Rattling teeth
 we so enjoy his mellow and affectionate company. His hindside has healed beautifully and the stitches came out last week, which meant goodbye to the cone for hopefully long long time! No indications of incontinence, so all are happy. Housetraining is a slow road of gains and losses.... All I have to say is that the accidents from 80lbs of OES are a whole different ball game than a cute little puppy....  We have not seen any seizures since coming home from the surgery. But I have noticed an odd recurring thing that happens: his teeth rattle!?! He doesn't seem otherwise bothered by it, except for doing a lot of kinda swallowing/sticking tongue out - reminds me of a dog eating peanut butter. You can see his jaw shaking and hear the rattle of his teeth. It lasts maybe a couple of minutes at a time just about daily, no particular time or event of the day. I checked on his meds for side effects. Didn't see anything similar there with the exception of muscle spasms? I suppose that could be it. Wanted yo see of anyone here has seen anything like that and what you might have learned about it. There's some amazing wisdom and experience on this forum!!!  Salla |
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| We had a thread about this not long ago - I think Val had ?? with her Pearl doing it. My Simon (basset) does it more and more as he ages, usually right before their meal times - when all the other dogs are getting excited too. It does happen with age and also with excitement. I also wouldn't rule it out as something with his seizures - either themselves or a med side effect. |
hmmm. Normally the dog is nervous, excited.......stimulated for some reason.....food is a biggie. The licking, the typical type, not the peanutbutter lick (  ) is usually nerves. the PB lick and chattering teeth.......I'd be writting these down and noting any stimulation at the time. If you can't find a cause, they might be mini seizures. Maudie loved meeting new people and would get so excited she'd do the teeth chatter.....not exactly a welcoming sound. MO does it once in awhile but only she knows why. |
| That doesn't sound like the teeth chattering we've talked about, but rather possibly a focal seizure...? (The whole tongue and swallowing thing) Please do mention it to his vet just in case. Kristine |
| Thanks for all the input. In Mo's case this usually happens as he is just simply hanging out, so not related to any excitement. I'm definitely planning on mentioning it to the vet when we go for blood levels in a few weeks. Focal seizure might be what's going on. He seems very present and aware of his surroundings in those moments with eye contact etc. just laying down usually. I sure hope that doesn't mean needing to up his meds... want to spare that liver all we can... Thanks folks! Salla. |
| I don't have an OES but my dog does rattle his teeth and does that tongue thing I associate the tongue thing with feeling of wanting to vomit which when he goes outside he seeks grass to eat so he can, as for the rattling teeth he could be cold or really needs to urinate go outside |
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