sick dog

anyone ever had a dog that had a stroke ? my dog has and is not doing very good  she is 12 years old

My dog had vision problems a long time right before we had to put him down he had a small stroke (he was 16 and JR Terrier)

Mine is 12. A Jack Russell. He's fine but slowing down a bit. I've never had a dog with a stroke but it does happen. If I were you I would take the dog to the vet.

I took her to the vet Friday....he did not say much but that she probable had a stroke

MikeInFla wrote:A Jack Russell.

Twinsies

Here's mine but this was taken around 10 years ago. He looks the same but the brown on his face has turned white.

Really all you can do is love him and take care of him, even with people there's a limited time frame from the onset of stroke for intervention and it depends on the type of stroke- you can have a clot or a blood vessel that breaks open and bleeds in there. I don't know what's available for dogs but for people it's very time sensitive and beyond that you're looking at dealing with the full effects of the stroke and whatever you can do to rehab it. I don't know if this helps but just be there for him.

she acts strange ....will just keep walking till she goes to sleep

I have a 3 yr old yellow lab with epilepsy. She does good but has seizures every now and then.

I've heard about dogs having seizures. They say changing the dogs diet to natural organic foods helps.

srguenther wrote:I have a 3 yr old yellow lab with epilepsy.  She does good but has seizures every now and then.

My brother had a black lab that had problems with seizures. Unfortunately I think labrador's are prone to seizures.

my dog was very well behaved to this happen last week

well today was the day had to have her put to sleep....it sure was hard

Ah shoot dude, I am sorry.  That is hard indeed.

Ricky972 wrote:well today was the day had to have her put to sleep....it sure was hard

I'm sorry. I know it's hard. Give thank to God for the good time you had.

Very sorry to hear about the loss of your best friend.  There are 9 pets in our home, so as you can imagine furry friends are very close to my heart.

yeah you get use to doing things with them and then when that are gone it is strange...