Idiopathic Vestibular Syndrome?

[Guest NikasMom]

Does anyone out there have experience with IVS? Any advice or recommendations? My friend's dog had a bout of this last fall and is now having a relapse. Any information would be helpful at this point. Thanks!

[Guest LittleGreys]

My old IG also had this a year or two ago, and recently had a relapse. She recovered just fine, for the second time. She is 15 years old and a bit unsteady anyway, but she was only really "bad" for a couple days. We did do antibiotics just in case, and she did have an ear infection, so we did tresaderm for a week or two. We did use one or two doses of mirtazapine to get her eating again.

 

[NeylasMom]

FYI, there's an article about VD in the most recent issue (may be second to most recent at this point) of Whole Dog Journal. I haven't read it yet, but noticed it's in there. You can get the articles online for a small fee.

[rascalsmom]

Buddy's had what I think were several episodes of vestibular disease. It can be very frightening. Fortunately, his only lasted a short while--once it was just a few hours, once it was a couple of days, that sort of thing. They act "drunk" and Buddy actually walked into a wall once.