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Have you tried vivitonin? Wife’s previous husky had this condition and that medication fixed it really quickly.
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@HatBeard, @dancing james. He's on vitofyllin which I've just googled. It contains propentofyllin as does vivotonin so sounds like the same shizzle. He is improving all the time. Thanks to both of you for your concern, it is much appreciated.
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Has anyone experienced Old Dog Syndrome with their dog?
I have, since last Tuesday, for six days and it's made no better by the fact that he is 99% deaf and suffering cataracts in both eyes. Typically I didn't renew his insurance this year because they wanted £1300 for it. Every illness treated I was paying the first £95 plus 20% of the bill anyway so as he's approaching 15 we decided not to renew. He's generally been as fit as a flea and only suffered injuries due to charging about like a demented being after foxes and squirrels in the garden.
Anyway it's worth knowing about if you don't already- (Google) While old dog vestibular syndrome generally affects older dogs, it can occur in cats of any age. You'll know it when you see a sudden head tilt, loss of balance, falling or rolling to one side, circling, trouble walking and abnormal eye movement, often from side to side.
It affected the old boy really badly and I thought his time was up but following a couple of jabs and a course of pills he's on the mend. He is still "crabbing" and wandering a bit if he's out in front on his lead and he got tripped over by some ground level bramble last night. If he shakes his head he topples over but apart from a quizzical head tilt and standing with his back legs a bit apart he looks a lot better than he did when it hit him.