My dog paces and pants, but all vet tests are normal. What's wrong?

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Dog pacing the house and panting with mouth open. Had normal blood work, tick disease tests: normal, urinalysis : normal, exams by 2 vets: normal. Gave stomach coatiing meds, antibiotics at 1st vet and diagnosed with ulcer. 2nd vet next day said could be pain from a crash with her sister dog at home, the added tramadol to the Mix. She was fine for 1 day only because I think she was absolutely exhausted and slept that whole day. Pet's info: Dog | American Pit Bull Terrier | Female | spayed | 3 years and 11 months old | 50 lbs

Kevin Sanada, DVM · Accepted Answer

It seems like something neurologic is going on with Luna based on the description of pacing and panting. I'm assuming this was the original problem with her when you took her to the other vets. It's encouraging that those tests were normal and helps to rule-out many life threatening problems, but it looks like more tests would need to be done to find the cause. I'm not sure what the stomach coating pills, antibiotics and pain are all attempting to correct, but I would need to know all of her previous information in order to comment on that. You may consider requesting a consult with one of our experts, so that you can send all the information, pictures and have the ability to chat back and forth for as long as necessary. It appears that an accurate diagnosis is lacking with Luna. I recommend scheduling a recheck appointment with one of the vets that has seen Luna and ask them what it will take to get a definitive diagnosis. Sometimes we attempt to treat for the common causes of a problem prior to suggesting costly diagnostics. If the treatment doesn't appear effective, then a new strategy is in order. I hope that helps and Luna gets better soon.

My dog paces and pants, but all vet tests are normal. What's wrong?

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