Shaking at Night

For the last month, I had been on vacation (without Mika). Daddy had been home with Mika and noticed that at night, he was shaking really bad. It was as if the apocolypse was coming. Daddy took Mika to the vet and they did xrays on him, ran urine tests, and blood tests. Everything came back normal. It didn't occur to us that Mika was having anxiety attacks. Everytime I've gone on vacation for a few weeks at a time, Mika was fine. He didn't shake at night, he ate just fine, and he was his happy self. For some reason, this time, he was a nervous wreck at night. I decided to bring this up to a few of my friends who have had dogs for their current life and their past gazillion lives. Many of them asked if he was cold and if he wasn't, it was probably anxiety.

When I went home for the week and a half, I did see him shake the first night I was home, then nothing. So, I decided to test out the anxiety theory by taking him on vacation with me. As of today, Mika has not shaken once after coming with me on vacation. I guess he's a mama's boy.

I'm just glad that we figured out what the shaking was. My worst nightmare was that it was a nerve problem. Now, I just need to work on him being ok with me leaving for long periods of time (which doesn't happen very often).

-Mika's mommy