Male Puppy Toy Aussie/Maltese Mix
10 months old
10-15 pounds
Backstory: My other puppy, Kiko, had a reaction to his Lyme Vaccine in May. This resulted in him acting very unwell the next day (dizzy, shaking head side to side very slightly like a bobble head, acting very unwell and off). His vet ended up giving him a steroid shot to counteract this and he was fine ever since up until today.
Current situation: tonight out of nowhere he began to wobble his head side to side and act dizzy. One of the first things we noticed was that he was walking weird with his back legs. We took him to emergency and he was peeing himself in my lap and his back legs were very stiff out straight, front legs curled in and bent no matter what position. (His body was just very tense and stuck in those odd positions). From his body language/behavior I got the sense that he was dizzy/tense / scrunched up. All blood tests came up normal except a high WBC. He has been this way for 5 hours now, still peeing himself. Vet said he must have ingested something on a walk and gave him an intramuscular Benadryl shot.
Question: it seems odd to me that he is acting the same exact way he was after his vaccine in May. Thinking back to today it is also unlikely that he ate something and no toxins came up in the bloodwork. It could be that he ate something but if not I am just very confused on what it could be, it seems like his nervous system is being attacked. Would love to hear other opinions or advice on next steps or what to keep an eye out for. Has something similar ever happened to someone else’s dog?
Thank you in advance!
10 months old
10-15 pounds
Backstory: My other puppy, Kiko, had a reaction to his Lyme Vaccine in May. This resulted in him acting very unwell the next day (dizzy, shaking head side to side very slightly like a bobble head, acting very unwell and off). His vet ended up giving him a steroid shot to counteract this and he was fine ever since up until today.
Current situation: tonight out of nowhere he began to wobble his head side to side and act dizzy. One of the first things we noticed was that he was walking weird with his back legs. We took him to emergency and he was peeing himself in my lap and his back legs were very stiff out straight, front legs curled in and bent no matter what position. (His body was just very tense and stuck in those odd positions). From his body language/behavior I got the sense that he was dizzy/tense / scrunched up. All blood tests came up normal except a high WBC. He has been this way for 5 hours now, still peeing himself. Vet said he must have ingested something on a walk and gave him an intramuscular Benadryl shot.
Question: it seems odd to me that he is acting the same exact way he was after his vaccine in May. Thinking back to today it is also unlikely that he ate something and no toxins came up in the bloodwork. It could be that he ate something but if not I am just very confused on what it could be, it seems like his nervous system is being attacked. Would love to hear other opinions or advice on next steps or what to keep an eye out for. Has something similar ever happened to someone else’s dog?
Thank you in advance!
