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eringabrielle · 07-21-2008, 08:48 AM

Hello! Sorry this is a little long~

I am posting this because I am here at work, surfing the internet and making myself paranoid. This is definitely something I will be bringing up with my vet, but I wanted to see what you all have to say...

I am just wondering if your dogs do "circle dances". Both of ours do, but Willow does this more often than Biscuit.

She is 1 1/2 years old and tiny (2.10 lb). She doesn't cirle constantly, but very often, especially when she is excited. This was always so endearing to us, but now I am worried.

A couple of weeks ago, she and her brother Biscuit went crazy at the front door when their Daddy had come home and somehow fell or got hit (we don't know for sure because we didn't see it happen, my view was blocked from the couch) and had a small seizure for a couple of minutes. She wasn't convulsing, but she was frozen and her little tounge was sticking out. It freaked us out SO bad, I thought for a minute we were going to lose her right there, because this has never happened before. After a few minutes, it just went away.
We immediately took her to the Emergency vet, and found nothing wrong with her. She was better by the time we got there, but we were just so freaked out. The vet seemed to think that she kind of knocked herself out, which is possible since she and Biscuit are just running around crazy when either of us gets home. So this is very likely, and she is otherwise healthy, has a good appetite, plays and sleeps all normally etc.

So, here I am looking up things on the internet and when I was researching seizures and just reading up on possiblities of what could have happened, I see hydrocephalus and the walking in circles comes up and now I am freaking out a little.
She has a little "apple-dome" shaped head, but it's not big by any means. She also has a little white showing in the inner corners of her eyes sometimes, but not always.

I am definitely taking her to the vet to run tests to make sure she is ok, but in the meantime, does anyone have experience with this or am I just being paranoid right now? Do your dogs circle alot? Since she is almost two now, wouldn't we have seen other symptoms by now if it were congenital?

Thanks in advance.

07-21-2008, 08:48 AM	#1
eringabrielle YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 293	Does your yorkie do circles? Hello! Sorry this is a little long~ I am posting this because I am here at work, surfing the internet and making myself paranoid. This is definitely something I will be bringing up with my vet, but I wanted to see what you all have to say... I am just wondering if your dogs do "circle dances". Both of ours do, but Willow does this more often than Biscuit. She is 1 1/2 years old and tiny (2.10 lb). She doesn't cirle constantly, but very often, especially when she is excited. This was always so endearing to us, but now I am worried. A couple of weeks ago, she and her brother Biscuit went crazy at the front door when their Daddy had come home and somehow fell or got hit (we don't know for sure because we didn't see it happen, my view was blocked from the couch) and had a small seizure for a couple of minutes. She wasn't convulsing, but she was frozen and her little tounge was sticking out. It freaked us out SO bad, I thought for a minute we were going to lose her right there, because this has never happened before. After a few minutes, it just went away. We immediately took her to the Emergency vet, and found nothing wrong with her. She was better by the time we got there, but we were just so freaked out. The vet seemed to think that she kind of knocked herself out, which is possible since she and Biscuit are just running around crazy when either of us gets home. So this is very likely, and she is otherwise healthy, has a good appetite, plays and sleeps all normally etc. So, here I am looking up things on the internet and when I was researching seizures and just reading up on possiblities of what could have happened, I see hydrocephalus and the walking in circles comes up and now I am freaking out a little. She has a little "apple-dome" shaped head, but it's not big by any means. She also has a little white showing in the inner corners of her eyes sometimes, but not always. I am definitely taking her to the vet to run tests to make sure she is ok, but in the meantime, does anyone have experience with this or am I just being paranoid right now? Do your dogs circle alot? Since she is almost two now, wouldn't we have seen other symptoms by now if it were congenital? Thanks in advance. __________________ Biscuits, Willow, & Erin See us on Dogster!