dog

[NBAKOBEMAN]

do dogs ever get headaches

[Pei_Pei]

well the dog has a small mebrane type nerve towards the back of the brain when knocked it can trigger the up most severe headaches also really loud sounds effect their headaches greatly as the have such acute hearing! hope the answer helped

[Oor Wullie]

I asked the vet that same question last year and she told me NO.

[football]

In the same way my Grizzly Black bear had a sore head. Other animals with brains have headaches for the same reasons people do. So I suppose dogs would also. football Sat 26/06/04

[Eno-missy]

I would guess that they would.. they can suffer from epilepsy so it would be reasonable to presume that they can have a sore head every now and then!

[Mrs_Pegasus]

When I was younger and my parents had Yorkies I took them to the vet and sat gently patting their heads. The vet told me to avoid this because it may seem gentle to us but it can cause headaches in small dogs?! From then on I have always avoided this for both cats and dogs. Interesting question.

[New Forester]

The only way to find out would be to the question of a dog... We (or at any rate I...) have trouble enough understanding the minds of other humans when they are standing there telling us what they think and feel -- what chance have we with dogs? Think how it is with baby humans, which do at least have the same construction as the rest of us. It can be difficult enough establishing why one's little treasure is crying, even when they have some language: "It hurts!" "Where" "Don't know" ... etc. Headaches in humans are not well understood either, so I doubt if there's much chance of understanding them in dogs or other non-speaking animals. For a start, there are many different kinds of headache.

[New Forester]

Typos strike again. What I was trying to say was: "The only way to find out would be to ask a dog"... I think the best thing is to assume animals experience similar things to us, unless there is evidence that they don't. That way, you can't hurt or upset them by underestimating them. Not sure that helps in this case though. "Where does it hurt?" "Wuff!"

[babyphace770]

welli need an answer so i could write my report!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!