My Gyp is on either her 3 round of vestibular disease within a month or a relapse of her second round.
We've been through it before with a previous dog so we knew what it was when we saw it (the eye movements are key). This last time she got a really bad head tilt, nausea, and diarrhea; and because of the multiple rounds she had lost close to 10lbs (she's typically 35lbs). We took her to the vet after this last round. He said she was in good physical condition for her age (13years). He said all they can do is treat symptoms of vestibular disease and gave her several meds: prednisone for possible inflammation, a liquid to coat the digestive tract to ease the possible GI upset due to prednisone, an anti-diarrheal, an antibiotic, and valium to be used as needed to calm her if she was upset by the symptoms.
She needed to be hand fed and given very tasty foods to entice her to eat (she can't stand to lose much more weight). She preferred to eat many small meals than large ones. She likes raw and hard boiled eggs. The raw eggs are good for giving the liquid med which she does not like. After about 2 weeks she is eating better. Her head tilt has not changed much but she is adapting to it. She's moving around better on flat ground and now can take a couple of steps on her own.
