....You are doing everything humanly possible......
My puppy (2 month) has same kind of symptoms what can I do. Please help me.
Is vestibular disease only in old age of dogs.
she missed one...Its what they think my dog has...and its caused by a very rare cyst or malignant tumor deep in pancreas...My dog after presenting himself with these symptoms..@ vet had his blood drawn...all panels were normal except glucose was low....It is possible to experience these symptoms of vertigo in canines...as Hypoglycemia causing them to have vertigo.....He is scheduled for testing???catalyst...not sure on name of test but its blood panel.....
Been Redeemed Could you please update or contact me? My dog is going through this. She is recovering though.
Does dramamine stop the circling?
I do not think it will stop the circling only the nausea that results from the circling. I full believe in a round of antibiotics to fight off any internal infections that may not be noticeable. Possible some steroids for any inflammation and a muscle relaxer to help take the tension off. Some people believe in the CBD oil, and I would totally use it now if one of my dogs came down with it. But you really need to give your dog 2 weeks at least to start recovering.
My chihuahua, chuy he’s 6 is on medication
Stop interrupting, dude.