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Old 06-18-2005, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dmoniz
My friends rottie/GSD mix had this happen, can't remember what it was called, mandible paralysis maybe? She had the same symptoms. The vet put her on prednisone, but it is questionable if it actually does anything for the dog. With time she slowy came back to normal. One difference is that before she held her ears like a rott, now she holds them straight up. This happened when she was 6-7 years old.
Are you referring to masticatory myositis, where the head muscles atrophy and the jaws cannot move? If so, it doesn't sound to me like that's what this one has.