Putting our dog down. When is it time?
Tried doing a search "putting pet dog down" and no results. Our 17 year old mixed lab still enjoys getting up in the morning and going on walks (have to be short) and then sleeps all day. She has c...
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dturm wrote:PUCampin wrote:
I wonder if dogs can have vertigo. I have had 2 attacks, about 14 months apart, and what you describe is exactly what I felt. I could not stay upright on my own to begin with, and it took a day or 2 of rest to feel normal again.
YES!!
This is probably a good time to remind people of this. It is VERY common and the most common cause of these types of symptoms in both elderly dogs and cats.
Strokes are very UNcommon in both.
Most dogs with Vestibular disease get better without treatment in a couple of days. Sometimes takes two weeks or more and some don't regain complete normal function.
Our treatment is aimed at eliminating side effects (nausea) and the anxiety that happens when they can't move as they think they they should.
Doug, DVM
Exactly what our vet said happened to our then 13 year old yellow lab.
Dogs and cats don't live long enough to build up plaque in the arteries to cause a stroke.
Our lab never did completely recover, and we put her down because she was getting too weak in her hips at 14 years old.
