I fed Eukanuba for years and know of a several of the "big" names in the Bulldog show ring also feed it. I stopped after reading the really lousy evaluation it got on www.dogfoodanalysis.com. However in regard to what you are feeding: yes, it is recommended to switch the pregnant bitch to a puppy formula during pregnancy for the added nutrients and increase in calories for the later stage when every mouthful counts. You need to be careful that if she is a good eater that she doesn't get too fat. However Eukanuba does NOT recommend that either their adult or puppy large breed formula be used in the pregnant bitch. I do not believe that what you are feeding is the cause of her head shakes. I think that either low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) or low calcium is more likely the culprit.

Miriam Olesen
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There appears to be many different causes of head shakes. Why Bullies in particular seem to be so prone to them appears to be unknown. Vets familiar with Bulldogs do not consider them to be seizures and do not use anti-seizure meds such as phenobarbital to treat them. Most dogs seem to respond to a mouthful of Karo syrup, or honey or icecream. I did have 1 bitch that would have head shakes in the latter stages of pregnancy. They escalated after pups were born while she nursed them. Within minutes of the pups starting to suckle her head would bob like crazy--pups looked like they were trying to nurse during an earthquake! The sugar solution had no effect. I wondered in this case if it was a calcium difficiency--along with possible hypoglycemia, low calcium is considered another cause of head tremors. I spoke with my vet about this--he agrees that low calcium can very well be a cause. I had heard of using an antacid like Tums which are calcium based. My vet told me that dogs need a calcium supplement that contains phosphorus in order to be effective. The phosphorus is necessary for the uptake of calcium. The tabs he gave me contained 600 mg of calcium and 335 mg of phosphorus. They also contained vit A and vit D3. Once I started using these on the bitch her head shakes stopped.


Miriam Olesen
http://www.omegabulldogs.shutterfly.com/

heres a review I found on the same site...
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Comments about Vetri-Science STAT:

I keep STAT on hand for when I'm expecting a new litter. I believe it's made the difference for puppies who have needed just a bit more than they got from their mom. Small ones who are perhaps getting pushed off the nipple by larger litter mates. I also use it as an ingredient in what I supplement my nursing moms with to bring in their milk.



Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

The only time I had a dog with the head shakes they were either off their food or prego. This is the best stuff I have found. After a few table spoon of this they don't come back until they are off food again, etc. It has everything they need. We even give a few drops to pups, but we had to bottle feed the last two litters.
Here is the link.....
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

not have as much salt as cottage cheese and has calcium.

Eukanuba caused my first bulldog to have terrible head shakes. I switched her food and she hasn't had one since. That was about 6 years ago. Karo would stop her head shakes as well.

I feed her LG Breed puppy Eukanuba since she is pregnant and just started adding a can of soft adult Eukanuba beef & rice to her meals because she seems not to be eating enough through out the day. It just mightbe that but I can't figure out why the Karo makes her stop. I understand it's mostly sugar but all the info on shakes is so all over the place. I guess stopping the can food and trying something else won't hurt.

Javier

Well my opinion leaned more towards lack of calcium. She wasn't a big eater like my last girl when pregnant so I got Calcium citrate and gave her 2 pills. It's been over 8 hrs and no shakes whereas before she was having them every couple hours. The kayro just seem to work for a short while. I'll look up Stat.

Thanks for the info.
Javier

Have you recently changed her food? Whenever one of my dogs had head shakes, I found it to be food related. I changed their food and the head shakes stopped.