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Old 06-19-2005, 12:55 AM
dmoniz dmoniz is offline
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Originally Posted by moondog
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.
When looking up masticatory myositis it mentioned that it is painful for the dog to open its mouth or it is unable to open its mouth. That isn't what happened to my friends dog. She was unable to close her mouth, her jaw just hung open and her whole face drooped like it was melted.
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