teeny   10 #13 Posted December 5, 2008 aww thats good at east you know whats wrong with her. I am sure she will love the hat lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catahoula   10 #14 Posted August 13, 2009 Hi. I was wondering how your dog is now that it has been over a year. I have a Catahoula Leopard dog that has same symptoms as you described in your original post on this thread.  My vet did not seem especially concerned since my dog's behavior is fine and has not been affected by the sudden occurrence of her dented/caving in of side of her head near her eye.  He said that it is probably due to some kind of neurological problem there are so many muscles in their head. that lead to atrophy of muscles from non-use. Maybe she sustained an injury at some point and we did not know about it? She does not seem sensitive at all when I touch the area. My vet said that he could send me to a specialist and they could determine which muscle and may find out what is causing it... but probably would end up costing us a lot of money and not really a treatment.  I have really liked my vet in the past, but from time to time I think her head looks even more dented in... She can open her mouth. There was a time (before the appearance of her head changed... maybe a year before that) when she did seem to be having trouble opening her mouth to yawn. Now, I just really never see her yawning. She loves to catch a ball that is a rubbery kind of ball (like a kick ball that is only at the most half inflated). She opens her mouth pretty good for this.  I look forward to hearing how your dog is doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jennyjenjen   10 #15 Posted August 14, 2009 meshuga do u listen to meshuga too ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catahoula   10 #16 Posted August 14, 2009 JennyJenJen -- I don't understand your response. I was hoping that Tarateets would update us on how her dog is now doing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pjrim   10 #17 Posted March 8, 2010 I have a 9 year old male rottie and one day I noticed that one side of his head was "caved in". This was after he had a sore that he had been itching on the same side. The sore went away with pills and spray from the vet, but all of the sudden his head was caved in on that side. Does this have anything to do with the medicine or is this just a degenerative thing??? Can anyone help me? Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
meshuga   10 #18 Posted March 9, 2010 The immune mediated process of this condition is caused by auto-antibodies forming against type II M fibres found in the masticatory muscles. This antigen may be shared by some bacteria - so an infection could trigger the immune mediated attack. Alternatively the wound somehow damaged the nerve supplying that muscle, or it could just be a coincidence that a wound developed shortly before the onset if the muscle atrophy. It is unlikely that the treatment caused it.  meshuga do u listen to meshuga too ?  Ha, I do actually but its nothing to do with my forum name. The band are spelt Meshuggah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
