Darcy...usually when it starts the first thing is he bites the air uncontrollably...snapping and jerking. I wouldn't try to get near his gums...all I can really do is just make sure his place is safe...move him away from hard objects....hold his head. I have found that ice cream when he is coming out of it really helps...but afterwards...when it is almost over. Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, Deanna
and The Dog Park Pack: Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable,and Caleb and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat www.joys4toys.com ________________________________ From: Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, November 5, 2010 7:06:35 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Bad dreams or pain? rub honey on his gums at the beginning of a seizure and it helps to make it stop quicker... darcy --- On Fri, 11/5/10, Deanna Corey <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Deanna Corey <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Bad dreams or pain? >To: [email protected] >Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 8:39 AM > > > >Hi Peggy...i really think it isn't actual pain but more anxiety...my guys >dream...whine a little and run in their sleep...I always think that the >whinning >is part of the dream...like the excitement or anxiety they might feel in a >chase >or fight. I usually wake them up if I am right there because of the experience >with Nugget...sometimes he will do this right before a seizure hits so it >scares >me to death that the others might have the same issue...they never have so >far...but it just makes me uncomfortable!...i know...i know...a little >over-protective huh???? > >Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, >Deanna > > and > The Dog Park Pack: >Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable,and Caleb and honorary non-dog members >of The Dog Park: > >Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat >www.joys4toys.com > > > > > ________________________________ From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Sent: Thu, November 4, 2010 6:05:41 PM >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Bad dreams or pain? > > >I've heard it said that when a dog cries in their sleep it means they are in >pain. If that is true, how do you know the difference between just a bad dream >or they are really in pain? >Any thoughts?.... > > >♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ >
