betty_joanne

I have posted before but episodes are getting worse. My female greyhound has been having night time episodes more frequently. We are getting desperate because husband wants to send her back and I can't let that happen. Everything only happens at night about 1-2 am and never during the day. She will get up from sleeping and start walking into things(treadmill, our bed,etc.) and pacing. Her ears are straight up the entire time(not normal) and she is panting. Her eyes appear dilated and is seems like she can't see well(instead of going through door opening she will go behind the door), This goes on for 30-60 minutes. She will take a treat and eat it while she is like this. I normally deal with it by letting her out to go potty, sitting with her for a while outside the bedroom, letting her out a second time, and then sitting with her again until she lays down. Stats: 4 year old female. no prescription meds. daily fish oil, vitamin e, glucosamine, msm, and one melatonin pill Does this sound like an anxiety/panic attack?

I know that this thread is old but I have a 4 year old female that has night time episodes like you are describing. Did you ever figure out what was wrong?

Vet says eyes are fine. I think that it is mainly her night vision that is horrible. She can reach up and grab a treat from me and she will watch the cotton balls fall from about 4 inches off the floor to the floor. I am more worried about her hurting herself on something(dishwasher when open, treadmill, etc.) than going blind. Husband thinks that she had one to many "collides" on the track . We watched some of her races where she went down and I am amazed that she is even alive. For now we are going to give her a bit longer to settle in and just keep an eye on her.

We just got a 4 year old female greyhound less than a month ago. I thought she was just clumsy and very "tactile" at first but now I am getting worried. She bumps into things during the day and even more so at night. I let her out and she does circles in the dark before going off to go potty. Then she stands half in and half out of the door trying to figure out which way to go. Her eyes look fine unless I really pull down the lower lid and then you can see third eyelid and pink tissue. Both eyes are like this and I looked at my boy's eyes and his don't look like this. You can tell where she is by all the noises she makes(bumps into bed, treadmill, toilet, food bowl,etc.). She also isn't quiet when she lays down and there is always a loud thud and she isn't even 60 lbs.

When my kids(people not dogs) where little I baby gated them out of the kitchen. Don't know if that is possible but maybe an idea. Also, the place where I adopted both dogs gives the dogs huge knuckle bones. They are the best thing ever for keeping the dog's teeth clean and they keep the dogs busy chewing. Do you have time to walk her before cooking dinner? Maybe that would help. Our new female is also really food obsessive but I am not sure yet if that is how she will stay since we haven't even had her a month yet. The kids have been taught they can't get up from the table and leave their food for even a second. This dog stole a person's lunch off the counter at the adoption place. I think that the training mentioned earlier in the video would be interesting to try.