
- Extreme sensitivity to touch in the neck, chest, shoulders, head, and back
- Holding head high and at a certain angle to prevent pain
- Sleeping with head held up
- Whining and yelping for no obvious reasons
- Phantom scratching (scratching about an inch or two from the head)
- Weakness of the extremities
- Inability to play or walk
- Depression
- Irritability
- Paralysis
- Seizures
- Grade 0 - Normal (with no syrinx or pre-syrinx and is not dilated)
- Grade 1 - Central canal dilation (CCD) under two millimeters
- Grade 2 - Syringomyelia (has CCD of more than 2 millimeters and a pre-syrinx or syrinx)
- A - more than five years old
- B - three to five years old
- C - one to three years old
- Pomeranians
- Staffordshire Bull Terriers
- Shih Tzus
- Boston Terriers
- French Bulldogs
- Yorkshire Terriers
- Maltese Terriers
- Chihuahuas
- Miniature Dachshunds
- Miniature Poodles
- Bichon Frisés
- Pugs
- Pekingese
- Miniature Pinschers
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
- Griffon Bruxellois
- Havaneses
- Affenpinschers
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