The DOG thread

[Mr. Merk]

Originally Posted by porsche tech

Next thing I notice is him going around in circles and wobbling around like he was drunk. He kept moving his head around quickly and panting more than usual.

At 8AM my wife called our regular vet and he called back and said it was probably a “vestibular episode”, and asked if we took a video of it.

This happened to our Boser. We immediately thought he had a stroke and the vet said he could see that on our faces. He said its basically like doggie-vertigo and that he would eventually recover but it was literally weeks before he was able to walk "normally" again but he retained a head tilt and seemed to favor turning one direction more than the other after that. Poor old guy was already deaf and blind so I can't imagine how he felt.

[porsche tech]

Exactly what I thought…he was having a stroke. And vet said same thing…doggie vertigo. Fortunately for Bosco (and us) it only lasted an hour or so and he was back to normal. After we retired, my wife wanted to get another dog. I didn’t want to because of what you go through when it’s time to put him to sleep…it’s like losing a family member. So we voted, I lost and we got Bosco 13 years ago. I was hoping he would outlive me but he probably won’t.

[Steve Carlton]

A friend of mine should be taking Maverick in a couple of weeks. We visited him and took him for a walk to a tiny local dog park. Mav is currently about 110 lbs, heading for 115-120 lbs, which is about as big as GSDs get. His head is like a bear's. Super mellow and a teddy bear, but you can tell he's very protective when he senses a threat. Just a magnificent dog, IMO.





My girl Mia is his half-sister, sharing the same mother. She grabs stuff that has my smell on it, like shirts, socks, and underwear. Pretty endearing, really.