Syringomyelia or Chiari syndrome in dogs
Hello everyone! I sometimes like to lurk in this sub to see your lovely Japanese Chins that are all very beautiful!
I'm writing here to ask for advices and an opinion, I hope I'm clear enough because English is not my native language.
Two weeks ago Vicky, my mother's Japanese Chin, started to shake her head just as we were taking walk. At first I thought that maybe a bug was making her nervous, then she kept shaking her head and we became worried so we took her quickly to the vet. The vet did not find anything, but she kept shaking so we took her a to a secondary vet who knows Vicky very well, she also did not find anything wrong with her ear though she noticed that her ear channel was a little bit red, so she suggested some in ear drops.
Though we were already worried since when she was only one year old we found out she had acute otitis media
Unfortunately, she is still shaking her head and is very annoyed by her ear, so today we took again to her primary vet who suggested a neurological test to make sure she doesn't have syringomyelia or Chiari syndrome (I think it's also called like this in English).
Unfortunately before Vicky we had a Cavalier King who suffered from this condition, but when my mother bought Vicky the dog breeder who sold her assured her that Japanese Chins are not affected by Chiari syndrome. So I'm asking if some of you have ever had Japanese Chin with this condition and how did they fare.
Thanks everybody for the attention, I know it's a long post!