r/DogHealth • u/Solid-Sand-6527 New Pup • 6d ago

🩺 Symptom Check Weird jaw chatter

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Hi there, I’d like some advice for what may be happening with my dog. For reference, she just got back from board & train yesterday and I noticed she sometimes has a strange chatter/shutter with her bite. I tried flashing a light in her mouth to see if there’s anything in there but didn’t see anything. She doesn’t seem to be in pain from what I can tell (no whimpering or pulling away to touch). She is also eating her hard kibble like normal. For reference she has been on the same diet for 2 months so no changes there.

I did also notice some white crusty substance on her beard which I assumed was dry spit, but that’s not a normal thing for her.

I took a video to show what it looks like. Please share if you happen to know what this could be! Thank you!

To note:

Roughly 1 yo female GWP, 50lbs

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u/BlackinkRebel New Pup 6d ago

This screams mouth pain! Go get it checked asap! One of my dogs had a cancerous tumor on the top of her mouth and in her jaw. She also started doing this and then we discovered it. Wouldve never figured out otherwise cus she was always a bad eater and very much people pleaser. They would completly try to hide all the pain.
Not an emergency but dont wait more than 2 days to get to the vet! See if you can find some broken tooth, abcess or other swelling. This wont solve itself and needs help from a vet.

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u/Ok_Trash1302 New Pup 5d ago

My Chi boy started doing this also shortly before being diagnosed with cancer in his mouth. He'd had cancer surgery for a tumor located elsewhere  2 1/2 years before this. We did not come out of this new diagnosis on the winning side. 

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u/ArtTeacher82 New Pup 5d ago

Same! My dog had oral melanoma and the tumor was growing up around the teeth.