Why is my dog leaning, head tilted, and yelping? What's wrong?

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Dog is leaning to the right side head tilted same way with mouth open and tongue out and is yelping at times. Took him to the vet but they do not know what is causing him to do that. They said his white blood cells were elevated and gave him antibiotics and some pain meds. What else could it be? Pet's info: Dog | Pekingese | Male | 9 years and 9 months old | 22.5 lbs

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

Poor guy. He could have a condition called vestibular disease. This is a debilitating condition that resembles vertigo in people. It can have underlying causes such as a brain tumor, inner ear infection or most commonly it can be idiopathic (no underlying cause at all). I would recommend going to a different vet for a second opinion and physical exam. Vestibular disease is usually self limiting (improves on its own) over the course of 2 weeks, but you can get medicaiton prescribed by your vet to help with Buster’s motion sickness and nausea. Cerenia works well for this, and so does some over the counters that you can ask your vet about. Also a high white blood cell count in absence of a high rectal temperature indicates there is only inflammation and not an actual infection. I hope this was helpful and I hope your pet Buster feels better soon. Best wishes and take care. Vestibular disease: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=564

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