Head shaking...is it a basset thing?

Gidget's_mama · 12-16-2011, 01:00 AM

My Gidget has had this thing where she shakes her head back and forth very fast for a couple of minutes but always seems aware of what's going on around her. We normally just sit with her and try to calm her down during them. She hadn't had one for a while so I forgot about them. She was put on a muscle relaxer for an issue with her back and now she's had a bunch in a short time period and now researching this medication it warns that it increases the risk of seizures. I'm not sure what she has are actually seizures, I'm planning on talking to the vet tomorrow about it, but I was wondering if anyone else has a basset that does this? She's my first basset hound, she also probably has some dachshund in her and we're known doxies that do this so we weren't that worried at first.

Thanks for your help, I'm just a worried mama.

henry'smum · 12-16-2011, 01:06 AM

This may sound ridiculous but are you sure there is nothing in her ear ie a grass seed or some such foreign object / infection. That may be something to check out thanks to the abundance of basset earbased issues. If i am late doing Henrys ear cleanings he will shake like that, granted only for a couple of seconds but its a thought

jaleely · 12-16-2011, 01:56 AM

If it's a vibrating or small shaking it's probably neurological, and no breed of dog would act like that. If it's like, shaking as in...they just get out of bed and their shaking their whole body, kind of thing...that's normal and my dog does it when he wears his collar. I usually keep it off him in the house.

CatherineM · 12-16-2011, 08:05 AM

The only time I've seen one do that was when he had an ear infection.

Soundtrack · 12-16-2011, 11:05 AM

The only time I had a dog do that (shaking her head back and forth as if she were saying "no") was in the few months preceding her first grand mal seizure. However, I've just heard from someone whose dog has been doing it occasionally for about a year now. I would definitely have the vet check it, I would suspect a petit mal as a possible cause, especially in view of the medication she's on.

Mandy&Simon · 12-16-2011, 01:19 PM

Simon shakes his head probably a hundred times a day. Not for a long period of time but its a constant thing. It actually starts with just his head and then it gradually goes through his whole body ending with his bum. LOL

12-16-2011, 01:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gidget's_mama Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 2	Head shaking...is it a basset thing? My Gidget has had this thing where she shakes her head back and forth very fast for a couple of minutes but always seems aware of what's going on around her. We normally just sit with her and try to calm her down during them. She hadn't had one for a while so I forgot about them. She was put on a muscle relaxer for an issue with her back and now she's had a bunch in a short time period and now researching this medication it warns that it increases the risk of seizures. I'm not sure what she has are actually seizures, I'm planning on talking to the vet tomorrow about it, but I was wondering if anyone else has a basset that does this? She's my first basset hound, she also probably has some dachshund in her and we're known doxies that do this so we weren't that worried at first. Thanks for your help, I'm just a worried mama.

12-16-2011, 01:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
jaleely Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 942	If it's a vibrating or small shaking it's probably neurological, and no breed of dog would act like that. If it's like, shaking as in...they just get out of bed and their shaking their whole body, kind of thing...that's normal and my dog does it when he wears his collar. I usually keep it off him in the house. __________________ Baby Bowsah's Bwog

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Soundtrack Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,577	The only time I had a dog do that (shaking her head back and forth as if she were saying "no") was in the few months preceding her first grand mal seizure. However, I've just heard from someone whose dog has been doing it occasionally for about a year now. I would definitely have the vet check it, I would suspect a petit mal as a possible cause, especially in view of the medication she's on. __________________ Rosie-Ch Soundtrack Cracklin' Rose CGN AGN RA Am RN TT Melody-Ch Soundtrack Unchained Melody TT Sailor-Ch Soundtrack Expedition Sailor RN TT Chili-Ch Soundtrack Spice Up Your Life Curry-Ch Soundtrack Canadian Brass Pepper-Ch Pennieslogon Living La Vida Loca CGN Vina-Ch Soundtrack Grand Illusion Leila-Ch Soundtrack Almost Paradise Deela-Ch Soundtrack Wink Of An Eye Hermione - Soundtrack Spellbound Eowyn - Soundtrack Rain Dance

12-16-2011, 01:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
henry'smum Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: arkansas Posts: 686	This may sound ridiculous but are you sure there is nothing in her ear ie a grass seed or some such foreign object / infection. That may be something to check out thanks to the abundance of basset earbased issues. If i am late doing Henrys ear cleanings he will shake like that, granted only for a couple of seconds but its a thought

12-16-2011, 08:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
CatherineM Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 688	The only time I've seen one do that was when he had an ear infection.

12-16-2011, 01:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mandy&Simon Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 27	Simon shakes his head probably a hundred times a day. Not for a long period of time but its a constant thing. It actually starts with just his head and then it gradually goes through his whole body ending with his bum. LOL

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