Friday, January 8, 2010

Help/advice needed with sick dog. Our dog is very disoriented and is wobbly. Vets have no anwsers HELP!!?

Yesterday our dog urinated in the house 3 times, ( he never does ) all day he was laggy, we went out to dinner, put him in his crate. Upon arriving home his crate had a pool of urine. He went out side for a few minutes, after coming in he had almost no sense of balance, (looked as if he were high or intoxicated ) We rushed him to the vet hospital. Where he put up a extreme fight going with the techs. ( so he has energy stored ) they ran blood test. ( said all were ok ) ( they have no clue as to what is wrong ) We left him for the night (they had a IV in him ) the wife picked him up today. He's still urinating in the house but now his head is shaking periodically and he's stil unbalanced..... Please any insight or help is greatly appreciated..... He's a part of our family. We did find a empty firework tube that he had chewed apart ( from a morter style fire work - my wife thinks thats it ) again any help pleaseHelp/advice needed with sick dog. Our dog is very disoriented and is wobbly. Vets have no anwsers HELP!!?
Wow, scary situation and even worse that the Evets couldn't figure it out either. A couple things come to my mind ( I am NOT a vet nor do I have any medical training, just dog experience) and are things I would think about and try to rule out.





1st ~ Petit Mal - This is the seizure that is often missed by pet owners. Tremours, excessive drooling, whining, loss of balance, and often spontaneous urination characterize this type of seizure, which is just as serious a seizure as the Grand Mal.





2nd ~ Antifreeze poisoning or other poison that causes neurological symptoms (although the vet should have tested for that) especially if sign appear after being outdoors.





3rd ~ vestibular disease (but frequent abnormal urination is NOT a symptom of it)





4th ~ Stroke ~ Yes, dogs have strokes and a stroke should be considered when one or more of these symptoms is observed; Loss of balance, head tilt, lethargy, blindness, abrupt change in behavior (such as not understanding commands or responding when called), Loss of Bowel and Bladder Control. Since the complex system of communication between the brain and the rest of the body is affected with a stroke, the dog may not sense the need to urinate or defecate. The body will therefore perform these functions without conscious control.





Your dogs symptoms could fit a wide range of issues. I would suggest taking your dog to another vet and make sure everything in this list is checked as possible issues. Good luck

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