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Hi folks I am new here and in need of some advice. I have a Miniature Schnauzer just over a year. On Sunday afternoon he woke up from a nap and was trembling pretty bad. He felt like a cell phone on vibrate. I watched him carefully and it seemed to go away but then he started hiding. He would not come in the house and when I finally got him in he hid under the bed and then in the closet. I thought it could have been my German shepherd getting on his nerves but soon realized this wasn’t the case. I thought maybe they had been playing to rough and he got hurt but that didn’t seem like it either. When he started trembling again and panting I decided to take him in to the vet. The vet asked if he had eaten anything that could have harmed him and I told him I hadn’t noticed anything. I also told him that even though he has been trembling he had not stopped eating or drinking water. The vet took blood and said everything came back normal. He gave him a shot of cortisone and some pain medication. He said to keep an eye on him. When we got home he just wanted to lie in the couch and didn’t move until it was bed time. This is very unlike him. He is usually torturing the shepherd any chance he gets. Yesterday morning he woke up and was perfectly okay. He was running around and playing just fine. Yesterday evening the shaking came back and he once again he didn’t want to come in the house and even shrunk down when I went to pick him up. He had the trembles on and off most of the night but this morning once again woke up brand new. It is almost as if something is scaring him but I have no idea what it could be. Does any body have any idea of what this sounds like....any advice would be appreciated.....

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I would say physical, not behavioural, since you can't identify the cause (well, yet). Did the vet mention seizures?
Shaking is also associated with fever.

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is he kept outside all the time (you refer to bringing him in the house)? Could he be reacting to cold/temps or humidity? Maybe something happened outside?

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I thought seizures too and after doing some research online I decided to make him an appointment with his usual vet for this afternoon. The emergency on cal lvet I took him to on sunday took his temp and it was normal. To answer the other post no he isnt oustide all the time. my boys have a doggie door that they can go in and out whenever they like. But I did think something may have happened outside but then thought it would make more sense for him not to want to go outside versus not wanting to come in. I just hope I am being paranoid and he is okay!

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Poor little guy. Let us know what happens at the vet.

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Hi Nancyi76

As I read you post, I could totally picture the scene with your mini. I have a 7yr old Standard Schnauzer-Cagney. In spite of all the socialization we gave her; she has times when she is timid and shakes like a leaf. We have tried rescue remedy, positive training-you name it we've done it.
Cagney will shake and pant when she senses a thunderstorm. I think even when we don't hear it, she senses changes in the environment.
She will go into the bedroom, open the closet sliding door and wait there till she feels better.
I call her episodes "the fret". She becomes so serious and she is obviously very concerned.
We were advised to ignore her. All I want to do is hold her close and comfort her--that is the worse thing. We were advised from the vet to turn these moments into a time when she gets rewarded to say everything is fine....don't worry. It doesn't work with Cagney because she frets so much she won't take treats.
We have come to live with this. Cagney always turns the corner and shes ok.
When she trembles she often puts tucks her right leg up into paw position. She really shakes in the back end. Sometimes Cagney trembles so much her teeth chatters in her mouth-- this breaks my heart.

If any of this sounds familiar, it is not a seizure. Seizures are very intense and the dog falls down-most of the time depending on the type of seizure.

Thats our experience...it might not be the same with you. Continue to watch your dog to see what triggers this. Re Rescue Remedy-- I found by the time she had taken it and it start to work, the thunderstorm was gone. Then I have a drowsy dog!!!!!!

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