Worried about my dog :-(

Was wondering if anyone could help me I have 2 staffordshire bull terriers my youngest is 5years old I got her when she was 13weeks recently she has been shaking and panting a lot during the night that bad I feel like she is going to take a fit or something! Through the day she seems very quiet and not her usual self I'm worried something could be wrong anyone got any ideas would be great thank you

Has she seen a vet about this?

About a month ago the vet said to try some calming tablets which worked a few times now they don't help at all

that's because it might not be stress did they do a health check? calming tablets won't work unless it is definitely stress

They just checked her teeth that was all. She just isn't herself just seems really sad all the time

I'd go for a full health check, checking her teeth am afraid isn't good enough, i'd want to rule out any health complaints first

Thank you going to take her tomorrow hopefully get a answer soon

let us know how you get on x

When you got her had she had health checks for inherited illnesses?

I have no idea it was a horrible place I got her from she didn't have jags or anything and she had very bad hair loss. When I took her to the vet when I got her they said everything was ok. Iv managed to get an appoiment for Friday

I will Ella thank you.

Hi Kirsty, sorry to hear your fur baby is under the weather were her parents health tested? Definitely another vet visit, please let us know how you get on

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Hi Darcy I'm not sure I didn't get to meet her parents as the owner said they didn't have the father and said the mother had been ran down. She was very sad when we got there to see her

Aww poor baby. Is your vet knowledgable on staffy illnesses? It's just a couple of things you've mentioned are similar symptoms to what ruby has. Is there anything else that you can think off that she does? What's she like with excercise? Sorry for all the questions and I don't want to add to your stress and worry x

She loves excersie and playing with her ball, but really dislikes other dogs apart from my other staffy. When we go for walks and she sees other dogs she crys and shakes very bad. She is very fussy with food to will only eat Spencer's deli meat to

Aww poor baby, good luck at the vets and insist full health check.
Make sure they don't fob you off. Look forward to hearing how things go Xx

Hope you can discover what the cause of the shaking is and you are able to get some help from the vet, please let us know how you get on with them.

Thank you I will let use know what happens at vet

kirsty2503 wrote:Hi Darcy I'm not sure I didn't get to meet her parents as the owner said they didn't have the father and said the mother had been ran down. She was very sad when we got there to see her

Poor baby girl   hope all goes well at the vets.

I'm so sorry to hear that your little girl is not being her normal happy self, Kirsty.

I would agree that the vet should be the first port of call. Good luck  

Does she just shake & pant, or does she stare into space, at nothing? How long does she do it for?

Have there been any unusual disturbances at night that might have frightened her?

Poor little thing. Hope you get to the bottom of whats wrong. Big hugs from us x

Hi Caryll yes she shakes and pants. She doesn't stare into space just jumps on me and starts to cuddle in. It usually goes on for around 20-30mins

Hope the vet can sort her out. Its a worrying time.

It really sounds as though she's associating something with fear. Can you think of anything at all that might have frightened her? Any building work close by, for example, or loud bangs at night?

If a cuddle helps her to calm down, have you thought about trying a thunder shirt?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_13/279-6210195-0095419?url=search-alias%3Dpets&field-keywords=thundershirt&sprefix=thunder+shirt%2Caps%2C350

Only a primary school but she is ok with the children shouting etc. I don't know if maybe she had a bad time before i got her? She is even scared when the postman comes

Just back from vet with Kilo she has had some tests she may have l2-hga hopefully have the results soon, also found out she is scared of the dark!!

Have they taken blood or mouth swab and how long for results? Ruby was diagnosed with L2HGA in April. Please keep us informed. ruby also seems to have a dislike of the dark. X

kirsty2503 wrote:Just back from vet with Kilo she has had some tests she may have l2-hga hopefully have the results soon, also found out she is scared of the dark!!

Where are they sending the tests? As far as I'm aware L2-HGA can only be diagnosed at the AHT.

The vet can send the straight bloods to the AHT, although If it's swabs they have to be requested as there only accept their own.

She got bloods taken this morning which they said they can send away x

I'm afraid it isn't something that can be detected with a blood sample analysis. Your vet (or you) would have to get a test kit from the Animal Health Trust and send a cheek swab so that they can analyse the DNA make up...

"Samples submitted should be cheek swabs ( a non-invasive sampling method). Sampling kits are obtainable from the Animal Health Trust webshop www.ahtdnatesting.co.uk/canine_tests. Further information can be obtained by emailing dnatesting@aht.org.uk"

http://www.aht.org.uk/cms-display/genetics_l2hga.html

Poor love, I hope it isn't that, keep us updated won't you xx

Fingers and paws crossed here Kirsty.    

Any news yet Kirsty?