Teeth Chattering

[giadog]

Does anyone know anything about teeth chattering in a non-greyhound? Our AB has started 'chattering'...slightly opening and closing his mouth over and over. It's not as quick, natural, or smooth as when greyhounds do it. I can't tell if it's sort of, "Oh, cute, he's trying to be a greyhound!" or, "Oh, crap, he's got a brain tumor!"

 

Has anyone seen anything like this?

[Guest Ola]

My mixed breed, Chaos, did this a couple of times. Both times it was when she had something stuck in her teeth - one time it was a piece of wood (we had just come back from playing fetch with a stick), I forget what it was the other time. Check his mouth thoroughly, especially the back teeth.

[Guest KennelMom]

Yeah...teeth chattering is a dog behavior, not a greyhound behavior exclusively. Greyhounds are, after all, dogs so things we see in them (like roaching and chattering) are also done by other breeds and mixed breeds and, well, dogs.

[Guest greytexplorer]

OK, ummmmm, apparently it's not just a dog thing.......

 

 

 

 

I do it, too

 

 

For me, it's kinda like a nervous tic

I don't know why I do it

but my kids let me know when I'm doing it

 

Maybe I was a greyhound in a previous life?

[giadog]

Hahaha!! Ok, if teeth chattering seems to span all breeds and species, I won't worry about it so much. Just in case, I'll ask our vet about it when we go in to get him retested for heartworm on Friday, but it sounds like it's not much to worry about.