Email Cathy she has a lot of good information. We've found that Boris seems to get them more often while playing with something in his mouth. Switching foods didn't do anything for us other than frustrate him. He's been shake free for a couple of months now.

Boris

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Zimmer has had them for years, I have lots of info.

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When I changed his food, they stopped completely and he has not had them since. There can be several causes of the tremors though. Everything I read said they are not harmful to the dog, and the dog is not usually even upset by them. But they were very dstressing for me.

There is a link on the BDW home page about them with some helpful information.

Janice

n/m

I give her a tblspoon of karo syrup when her blood sugar is low. She snaps right out of it. J & T

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all of your advice and telling me about your own experiences. I do feel a little better but it was very scary to see her doing that. I will be emailing for more info once we get things settled with little Daisy and I can focus on this more.

Thanks again!

Yes, it was a double blessing for us!!! Two sweetheart bullies.

Thanks, I don't know why I didn't think of that, I'll do the search!

just enter "head tremors" on the subject line of the SEARCH function at the top of the page, Forum II>

little Daisy is home soon.

They do stop when I give her a treat and last off and on for a total of about 10 minutes. It starts, then stops, starts, then stops and finally stops after 10 minutes or so. She's such a sweetheart, I just don't like anything happening that might be upsetting to her.

I've seen it happens sometimes, when they wake up. If they stop with honey or jelly, or a treat, I wouldn't worry too much. Some vets will put the dog through a lot of tests, and say "Well ya know some dogs have head shakes." Some vets say "treat the owner", if it's not hurting the dog. How long do they last?, [head shakes] But I'm not a Vet.

We got Polly last weekend along with her puppy Daisy. Polly is 3 years old. The breeders were retiring her from puppy making and wanted her with a family and thought it would be nice for her to be with one of her babies. She is a wonderful bully and we are thrilled to have her home with us also.

I spoke with the breeders several times yesterday and they say Polly never had the head tremors before but her mom and grandmom did. We took her to see a neurologist today at the AMC and he said they do happen in bullies, it is not a neurological problem and it shouldn't cause her any trouble. It is scary to see but he says it is not distressing for her. I hope it doesn't happen too often, but feel much better about it now.

This happened to Hooch only once and never again so I'm not an expert. I know some say it can be from low blood sugar. SO glad to hear Daisy is doing better. I was so worried.