Dog Hits Head On Floor

Neurological examinations will be ordered if your dog has hit its head during the fall.

Dog hits head on floor.

I mean rattle the floor hard. Damage to the head can occur in several ways. My aging dog is hitting his head hard on the floor when he s laying down. Dog skulls are thicker than human skulls and they have more robust musculature on their heads so head trauma is not as common in canines as in humans.

Car accidents or falls from a high elevation are common causes of head injuries. Pressing the head against objects in dogs head pressing is a condition characterized by the compulsive act of pressing the head against a wall or other object for no apparent reason. This generally indicates damage to the nervous system which may result from a number of causes including prosencephalon disease in which the forebrain and thalamus parts of the brain are damaged and some types of toxic poisoning. Head trauma in dogs can result from a number of potential causes.

A dog may sometimes bump his head on a coffee table producing quite an alarming sound that may concern the dog owner but then the dog shakes his head once or twice and is back to normal romping around as if nothing ever happened. Sigh of relief for the dog owner. If your dog is walking oddly or seemingly unaware this test can help determine if your dog s nervous system was damaged. Your dog can also sustain a head injury if she fights or roughhouses with other dogs.

He s nearing the end of his days at 14 1 2 german sheppard rhodesian ridgeback mix with history of cerebral vascular disorder 2 episodes one month apart about a year ago knocked him out of commision for a couple of weeks and he hasn t really been the same dog since.