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Idiopathic head bobbing---dogs?
Has anyone had an experience with "idiopathic head bobbing"?
Our 20 month old lab has been having these head shaking/bobbing episodes for the past few months. Her first episode was in April, then not until October...since then she's had 2-3 episodes a month.
These episodes are very brief....5 seconds to 30 seconds long. Only her head shakes and she remains alert. It's as if she doesn't realize it's happening. By yelling her name and distracting her, we can get the shaking to stop.
We've been to both an e-vet and our regular vet. Blood work has been normal and they both said that since they are "minor" and she is completely fine after the episode that we should just monitor them for the time being.
Doing some research online, I came across idiopathic head bobbing. The video below is NOT our dog, but this is exactly what she does.
Does anyone else have experience with this?
Re: Idiopathic head bobbing---dogs?
My Bichon does this and has been since he was a puppy; the vet assured me that it wasn't anything to worry about and did a bunch of neurological tests to make sure my pup was fine.
He's fine; still is and still bobbling a bit but in overall good health. If he starts snapping at imaginary butterflies and running into stuff he might be having petit mal seizures, but the head bobbling isn't too bad...
Thanks for the response! We have heard that there seems to be no negative side effects on the dog....but it's so hard to see your dog going through it!