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CarlMommy · 06-05-2011, 01:53 PM

A few weeks ago my 1 yr old yorkie Carl started wobbling around and holding up his paw, it only lasted for about 1-2 minutes and then he was back to normal and running around.

Then about 8 days later it happend for the 2nd time and lasted about the same length then he was back to normal. We thought maybe his foot had fallen asleep because he always acted like nothing happened a few minutes later.

Thursday night he was extremely wobbly and the symptoms didn't really go away, then Friday morning when I got up he had thrown up twice in the middle of the night and was still wobbly that morning. He went outside potty and when he was coming back in had fallen on the step.

I took him to the vet right away and by the time we got there his symptoms had then gone away, they checked his temp, gums, ears, eyes, felt around his belly and said everything was normal. Then they did blood work and a tick test and everything was negative except his liver levels were high. They wanted to do a bile acid test to see if he has a liver shunt but he couldn't have eaten for 12 hours prior to that and I didn't know if he did. The only other thing they could do was an ultra sound, but they felt as if the bile test would show more and scheduled it for Monday.

They gave him lactulose 1ml every 8 hours and low protein canned food every 2...I gave him the lactulose as soon as I got home and it seemed like his wobbliness got ALOT worse, almost to the point where he could not stand. I gave him 2 tbsp of the food with a little water and 1/2 hour later he puked 4-5 times. I called the vet back and told them and they said to hold off on all food for 3-4 hours but still give him the medication. I didn't want to give him the medication because it had made him so much worse the first time so I held off on everything and gave him more food a little later. He kept everything down since Friday around 4pm until today, Sunday at about 6am he threw up once and then once in the car as well. He is still peeing/pooping like normal and eating, just isn't really drinking alot of water.

I'm taking him in for a 2nd opinion tomorrow instead of doing the bile acid/ultrasounds right away to see what they think, the shunt (if thats what he has) is 3-5,000 so trying to rule out everything else first.

Has anyone had anything like this happen?

06-05-2011, 01:53 PM	#1
CarlMommy Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Green Bay, WI, USA Posts: 11	Wobbly Dog--High Liver Levels A few weeks ago my 1 yr old yorkie Carl started wobbling around and holding up his paw, it only lasted for about 1-2 minutes and then he was back to normal and running around. Then about 8 days later it happend for the 2nd time and lasted about the same length then he was back to normal. We thought maybe his foot had fallen asleep because he always acted like nothing happened a few minutes later. Thursday night he was extremely wobbly and the symptoms didn't really go away, then Friday morning when I got up he had thrown up twice in the middle of the night and was still wobbly that morning. He went outside potty and when he was coming back in had fallen on the step. I took him to the vet right away and by the time we got there his symptoms had then gone away, they checked his temp, gums, ears, eyes, felt around his belly and said everything was normal. Then they did blood work and a tick test and everything was negative except his liver levels were high. They wanted to do a bile acid test to see if he has a liver shunt but he couldn't have eaten for 12 hours prior to that and I didn't know if he did. The only other thing they could do was an ultra sound, but they felt as if the bile test would show more and scheduled it for Monday. They gave him lactulose 1ml every 8 hours and low protein canned food every 2...I gave him the lactulose as soon as I got home and it seemed like his wobbliness got ALOT worse, almost to the point where he could not stand. I gave him 2 tbsp of the food with a little water and 1/2 hour later he puked 4-5 times. I called the vet back and told them and they said to hold off on all food for 3-4 hours but still give him the medication. I didn't want to give him the medication because it had made him so much worse the first time so I held off on everything and gave him more food a little later. He kept everything down since Friday around 4pm until today, Sunday at about 6am he threw up once and then once in the car as well. He is still peeing/pooping like normal and eating, just isn't really drinking alot of water. I'm taking him in for a 2nd opinion tomorrow instead of doing the bile acid/ultrasounds right away to see what they think, the shunt (if thats what he has) is 3-5,000 so trying to rule out everything else first. Has anyone had anything like this happen?