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Dog probs

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Jay
Jay

Have a dog "Jay" sometimes he looks likes he is having some sort of spasms in his legs. He scrapes his paws on the floor quite rapidly, like a cartoon character about to race. When this happens he also flits around the room as if shot up the backside with a "what was that" look on his face. Any ideas??? It looks like mini electric shocks going through him??? He also from time to time suffers with his right ear only, pic enclosed. It tends to redden and he shakes his head alot and scratches it this keeps repeating from time to time.

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  • Master Advisor Matthew says:

    December 21st, 2008 at 03:48 PM

    Hi this scratching the floor might be from general itchiness. His ear certainly looks dirty, you should give that a good clean with some dog ear cleaner (or olive oil if you don't have any) and dry cotton wool, to remove any wax. Make sure he doesn't have any parasites by applying an acaricidal (anti-mite) spot-on to him, that will kill any ear mites in case they are the culprit.

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