aged dog falling over

[lilyliz]

my 12yr old greyhound has started to fall down for no reason,he is ok running,jumping,etc but when standing still will just collapse then get up as if nothing happened,any ideas before I see vet.

There could be a number of reasons, from ear infection to vestibular disease. Whatever it is it will be a lot easier to deal with if he's seen by the vet at the earliest opportuniity rather than delaying it so all I can say is please make that appointment as soon as possible.

I hope that you get to the bottom of it quickly and he's soon recovered, please let us know how he gets on.

thanks vallhala,going to vet on monday ,hope its not much,don't mind paying for meds but dread being told it's the end for him.

Lily, hope your lovely grey is OK. Completely agree with Val about getting him seen - believe me, not knowing and imagining the worst is actually far, far harder than being told the worse (for both dogs and humans, in all cases). I know lots of elderly greys and lurchers and many of them have or have had wobbles/stiffness and a whole variety of other problems, yet still manage to race like loons round the park/on the beach. Our twelve year old has odd wobbles in one of his back legs, the eleven year old is living with arthritis, bless her, but I think we've got a long way to go with both of them. If it is anything serious, remind yourself that as a loving and responsible owner, you immediately got the problem sorted out, and made sure your lovely hound was not in any pain or discomfort, and that you got the best possible advice for his treatment and care.

been to vet,she can't find anything wrong but has done bloods and did mention maybe mild epilepsy.Just have to wait for the blood results and continue from there,dog is fine and quite unconcerned about it all.

Poor you as well as poor pooch. It's worrying when there are no immediate answers, isn't it?

Typical Grey, not to be concerned about bloodtests, they're stoical beggars! I'd be a gibbering wreck!

I hope very much that your boy isn't suffering from epilepsy but in case he is do shout if you think a bit of support would help. I have an epileptic GSD (long term rescue dog, so long term that he's mine IYSWIM) - I'm no expert on the condition but the Boss of the rescue is something of a genius about it. They have several epi dogs there and have developed quite a reputation for taking them in and managing the condition well. Anything they (or I) can do to help, advise or hold hands will be warmly offered.

Please give the brave boy a a hug from me!