#NationalPetPainAwareness Head tremors in dogs can be caused by a few different things—some harmless, some more serious. Here are the most common reasons: 🔹 Benign / Common Causes • Idiopathic head tremors – Often seen in certain breeds (e.g., Bulldogs, Dobermans, Boxers). These are usually harmless, come and go, and don’t cause long-term problems. • Stress or excitement – Tremors can sometimes be triggered by anxiety, excitement, or even just waking up or falling asleep. • Low blood sugar (hyp

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

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