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To be quite honest, I think there is something wrong with P's wiring. Nothing blatantly obvious, but often, and randomly, he will throw his head straight back in the air and begin to lick his nose repeatedly. This is not normal behavior. I have never seen any other dog do this.
I would say the last time he did it was two nights ago, standing on my bed. Before that, in a chair about a week ago... Before that, sitting on the floor, cleaning himself. The times it happens are incredibly and truly random. He isn't always doing one certain thing to trigger this. Usually, he will do it for about a minute or two (throwing his head back, licking his nose, putting head down, then repeating) and then he is back to normal. On rare occasions, this will last (with little 15 or so second breaks) for 5 to 10 minutes. Also, occasionally, it will be really bad, and he will have a few "fits" in a day, and sometimes on repeating days.
His body never convulses or anything like that, he doesn't act dizzy, etc., but you can tell what he is doing isn't voluntary, and if he could stop, I'm sure he would.
We tried to look up what it could possibly be, and haven't found a hint of anything it could be at all. We're quite stumped. Other than those times though, he is fine and leads a happy life.
Ideas?
(Sorry in advance if there are typos, I am on my BB. Also, my mother saw his haircut and said I did pretty good... Other than the ears. He was a wonderful gentleman at her house, and remembered that Yaya's dogs are extra spoiled and there are rawhides everywhere! He happily picked the one the size of his entire body to chew!)
I would say the last time he did it was two nights ago, standing on my bed. Before that, in a chair about a week ago... Before that, sitting on the floor, cleaning himself. The times it happens are incredibly and truly random. He isn't always doing one certain thing to trigger this. Usually, he will do it for about a minute or two (throwing his head back, licking his nose, putting head down, then repeating) and then he is back to normal. On rare occasions, this will last (with little 15 or so second breaks) for 5 to 10 minutes. Also, occasionally, it will be really bad, and he will have a few "fits" in a day, and sometimes on repeating days.
His body never convulses or anything like that, he doesn't act dizzy, etc., but you can tell what he is doing isn't voluntary, and if he could stop, I'm sure he would.
We tried to look up what it could possibly be, and haven't found a hint of anything it could be at all. We're quite stumped. Other than those times though, he is fine and leads a happy life.
Ideas?
(Sorry in advance if there are typos, I am on my BB. Also, my mother saw his haircut and said I did pretty good... Other than the ears. He was a wonderful gentleman at her house, and remembered that Yaya's dogs are extra spoiled and there are rawhides everywhere! He happily picked the one the size of his entire body to chew!)