Episodic mandibular tremor manifested as teeth chattering might be a stress- or excitement-associated idiopathic movement disorder of dogs, although a manifestation of pain due to an underlying systemic disease should be first ruled out. 🐶 Learn more: jav.ma/emt | Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - JAVMA

IDIOPATHIC GENERALISED TREMOR SYNDROME (IGTS) Nice multicentre retrospective study on IGTS freshly published in VetRecord. Previously called 'white shaker syndrome', it is now accepted that this condition affects non-white coat colour dog breeds. As this study shows, West highland white terriers appear to be predisposed but also cocker spaniel. Other headlines from this study include: 1) median age of 17 months, 2) over 93% experienced as well as the high frequency generalised tremors concomitan

Curious about those odd head movements in dogs? 🤔 SEVN veterinary neurologist Dr. Wong breaks down idiopathic head tremors—those “no,” “yes,” or bobblehead-like gestures that: ✅ Only affect the head ✅ Happen at rest ✅ Generally last under 5 minutes ✅ Don’t seem to upset your pet ✅ Can often be stopped with distraction While any pet can experience them, they’re most common in young dogs under 3 years old. 🎥 Watch the full video on our YouTube channel or click the link in our bio to learn more!

IDIOPATHIC GENERALISED TREMOR SYNDROME (IGTS) IGTS is a condition in which a dog develop, in the absence of metabolic or toxic causes, a sudden marked intention tremor of the head and limbs, that worsens with exercise, stress and excitement but disappear with sleep. The term white shaker syndrome was coined due to the high prevalence of this condition in young, mature (

Idiopathic Head Tremors in dogs can be absolutely terrifying if you don’t know what they are, I certainly didn’t. Watching your dog’s head tremor is scary and worrying, but after learning more, we’ve been reassured that they are usually harmless. I wanted to share this in case it helps another dog owner who might be going through the same thing. Every episode he has had we have gave him a spoon of honey to bring his blood sugar levels back up but If anyone else has experienced this and has any t