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Originally Posted by laci32  As some of you know my little Andy I have a question about shivering ,See I live in Canada ,he is almost 6 pounds ,when he goes outside -4 this morning he shivers or say he has been asleep and we go outside temp change he shivers. I have been talking to a dog trainer (I'm not going to use her) This is what she is telling me
(your dog shivers alot because of two possible things, ONE: he has a medical problem. Most toy breeds do especially Yorkies. In other words low blood sugar. Give him some maple syrup....rub it on his gums. The shaking should stop in 10 mintues. If it does not stop take him to the vet. He may need Dextrose shots. TWO: He is afraid of everything. Dogs only shake from cold when they are going into hypothermia (coming out of water in the winter).
Any small dog that I have seen get the shivers when they get cold not Hypothermia.I was just wondering what you all thought of this |
I think your trainer is giving you bad advice. First unless your dog has a medical issue you should be giving him maple sugar - he will get addicted to the sugar and thats not good for him!! Second, I live in NY and these past few weeks have been like an early winter and Maxi shivers because its freezing. I put a sweater on him now before he goes outside and he is fine. But when it starts to get really cold, he wont be going out. He hates the cold lol