Neurological issue or Depression!?
 

I have a 6 year old Yorkie and he's been acting very strange for a week now. He still eats his food and he still drinks fine. He seems to have episodes where it's like he staring straight ahead, but not knowing where he is. He also acts nervous like someone has hurt him. He gets a really scared look on his face-like what is going on. He still plays but seems to sleep a lot more and is now a little hesitant or scared to go down the steps but not all the time. He had a bit of diarrhea 2 weeks before due to new and old food not mixed well but that cleared up and no issues since. He pees and poops fine.

I took him to the ER Vet 2/09/15 because he seemed almost lethargic and seemed dehydrated to me. They ran blood work and did physical exam and said nothing was wrong. The next day he still didn't seem right to me and everyone kept telling he's fine. So I waited until 2/11/15 to take him to his regular vet. I advised them of the ER visit and that he still acting strange. The vet went over results from ER Vet and she gave him another physical examination and said everything was fine. I asked her to do an eye exam so she did and all she found was a little bit of conjunctivitis gave drops and said he's fine. I called the vet the next day and explained in detail again the above symptoms. Vet said it sounds like anxiety or depression and we could try him on med!? Symptoms started 02/08/15 he was his normal self until early evening. I do not believe it's anxiety or depression. Any ideas or suggestions would be great!

Hi and welcome to YT :).

I was first going to say to have his eyesight checked right away, but then I read in the 2nd paragraph that it's fine...so it's not that I guess.

You know your baby better than anyone x100 - so if something is wrong, you'd be the person to know it. It wouldn't be cheap but I suppose you could think about taking him to a neurologist.

Do you heat your home with gas, wood or oil? If so, check for carbon monoxide. It's possible even a small amount of CO could affect your pup but not be so much that you would feel it. Any headaches in the house, or more than normal? I hear your furnaces have been working pretty hard over there. Since the vets came up empty, that's all I can think of with the info given. Daily walks? Did you stop/change a routine because of a recent weather change? Hope the best!

I would start with bile acid testing just to be sure it is not a liver shunt. One of my pups suddenly developed signs of a liver shunt at the age of 8! He had never had any abnormal lab results or symptoms.

If that turns up negative, I would discuss with the vet about an internal med specialist....or neurologist.

Next time he has one of these episodes, try to video it so that you can show the vet!

Welcome to YT.

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Yes, please don't wait. Start making appointments now with specialist. Time is precious for our babies.