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River · 07-10-2006, 11:11 AM

Have any of you heard of this or experienced it? My Golden Retriever, Montana, had an episode on Thurs. We were out of town for the 4th of July and I left her behind because she is 14yrs old and doesn't do well with change or the car! My friend who was watching her called me and said that she thought Montana had had a stroke and couldn't stand up, her eyes were bouncing around and she had lost control of her bladder and bowels. We were coming home on Thurs anyway so I told her to make her comfortable. I called my vet and she said it sounded like canine vestibular disease and is common in older dogs. It is an inner ear thing, the vestibular cochlea nerve in the inner ear gets inflammed and the dog gets dizzy and can't stand up. She also has a head tilt to the left. Good news is that as bad as she seemed, we just need to be supportive and give her time and it will pass (1 to 2 weeks for a full recovery!). She wanted me to give her the weekend to see if she improved and lo and behold, she has! I read alot on the internet about it, the only thing that concerned me was the loss of the bladder control. She had so many accidents in the house on Thurs after we got home that I got some baby diapers to put on her. She also had really loose stools and was panting and drinking alot. The articles I read didn't say anything about loosing bladder control so i was afraid that it had triggered something else and i would have to put her down anyway. But, good news is that she can now get up on her own, she staggers a little but can walk on her own and she kept the diaper dry all day yesterday and today. I am so happy and feel so lucky that she seems to be on the mend. My Yorkie, Shepherd and Jack Russel seem to know there is a problem and have been staying close to her which I thought was kind of interesting. Has anyone else ever experienced this syndrome?

07-10-2006, 11:11 AM	#1
River Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: PA Posts: 188	Canine Vestibular Syndrome Have any of you heard of this or experienced it? My Golden Retriever, Montana, had an episode on Thurs. We were out of town for the 4th of July and I left her behind because she is 14yrs old and doesn't do well with change or the car! My friend who was watching her called me and said that she thought Montana had had a stroke and couldn't stand up, her eyes were bouncing around and she had lost control of her bladder and bowels. We were coming home on Thurs anyway so I told her to make her comfortable. I called my vet and she said it sounded like canine vestibular disease and is common in older dogs. It is an inner ear thing, the vestibular cochlea nerve in the inner ear gets inflammed and the dog gets dizzy and can't stand up. She also has a head tilt to the left. Good news is that as bad as she seemed, we just need to be supportive and give her time and it will pass (1 to 2 weeks for a full recovery!). She wanted me to give her the weekend to see if she improved and lo and behold, she has! I read alot on the internet about it, the only thing that concerned me was the loss of the bladder control. She had so many accidents in the house on Thurs after we got home that I got some baby diapers to put on her. She also had really loose stools and was panting and drinking alot. The articles I read didn't say anything about loosing bladder control so i was afraid that it had triggered something else and i would have to put her down anyway. But, good news is that she can now get up on her own, she staggers a little but can walk on her own and she kept the diaper dry all day yesterday and today. I am so happy and feel so lucky that she seems to be on the mend. My Yorkie, Shepherd and Jack Russel seem to know there is a problem and have been staying close to her which I thought was kind of interesting. Has anyone else ever experienced this syndrome?