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My boy "roaches" almost every morning - I walk past his bed, greet him, rub his neck or his side, and over on his back he goes...so adorably cute! He seems to like having his belly rubbed, and his side, but if I put on too much pressure accidentally, he'll "mouth" me just a bit to say "Be careful." Not often... One of the incredibly adorable things he does...another reason to love him!

Good afternoon, All I am owned by a retired racer named Duke. He was with another family after being adopted when his track closed, but has been with us for 3 - 4 years. The last three days, he's been shivering a LOT. He sleeps pretty well at night, but during the day he no longer wants to sleep on his pad in my office, but goes upstairs to our spare bedroom and lays on the rug (not on the bed, which I might expect, but on the rug). He goes for our twice-daily walks pretty normally, but is walking slower and lags behind me a bit. His usual routine is to walk beside me, occasionally in front of me. When I tell him we're "going home" he speeds up and gets a bit in front of me. Bathroom habits are normal - peeing and pooping normally, though he hasn't eaten much, so I'm not sure where it's coming from. We thought he might have been missing my daughter, who, along with me was his primary caretaker before she moved out of state. His shivering coincided with her return home after a Mother's Day visit. He also just had a kennel cough vaccine, as we have to kennel him to go out of state for a family funeral in a couple of days. I'm worried - he has shivered before, but petting and rubbing him and talking to him gently usually does the trick to calm him down. He does not shiver when we're walking. Because of travel, I'm not sure we'll be able to get him to the vet before we leave, but if he's still shivering when we get back, I'm making him an appointment. Anything else I should do, or look for? If the shivering wasn't going on for so many days (4 at last count) I'd be less worried. He's the furbaby of my heart, and I'd hate for him to be suffering and I not know it. No recent changes in his food - we're pretty consistent and don't give him a lot of table scraps. Dianne D.