We woke up to find our beloved dog off balance. Rushed him to the vet, they kept him all day and diagnosed it as probably ataxia. Now we wre in the 2nd day and he walks in circles, disoriented, eats well when hand fed but it is scaring the heck out of us.

Does anyone have any comforting information? Evidently, there isn't much you can do other than wait.

Thank you very much for a reply

Lennon Newberry

Hi,I really cannot be of any help to you because I am not knowlegible on Ataxia but I wanted you to know that I care.Anything happening to our beloved dogs is hard to deal with,so I am hoping for the best for you and your special dog.Take Care and I hope that someone with more knowledge on this subject can help you or that your dog soon gets over this off balance spell.Melanie

have you thought about doing a search on the topic on something like google? maybe it could give some information or advice.
best of luck and i hope things get better for you both
mel

He could have an inner ear infection. The behaviour you describe is typical, if so they usually make a full recovery.
Good luck
Dawn.

We had it once with a kerry blue who had been nipped in the neck by another dog. This was a damage which, unfortunately he never did get out of, but I should think an ear infection is much more likely in your case.

Jo and the Casblaidd Flatcoats