Stroke symptoms for dogs
Common Questions and Answers about Stroke symptoms for dogs
stroke
Many owners confuse the symptoms of a stroke in humans to a stroke in dogs. In fact, they are quite different.
Canine Stroke Recovery
Dog's suffer from brain strokes just as we do. However the chances of complete recovery are greater. Find out about canine stroke recovery period and how to look after your dog post attack...
Dogs usually suffer from strokes only after they are over 8 years of age, unless there is something drastically wrong with the dog's health. Strokes never do come with a warning and often just happen without any prior signs.
Hi. What to say, other than that 18yrs is an extraordinarily good age. She is a very elderly lady. I have a crossbreed who breathes heavy during the night (actually whenever he's in deep sleep). I wouldn't worry too much. Older dogs sleep alot and certainly aren't as perky as younger dogs. Just imagine a human that's 88yrs old ... as that's the human equivalent for a Jack Russell.
Walking sideways is another issue.
In my experience they care more about finding ways to overcharge and mislead than actually helping find a practical, and inexpensive solution for loving pet owners. When he had his stroke I was made to spend thousands on unnessary testing for problems that had no relation to his symptoms and now am very jaded, especially because I have had many similar experiences with vets and find them no more reliable than used car salesman.
It does sum up the situation well, though. For some reason dogs can suddenly develop vestibular disease. The problem seems to be due to inflammation in the nerves connecting the inner ear to the cerebellum (which controls balance and spatial orientation). It usually lasts between a couple of days and three weeks. A few dogs have residual signs beyond this time, such as a head tilt. This disease normally affects dogs that seem normal up until the signs appear.
There could be any number of things that are causing this - from canine MS to a stroke - a mild stroke. If it was a stroke, he could have physiotherapy.
Is it possible it could be arthritis? Did he have X rays? Arthritis can be treated and controlled (our Akita has it).
The only person who can determine this is a vet.
Have you tried asking Dr. Cheng on this website? I've heard she is quite good.
She could have had a stroke. Dogs don't generally have heart attacks, but they do have strokes, and her symptoms fit that. A stroke is sudden, and it can happen to a seemingly healthy dog,especially an older dog. It is something that would not have been due to anyone's action or inaction. I'm sorry for your loss.
The same things that cause sudden death in humans happen to dogs as well. So the answer to you question is yes, dogs can die suddenly with no symptoms that anything is wrong. As traumatic as it is to those of us left behind, it was a kindness that he never had to suffer and likely didn't even know anything was wrong. Sometimes there just aren't any good answers.
#3 – Plavix® (clopidogrel)
In third place is Plavix, which is a drug that affects platelets in humans, inhibiting clot formation and reducing the risk of stroke. Rarely used in veterinary medicine, $6.1 billion was spent on this drug for humans last year. When pets get into Plavix, it has a wide margin of safety and generally is not considered to be acutely toxic. Only mild vomiting or diarrhea may be seen.
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Very sorry for your loss...The causes that lead to your pet's death can be multiple.
What you describe seems to me (I am not a vet!) a stroke and it can happen all the time. Especially in elderly dogs. You said it was a stray dog so you do not know about his past and maybe he had seizures befor but you do not know...
You could ask the vet to make an autopsy so you an find out the reason why Caesar died.
I sure hope you got your dog to the vet. Dogs can get heat exhaustion and heat stroke just like people, and heat stroke can be fatal without immediate medical support.
It's so easy to forget proper hydration and cooling during the beginning of the summer months. I'm guilty of that myself. Living in a sub-tropical region and being sensitive to heat, I have to force water and Gatorade down my throat regularly if I'm outside.
Oh bobbe, I am so very sorry. I lost my dog Chica in early January to kidney failure too. Yes, dialysis can done on dogs, but it's very expensive and the equipment isn't available at a typical vet's clinic. The effects don't last long either - by the time the dog is in end-stage failure, you'd be looking at daily dialysis so the dog would still have no quality of life. I think your vet was absolutely truthful with you about assuming brain damage at that point.
hi all of last year i suffered a lot of anxiety and stress over some problems i had any way about six weeks ago i started getting some physical symptoms that as lasted everyday and night for six weeks here is a list of symptoms i have had my body feels heavy like gravity is pulling me down i get this feeling when sitting down walking and lying down pressure in head, muscle twitchs/jerks, muscle cramps can't concentrate properly, memory loss today the symptoms are feeling a little bit better
The one experience I have with a stroke, diagnosed as a spinal stroke, was there was remaining paralysis. In this case it was a 10 year old large Golden Retriever. We got him back on his feet (rear was the problem and is a weak spot anyway in Goldens) using water therapy. My conclusion from this experience is there will be long term affects, if the dog returns to "normal" I'll guess it was not a stroke.
Can you have a necropsy done to her to find out? Dogs can stroke, have heart attacks, aneurysms, and other fatal conditions; just like humans. I'm very very sorry for your loss, and I do hope you find out the cause.
I think this is definitely one for your vet to examine, take blood tests for analysis and treat accordingly. It could be a stroke, which can cause partial paralysis, hence left hand sided neck bend and poor walking strength. How old is your dog? Have you noticed prior symptoms? What type of dog do you have? Have you been giving your dog any kind of strenuous excersizing recently?
Post mortems were not available at that time for dogs. He was also in fantastic shape, so our vet really had no other explanation to offer than a genetic heart condition.
Just like a person having a massive heart attack. Many dogs these days seem to have heart murmurs too. Some are never bothered by them while others do have issues.
Really impossible to say, but it truly sounds like a heart condition and it was just her time to go on to the rainbow bridge.
he had minimal vet care and lived for about 16 years. I think that line of dogs, I know nothing specific about the Redbone but he look beautiful and bright in your picture.
Sorry too I someone, including me, wasn't available to help you get your dog to the vet when the seizures started. However that may not have changed the outcome. I don't know if it is possible, but you coonhound may have had a violent allergic reaction to something that doesn't bother you other dogs.
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