dip my finger in the syrum and then into her big yapper and she is fine. J &T

changed to NB and boom...never had another one. Could just be a coincidence but not sure.

nm

from posting she had finally stopped. I gave her the Kyro and she is just sitting here now. Any idea what causes this, she had a couple of sizures around Christmas and the vet said we could do all sorts of test but because of her age (10yrs) he wouldn't recomend this unless they started happening all the time to rule out brain tumor. She eats taste of the wild salmon the crude protein is listed as 25.0. I'm not sure that is high or low.

Rixy had head tremors one time. Wish I could remember if I had her on TOTW at that time. Would be interesting to see if others have had the same experience.


I don't rescue animals because I want to feel better about myself, or morally superior to anyone. The best part of my life with animals is the humility they teach and the humanity the foster.
Jon Katz "Soul of a Dog"

makes sense that if high sugar food stops it, there could be a lack of something in the food.

I feed Natural Balance Duck and potato to 3 of my dogs.


I don't rescue animals because I want to feel better about myself, or morally superior to anyone. The best part of my life with animals is the humility they teach and the humanity the foster.
Jon Katz "Soul of a Dog"

My male bullie does that when he wakes up from a long nap or if he is suddenly awaken by a loud noise. I have also heard they can be a result of low calcium or protein.

Our vet said if you tap them on the head or attract their attention like with a cookie they usually stop.

I hope it works out. Keep us updated...All the best

They are very scary, but my undestanding of them is that they don't harm the dog, UNLESS they loose conciousness.

My girl had head tremors on Taste Of The Wild. I had fed her that for a while, then she started with the head tremors. I started her on Natural Balance and she has not had one head tremor since.

I firmly believe they are a direct result (in some instances, though other times it is the result of tumor, etc), that the level of Carbohydrates or sugars is what causes the tremors. Since Karo, Ice Cream, Peanut Butter...things high in sugars/carbs, make the head tremors stop, it is only fair to deduct that the lack of those sugars/carbs caused the tremors.

Try changing food before you do too much more....Natural Balance is a good one, but try what you want and see if that will solve the issue.

Amy and Sophia

settle her down on the floor (or bed) and stroke her head/back while talking soothingly...they should pass in 2-3mins longest. Sometimes they are just choking a bit on saliva and they panic at this old age...sometimes they are just "idiopathic" meaning that we dont' know what causes them. The feeding of something sweet and/or cold like syrup or ice cream is mostly as a distraction that may help break up a tremor pattern, but sometimes it doesn't require anything more than relaxing and letting it pass. I had success keeping Dale from repeated tremors using oral Potassium Bromide (KBr)in solution constituted by my vet's office ($40 for pint bottle)and the dose was 1.2cc 2xday for her weight (about 60lbs). Its a bitter preparation tho, so if you give it be prepared to follow it immediately with something tasty (I gave her glucosamine inserted in T. of cream cheese immediately following the KBr) and I squirted the liquid between her cheek and gum.