Dizzy Spell - Please Help!

[Tedhall]

Faiting Spells

Something similar happened to my boxer a few months back. We were coming home one night after visiting some friends. I pulled into my parking space and exited the car, usually my dog is right on my heels when we get out of the car but this time he refused to move. He just sat in the passenger seat looking at me. I managed to coax him out and we begun walking over to the wooded area by my house so he could do his buisness. After 25 yards or so he just fell over onto his side right out of the blue. He immediatly sprung up to his feet only to fall right over again. This time he stayed down for a few moments before slowly standing back up. I agve him a quick check to see if something was wrong with his legs but could find nothing. In just a few minutes he was back to his normal jolly self. Nothing like that has happended before or after. Is this another case of low blood sugar or should i be more concerned?

 

[marciafinn]

Results, or not?

I spoke with the vet today and his blood work came back perfect for a 3 1/2 year old dog. His urine sample was a little off so they left it up to me as to whether or not I wanted him on anti-biotics. I opted not...I don't believe in treating everything and since there wasn't a confirmed UTI I am bringing another urine sample in next Monday to see how that one looks. If there is anything unusual, we will obviously treat him then.

As far as everything else went, they think the fainting could have been a petite mal seizure. I am to just keep an eye on him and if it happens again, I need to call.

I'm not sure how to react to this since I wasn't given any explanations for his unusual behavior. I am considering another vet...Mason hasn't had any problems in the past and my vet, not this woman, thought that there might have been a link to the UTI's and the Pro Plan. He told me there might have been something in the food that didn't agree with Mason's urinary tract which caused it to become more alkaline (I think it was alkaline) which causes a UTI. The UTI's began about two months after we switched to Pro Plan. This woman disagreed with him to me, which I thought was very unprofessional, and told me to put him back on Pro Plan. I told her this was not an option and she didn't say anything to that.

The other thing that really bothered me is when she went to look in his ears, he whined. I told her his ears are sensitive so when she looked at them she said, 'Well no wonder why. He has an ear infection. How long have they bothered him?' Mason doesn't like anyone near his ears. He will let me & my bf near them, but that is it. So I told her 'His whole life.' Obviously he hasn't had an ear infection his whole life or it would've been seen. Then gave me drops and never told me how to use them. I have to clean them with Oticleans, let them dry for a few hours and then apply the drops she gave me.

There was one good thing that came out of this I suppose, depending on how much I trust her...she said his heartbeat was great and that I don't have any worries there. Knowing Mason's family history he shouldn't. His grandparents are all going strong and are all 8+.

Kathy I researched food for the last month before deciding on CS. I opted to not argue with the vet since I do know that vets really don't research food so I was just choosing my battle here. Thanks for your thoughts.

Ted, I would call your vet and ask them what they think. Mason didn't fall over. He just walked like he was drunk, sorry but it is the best way to describe it, and got stiff. It only lasted for about a minute, maybe a minute and a half.

I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and support! It is wonderful to have boxerworld to share this with! Sorry for the long post...
Marcia & Mason