THIS IS AN EMERGENCY! IF YOU EVER SEE YOUR DOG DOING THIS, TAKE IT TO THE VET IMMEDIATELY.

Head Pressing is a medical emergency. If you see your pet exhibiting this behavior, you should seek veterinary attention immediately.  No Ifs...... Buts......... or Maybes. Immediately! Everyone should know about this, please read and share this blog.

Quite often, when a dog or cat owner initially sees this behavior, they may not know how to interpret it. At first, they think that Head Pressing,  is just their dog being silly, or playful or they will say "Poor thing! its got a headache!". That maybe the case, with but any abnormal behaviour to do with the head, it is critical to be able to recognize this behavior for what it is. So the question is, what conditions could this potentially indicate? The answer isn’t a simple one, but here are some of the potential causes of Head Pressing:

1. Tumors located near the skull and brain of the animal.
2. Toxins being introduced into the system (Lead, for example) that is causing liver/kidney failure.
3. A Metabolic disorder.
4. Acute Head Trauma.
5. Stroke.
6. Brain Tumour

From the severity of these potential causes, you can see why it is incredibly crucial to get your animal to a vet immediately. Most of these causes affect the animal neurologically. That being said, while head pressing may be one of the most blatant symptoms, a pet owner should also be aware of other behaviors that could indicate these serious underlying issues, such as:

1. Walking In Circles
2. Pacing Around Anxiously and Aimlessly
3. Seizures
4. Irregular Reflexes
5. Visual Impairment
6. Abnormal aggression, ie suddenly turning on you.

What I am relating is first hand knowledge of this behaviour.  Two dogs who were staying with me at different times demonstrated this behaviour. The first one we saved in the nick of time with the help and expertise of the Elizabeth Street Emergency Clinic and the Veterinary College in Potters Bar and the second one, I'm afraid had a series of seizures at 2 'o clock in the morning and hung on long enough to  get her to the vet and say goodbye to her mum.  One had a brain tumour and the other needed emergency surgery for a liver shunt to be fitted to stop him being poisoned by the toxins in the dog food.

I don't mean to be alarmist but when I see this behaviour from a dog in the park and I mention it to the owner, they respond with "Oh! he always mucks around like that, even at home."  Sadly, they will find out when its too late.

This and that ...............

With all the building work going on in the street that I live on, I have had an infestation of mice for 2 years. We have tried everything and still they come. In desperation, I decided to try those electromagnetic rodent plug- in gizmo's.  Before I placed the order, I logged onto a site and asked the question "Do they work?" and got this wonderful response from someone in the world.

"I purchased the electronic pest repeller and plugged it in. It says its good for rodents and other insects. Haven't had a mouse in my house but  later in the day I saw a cockroach, grabbed the electronic pest repeller out of the wall socket and smashed the cockroach with it. The cockroach was deffinately(sic) dead. The device was 100% effective, and the easy storage in electrical outlets makes it handy. I’m going to purchase one for every room in my house. I can't tell you if it has any effect on mice".

                                                 Thought for the day

Dogs won't ever wake you up in the middle of the night to ask: "If I died, would you get another dog?"

                                

                                                A  clip to make you smile!

 That's it for the April blog. Pass it around to your doggy loving friends.   Next blog in May . 
                                                        Dawn ("^")

IF YOU EVER SEE YOUR DOG HEAD PRESSING, YOU SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE VET IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.  SEEING THEM DOING THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

if you ever see your dog doing this action, take them to the vet as it is an emergency situation.  The reason wil shock you.