Help With Squealing Toy Poodle

[vanessa0305]

opps sorry about the gender mix up. I guess I say boy automatically because I think of pups in terms of Bailey!

Oh the poor baby. Thats awful. No wonder she was letting you know. But at least you can be sure now that if she is squealing something is up!

[Poodle wrangler]

Seizures/ epilepsy were something that came to my mind, also.

My mini poodle is an occasional screamer- awful noise- but it's only in response to pain/ fright e.g. treading on his paw, telling another dog to get lost etc.

Is your poodle being rewarded for screaming? It'd be an awful habit to continue, having started for another reason.

Are you happy with your vet? Like all things, some are better than others. Perhaps a DOLer in your area could recommend a vet for a 2nd opinion if the screaming recurs. It doesn't sound like normal poodle behaviour.

Best wishes .

[apolo]

Hi Becky in Oz

We did not think of a ant bite but when I found one in her coat we then looked very hard for any marks which was hard to fine on a black dog with dark shin but we found a few tiny red marks and the vet said that was probley the reason.

I also found one in my bed so I think they had got court in her fur and this was the problem.

Hi vanessa

I have a habit of calling her a him so don't worry.

Hi Poodle wrangler

I have had a bitch that had Seizures/ epilepsy and I thought not again as we lost her in June 2004 at the old age of 2 1/2 years.

She does not get rewarded for the screaming but the first time it happened I did pick her up but she did not want anything to do with me all she did was run mad around the house while her mother tried to comfort her without success.

She is fine now and had her last vaccination and microchip today and was very good.

I am happy with my vets as the usual one I see has done extra courses and the other vet is the orthopaedic vet so between them they usually work out difficult problems.

I have a vet about 200 mts from my home and I have been there once and never again.

I would rather go the extra klms and pay a little more for good service.

I am lucky I can phone my vet up at home for help if needed, but it takes her a good 30+ minutes to get to the practice if I need her in a hurry but there is always someone else there on call if needed.

Apolo