I've owned dogs all my life, and a total of 8 bullies over the years...River is the first I have ever seen tremors in, then Ace and he has bully and many other things by best educated guess from different people, boxer, possible boston, american bulldog, no-body really knows. I think he favors boxer most. I've never heard of tremors til I got on here and they are so prevalent on here I assumed the bulldog must have them alot, even though I had not seen any of my former bullies have them

I remember the posts about Boo having trouble with the grain free food and the head shakes.
Did your Vet recommend doing a full blood panel at that time? The reason I ask is, and I don't mean to scare you - if her kidneys were having problems handling the extra protein leading her to peeing on her bed, she might have compromised kidney function that would show up with abnormal blood counts. I've heard it said that most kidney issues don't become known until after there is only 25% function in them. And her being a 'senior' could factor in too.

very scary at first, but then you sort of get used to them and feel less panic. I used to give my first bulldog a small piece of a Pupperoni when she would get them and the would almost always go away immediately. Sometimes they would stop if I just said "let's go out!"

One of my current bulldogs, Boo, started getting them for the first time at almost age 7 when I fed her grain free dry foods such as Innova Evo and TOTW. As soon as I stopped feeding those foods, the head tremors stopped. Two vets offered the opinion that the protein percent of completely grain free foods is too high for bulldogs' kidneys to properly process, and therefore caused the shakes. I found their theory interesting because since day one Boo has been an incredibly well housebroken. Even as a puppy, she never wet the bed, the carpet, etc. But when I put her on those two brands of grain free foods, she started peeing in her dog bed for the very first time in her life. As soon as I took her off the foods, she stopped and has not peed in her dog bed since then.







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Did you think it was only in Bulldogs? What other breeds does Ace have in him? It is very likely it is more common in one of those other breeds.

My Jackson has them too, the only thing that works for him is Karo Syrup. I give him a teas while he is having the tremor and they seem to stop even if only for a moment, if he has another I give another teas of the Karo syrup. If you can call him and he responds to you they say they aren't hurting. It's only if they don't respond and loose conciousness. Elaine has some good information too. I will also say to Jackson let's go in the ca and that seems to help him too. He loves to go in the car and he seems to come out of them then

About 25 years ago I had a Peke mix that got them too, I think any dog can have them. Occasionally a nursing mom will get head tremors and a few times it has happened to a non-nursing dog of mine.
I mix about a quarter cup of plain yogurt with about half that much honey and get it into them. If they can lick it from a bowl great, if they aren't coordinated enough to do that, I put it into a large syringe and tip their head up, place the syringe tip into the side of their mouth and slowly press some of the mixture into their mouth. Be sure they swallow and don't give more until you are sure the first bit went down and there is no choking. If it went down ok, give some more til gone.
Usually this will stop the head shakes within a minute.

I give Josie Louise a tablespoon of Karo Syrup and she responds wicked quick! If he doesn't like a spoon, dip your finger into the bottle up to the last knuckle and put it in his mouth. give Ace a big hug and whisper in his ear that you love him. I feel for you girl, i hate to see my, or anyone's baby have these. they are disturbing. lemme know how it works out for you. Tamsen

Oh that was scary! I don't have any experience with head tremors at all... I have only read about them here. I am interested to see what everybody says. Hope I never have to deal with that.

~Kellie and Chloe~

much bully love~Christine, Dupree, Marley and Savannah

We tried everything, nothing worked..the ice, peanut butter(she was beginning to get mad with me)took her outside..everything..I gave up and just watched her.It lasted about 7 minutes...remember,it hurts us to watch it more than it does them!!

much bully love~Christine, Dupree, Marley and Savannah

I know how heartbreaking it can be to watch a head tremor. Sophie had them while she was on Taste Of The Wild dog food. I would give her a spoon full of sugar and they would go away pretty quickly. I also distracted her after I gave the sugar...for some odd reason that worked until the sugar rush kicked in. I have also given her peanut butter but it didn't work as well. Karo syrup is a really good thing to have on hand for head tremors.

Wishing you the best. Poor Ace, I feel so bad for him....he is so sweet:-(

Amy and Sophia

but I am sending good thoughts to Ace, he is one of my favorites here, I did read someone posting that peanut butter helps with them like their blood sugar is low so that is why they get the tremors.

sorry I can't offer more than that. It looked like the other dogs were worried about him too!

Cathy
when she first came home