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Dog impacted ear wax1/29/2024 The problem occurs when water stays in the ear (ever had swimmer’s ear?). Turns out, that’s wrong (and that it’s not uncommon for even vets to have that misconception). In fact, I was once told (by his first vet) that the amount of water that got into his ears during a bath was plenty, and that he’d get out what he needed to himself, but under no circumstances should I put fluid in his ears. I always thought it was bad to clean your dog’s ears. How did they know without a CT scan or MRI? They looked in his ears. I was told Mosby’s symptoms could be related to infections, tumors and other conditions, but they had settled on canine vestibular disease as the cause. I was expecting to hear the word “stroke.” That’s what took my childhood dog, and I’ll never forget the symptoms. I gently put him in his crate and took deep breaths all the way to the office to avoid speeding or blowing through a red. I explained the situation to the vet’s assistant, and she asked me to bring him right in. I picked him up and held him in my arms while fumbling to call the vet (to be honest, I damn near called 9-1-1 but caught myself in time). When he did make it up, he was stumbling, his eyes were twitching in the sockets and his head was cocked so far to one side, it looked like something out of a horror movie. But he could barely get up the 6-inch step up to the porch (one he usually blows past like it doesn’t exist). Mosby’s a Jack Russell-Chihuahua mix and almost 15 years old, but he’s always been extremely agile. About an hour later, I let him in after hearing him bark - and was met with the most terrifying sight. It was a beautiful day outside - the kind of mild weather we seldom have in Texas - so I let him stay out as long as he wanted. A couple of months ago, I let my dog out in the morning as usual.
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