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Comment by Lola and Paige on December 8, 2013 at 10:26pm

I only actually feed her one main meal a day and it's a full bowl. The vet said that she was at the max for her goal weight (28 lbs) so I thought that was enough. But I'm gonna try a smaller portion in the morning and another in the evening then to try to make sure it's not because she's hungry. I have worried for awhile that my feeding routine for her wouldn't keep her satisfied til the next feeding.

Comment by Linda on December 8, 2013 at 5:55pm

If you aren't feeding her first meal until almost noon what time is she eating her dinner meal?  My wolfhound had to have smaller meals throughout the day or he would vomit bile.  My guys are fed when I get up (after they've gone out) which is anywhere from 5:30 to 7.  Dinner is around 5 but they get carrots and other healthy snacks during the day so their tummies are never completely empty.

Comment by Anna Morelli on December 8, 2013 at 5:49pm

I think a Vet check is in order, it does not sound behavioral to me.

Comment by Lola and Paige on December 8, 2013 at 1:26pm

I have checked all of your super helpful hyperlink and hope that's not what her problem is but will keep my fingers crossed as we brave this these next few days!

Comment by Lola and Paige on December 8, 2013 at 1:15pm

Yeah I will be taking her to the vet in these next couple days, or whenever they have their soonest opening. I did keep her in bed with me this morning as she woke me up by scooting up right next to me and seemingly trying to get my attention. I used to feed her right when I got up in the morning, right around 8 but now I wait so that it's closer to noon. If I think she might not make it until her next feeding I'll give her a small portion in the morning and a second small portion later in the evening.
Lola does tend to be active when she sleeps, going the whole nine yards from snoring to kicking her feet with her eyes open and moving around like crazy. She can be a bit clumsy and bonks her head a little bit once in awhile. But that's only like turning into the wall on accident or kind running into a chair when chasing her ball. However, none of the bonks seemed significant enough to cause her too much damage as she will continue to go about her business like nothing happened... Although, I do know that animal's pain tolerance is better than ours and they can't actually tell us when they're hurt. Also we don't have a garden so I don't know what plants or anything outside the house she could be eating.
I'm not gonna kick her out of the bed anymore and will try to remain as calm as possible as we are so close so she knows when my stress level goes up. I also normally sleep with my iPod next to my bed that normally serves as a clock so I can use it to record her in the morning when it starts and will bring up a notebook to record it.

Comment by Beth on December 8, 2013 at 12:16pm

By the way, if it's only in the early morning, she might feel nauseous because her tummy is empty.  One of my dogs will vomit bile if he goes too many hours with nothing on his stomach.   That dog runs in frantic circles if he feels sick, but my other dog will stand splay-legged and look worried and sometimes tremble if she feels like vomiting.

Comment by Beth on December 8, 2013 at 12:15pm

Sounds like some kind of neurological event to me too.   Dogs don't always lose bowel/bladder control when they seize (Maddie had two spectacular textbook grand mal seizures and never lost bowel or bladder control).  In a grand mal seizure there is usually foaming and paddling, there are jerky/spasmy movements, and the dog can't respond to outside stimulus, but there are other types of seizures.   But there are other types of tremors as well.

http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/my-dog-shivering-trembling 

Comment by Linda on December 8, 2013 at 11:36am

Interesting on the nightmares for dogs. 

I have to ask, could she have hit her head on something?  While playing or derping?  Duffy's seizures were caused by a blow to the head.  He actually had 2...when he was about 10 months old he slid down the stairs and went head first into the mirror on the closet door at the bottom of the stairs.  I don't remember any problems with that.  When he was about 2 I came home one day from work and the kitchen was torn up.  The table and chairs were pushed across the room against the pantry and there was a huge hole in the end of the island.  I could see his color fur in some of the jagged edges.  It was a huge hole not just a dent in the wood.  We figured out he must have been chasing the cats along with our other dog and he slipped on the floor.  The seizures started after that.  He didn't have a concussion but the vet said he must have done damage to his brain anyways.  Guess like football players are experiencing.  His personality didn't change tho..thank goodness.  Much too big of a dog to deal with if he had gone from a big mush to mean.

Comment by Jane Christensen on December 8, 2013 at 11:33am

I would take her to the vet too! Do you have housemates that could have scared her???? Or like you said the garbage truck or something...

Comment by Lola and Paige on December 8, 2013 at 11:13am

I don't believe there is anything she could be licking. We try really hard to make sure nothing is where she can get it so everything is either up on shelves or in a cupboard. She does try to eat the guinea pig poop but I don't think that can be a problem, can it? I hope maybe she's just shaking because she heard something or thinks she heard something. But I'm taking her to the vet anyways.

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