Seizure in geriatric dog
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Hi, my dog, she is a mutt is about 2 or 3 years old. We took her in July '07. She was a stray. We took her to the vet for shots and a check-up about Aug.'07. She was fine. In March'08 she had a seizure. We rushed her to the vet. She stiffened up but at the same time was shaking, drooling, lost control of her bowels and had a faraway look in her eyes. The vet said she had an epileptic seizure and gave her some Valium for me to give her if she has another seizure.
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Most are quite small from pen point to dime size but he developed on that has gone from quarter to golf ball size in a short time. My vet who I do trust says in such an old dog this is expected, it's only a fatty tumor and as long as it isn't hurting him (which its not) just leave it as the surgery would be more dangerous then leaving it. He has also developed moderate arthritis in his rear legs which make them stiff an hard to move.
on checking this poo next day I discovered that it is a whole rope type toy and he had to poo it out between seizures is it possible that this is the issue that hastened his having fits as his blood pressure was sky hi in combination with his kidney problem as he did not seem to be in a serious stage until his breathing problem started is it likely earlier in the week he swallowed it and it put his blood pressure up .
Also, I wanted to know if anyone has tried Keppra for seizure activity in dogs and if so, how did that work? Our 6 year old French Mastiff had a seizure on Thursday night - first one ever. He walked across our bedroom floor, stood in front of our open door and acted like he saw someone in the hallway. I sat up and said "Archie, there is no-one there. Go back to bed." Then he looked like he was rubbing his shoulder on the clothes hamper and I thought it looked really weird.
However, I have found that if I put a blanket over my dog to prevent him from biting me I can hold him in my lap in complete darkness. This seems to soothe him and make the episode much shorter. My dog does not lose bladder control though so this may not be for your situation. Also, the vet told me that the dog does not know what is happening and afterwards does not even remember. They also said that they are not feeling any pain while this is going on.
Tonight my dog started to huff behind me, I got up to move her to the tile and noticed that her eyes were rolled back in her head she was slightly moving her head around like she was attempting to open her eyes. I sat beside her and tried to comfort her and kept telling her to wake up. Then i had her lay down and was rubbing her belly. She was upside down with her head in my lap when her eyes finally went back to normal.
We took our 7 year old dog(breed unknown, she is an adoption that came in from Puerto Rico) to the vet at 3:00PM on Monday to have her nails trimmed and she had a seizure, presumably due to the stress of the situation. This was the first time she has ever had a seizure. Then she had another on Tuesday morning at around 9:00AM, then another on Tuesday night at around 7:30PM, then another on Wednesday morning at about 7:00AM.
The best plan for now may be to shut the Morki in the bathroom whenever this happens again until the whole seizure is over and your other dog has recovered. Just shut her in in a kind but firm way, tell her to 'stay' and 'wait' with a gentle and steady voice. And don't let her out until you are sure the crisis has passed.
I presume the vet knows about these seizures? Has any medication been prescribed so far?
Last night I was 45 minutes late to giving my dog the phenbarbatol ( sp), and his thyroid medication. This morning he had a mild seizure, first one that I am awear of since 3 months. Could being late have caused it this morning?
I added a quarter more medication today to each of his dose ( twice a day). I called the vet and they want to recheck his blood levels, which I will do next week.
In the last few weeks, my toy poddle, age 14, has had sudden dizzy spells where he becomes unbalance and will start to sway from side to side. During these spells, he tries to walk it off, but he just looks like his walking drunk. I'm really concerned because you can see him trying to shake these spells off but he can't. The spells last about 10 seconds. Right before one of this happens he usually starts coughing. I don't know if the coughing and dizzy spells are related.
Hello Johnny...IMO, NO this is not normal! Normally after a seizure, a dog will be tired, but be pretty much normal after 20 or so minutes.....Though not as common, 24 hrs. is possible......
Most Vets don't give much thought to 1 seizure...It's after a second or third that more attention is paid....I personally would be back at your Vet Monday to better evaluate your guy.....
The elevated Liver enzymes may be a clue, but these continuing effects (Ataxia) is again, NOT normal!
Your chi is definitely having seizures. You'll need to have your vet examine him to determine WHY they're happening. If no cause is evident, then it's called "idiopathic" epilepsy, which only means they don't know why these misfires happen in the brain. Seizures can usually be well-controlled with medication like phenobarbitol, so make sure you talk to your vet about it.
Our neighbor has a huge labrador retreiver who has had seizures most of his life.
My dog is 9 years old. He started having sudden onset seizures about a year ago. About a month apart. Then for 24 hours he has cluster seizures and then fine again for a month. Very said puliminary tests look good but to go into more detailed testing is much more expensive so we couldn't afford it but he was fine otherwise so just once a month we would make him comfortable for the day, allow the seizures to pass and continued on with life. This past episode has been so much worse.
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