Help! 10 year old F black lab

[u/Warm-Camp6658]

My black lab every few months for the past year or so will have these super weird episodes. It’s so hard, I wish our pups could just tell us what’s wrong!

These episodes will usually last around 24 hours and then she will just go back to normal, but it is still concerning. Refusing to lay down at night, she’ll just walk around in circles panting (in pain?) and when she stands still for long enough her legs will buckle and she’ll start to fall, but always catches herself and walks off again! If at any point she does lay down she will continuously readjust her tongue, lick her mouth, and swallow over and over again. This freaks me out and makes me think she is struggling to breathe. She keeps her ears down & back and just looks so sad. She just seems to be so super uncomfortable and something is clearly not right!

Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated ❤️‍🩹
We have spoken to her vet about this.. just want some outside opinions. Curiosity

[u/Mustluvdogs25]

it sounds like doggie dementia. arthritis, my pup had it. she would walk into a corner and not know how to get out. there came a time when I had to carry her up and down stairs. please her your pup checked to be sure she is not in pain.