Sylvia Cox writes:

Subject: old dog vestibular syndrome

I found this article to be very helpful and promising. My old Jack Russel terrier had an attack today and I rushed him to the vet, fearing the worst. He told me exactly the same as this article - that with plenty of TLC he will recover. Pip is now sleeping happily and seems to be a lot better already. Fingers crossed this was only a one off.

Stephanie Samuel writes:

Subject: Thank you!

I found this article tremendously helpful! I have a fourteen year old Golden who has never been sick a day in his life. When people see him they think he is still a puppy because he never quite grew into his huge feet and he is still the cutest pup you have ever seen. Yesterday morning I gave him a dose of Frontline and within the hour he was staggering around, drooling with his head tilted to the left. I thought I had caused my dog to have a stroke! I washed off the Frontline as soon as I possible. Not having too much faith in vets (due to past experiences with other pets) I watched him and spent the day with him. As he rested by my feet I came across this article. Thank you once again! I know now that it was not the Frontline (but...I will not give him any ever again) I did not cause my dog to have a stroke and I know he will start improving. 24 hours have now pasted and we went on his morning walk, he still is staggering, however, he did not fall. He ate his breakfast, is drinking water and did his business outside just like he has done every morning for the past fourteen years. Hopefully I will have many more years with my fourteen year old puppy!

I can not thank you enough!

Jeannette Cadorette writes:

Subject: Old Dog Vestibular Disease

My 15 year old mixed Terrier mix was normal one moment, then the next she was falling over onto the ground, her head tilted, her eyes were rolling up into her head and she gave us a very big scare. I rushed her to the vet and within minutes my dog was diagnosed with Vestibular Disease. After a series of blood work, we found everything normal. However, my dog has had history of ears infections but she didn't have one at that time and have not had one for 3 years. Regardless of the grime symptoms that were displayed, my dog still licked us in the face and wagged her tail. For this reason, I took her home and decided to nurse her to the best of my ability. I was given motion sickness medication to give my dog for 2 days to help her manage. Within 10 hours my Terrier was walking around but a bit wobbly and she then attempted to eat and drink out of her dish. Within 24 hours, my dog was walking up and down stairs and able to urinate on her own outside. By the 3rd day, she was running outside and back to begging for her treats again. It's been one week and the only residual symptom she has is a little balance issue when she gets excited and moves too fast. I am certainly very grateful that my canine is much better and I clearly plan to spend many many more years with her.