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I think my little buddy might of had one of these today, scarded the heck out of me.

He was all locked up like a tight ball of rubber bands, I had to hold him he was staring at me like he was scared to death, he couldnt straighten his legs out or walk. After about 5 minutes he seemed to be back to normal. This worries me, found this on a yahoo search, Ill look for the nutrical, thanks Chad

My beagle Frankie had a seizer in the middle of the night a day ago. When I took him to the vet they said that his blood test showed his glucose levels were extremely low and that could have caused the seizer. They suggested feeding twice a day and switching my dog food.

Help, I seemed to have scared my dog, I just went to pick her up from the couch and she yelped, then started shaking uncontrollably. That was an hour ago, now she doesn't seem to recogniize either my wife or myself. She headed immediately for the space under our computer desk and has her head turned away from us. We called our Vet and have an appt in the AM, but this disorientation really is scaring us. Our last English Cocker lived 17 years and finally succumed to a brain tumor and did have convulsions there at her last few months, but this disorientation and lack of knowing us is just breaking our hearts right now.

Thoughts???

MY DOG RANGER HAS RECENTLY HAD TWO MAJOR SEIZURES(AUG 15 AND AUG 26) THIS HAS REALLY MESSED ME UP IM AFRAID IM GOING TO LOSE HIM.IM ON MY WAY TO THE VET NOW CAN SOMEONE OUT THERE GIVE ME SOME HOPE.THANK YOU

I have never seen a seizure, but my new adopted Peke acts strange sometimes, his head shakes back & forth and his leg twitches, is this a seizure? Sometimes it happens when he is barking at us for invading his eating area (food aggression) and this morning it happened after he had been outside. I tried to give him a treat and he just barked and growled and laid on the floor. Where do I find the reply to this post, as I just accidentally found this link in a search.

I have a Yorkie who I think is having seizures.
Two weeks ago he laid on the floor jerking, his mouth was soaked and his eyes were bulging. He could not walk and we were out of town. We got this to pass thinking he got stung by something. Last night we were laying in bed and could feel him stiffen up. We flipped on the light and started takling to him and rubbing him. He finally snapped out of it and got very sick afterwards. We are taking him to the vet to be checked out, but can anyone give me advice on what they have found to help?

I have a 4 year old Husky. ABout 3 months ago my fiance noticed he was all tensed up , living in Phoenix it was 107 out that day and he was outside most of the day. He had plenty of shade and water but I figured he was poturing like cramping from dehydration. Tonight he was laying on the floor and he looked at me like he was scared his paws were up by his face and he was swaying back and forth like he was drunk. I looked closer at his eyes and his pupils were fully dialated. I was an EMT so knowing what I know about people , I figured it ws a seizure. I calle da vet and they said to bring him in . Any other info would be appreciated Thanx in advance

We have a beagle and the same thing is happening to him. In the last two years he has had three similar episodes. He starts by looking really scared, his eyes bulge then he looses control over his legs, his heart is racing and he begins to shake. When this happens I hold and rub him while constantly reassuring him that everything is going to be alright and that I am there for him. It last around five minutes. After he seems completely back to normal. My Vet is on vacation this week so I will call after the weekend but if anyone knows what this is I would sure like to know. Thanks, Linda

We have a Belgium Sheepdog mix who has been having seizures for 2-3 years now. They usually last only 5-10 minutes. She has no control of her extremities, her eyes get wide, she salivates, and becomes stiff and unmoving. Our vet tried using holistic methods to cure her, but no luck. There is a strong neurological medicine that dogs can be given [same med as a human would take] but apparently that changes their personality and makes them sleepy. I plan to use it only if the seizures become worse.

My family was getting to bed last night when we noticed our Australian cattle/shepard mix of 3 years started to have a seizure. First her eyes looked straight ahead as if scared and then her body and head twisted to one side as she started to shake and foam at the mouth. We all screamed and I told my hubby to take her outside,which seemed to calm her down instantly being outside.(she loves to take off if she gets the chance)Well anyway...she had another in the night and she spent the day at the vets...he said her bloodwork came back normal and it seems to be epilepsy. Very unsettling news...the dog belongs to my 11 year old son and he seems ready to calm her when she seizures.(yikes) his choice...well the dog lays on the floor all zonked out on phenibarbitol. This is day 1. I will come back with any changed news. (poor Gypsy)

Hello to all who have posted before, of course my dog is also having the same symptoms as above. The last two times I brought her to the vet but the blood work came out fine. I'm going to bring her in again tomorrow to see if there is anything else I can do - she doesn't seem to have them very often, only three times now since January. But on the other hand that's three times too many. In my web searching I found someones response on a different chat room. You can go to that link if you want:

http://www.terrier.com/wwwboard/messages/34991.html

It may or may not help you!
Good luck everyone,
Erin

i read all your posts and well it sounds all too close to home.
about a year ago my 6 year old lab started the same thing, not very offten at the most once a month but not for the last three. untill two nights ago he had about fifteen one every other hour. it gave him brain damage. he did not know me and more or and comands or even where he was any more. i had to have him put down this afternoon he could hardly walk. and did not know what anything or anyone was.
i felt the same way about the med. i did not want to see chase be sleepy all the time or have a little change in personally. but now i dont have him at all. and he had to go through hell the last two days of his life. if i could go back a year he would be on it.

Yesterday our soon to be 8 year old happy playful golden retriever too a seizure.. the first one ever. i did not know what was happening toher. she got up to go to the back door as if she need to go out.. but had some difficulty getting up. when she got to the back door she collapsed to one side, and started to seizure, she then started foaming at the mouth. i thought for sure that she was going to die after the episode. it lasted for about 5 minutes after it was over she barked and yelped when we tried to go near her. so we let her come to us when she was ready. we t hen took her to the vet and the blood came back normal, at this point it is just a wait and see to see if she has another one before further testing can be done.

I can't tell if my 9 month old puppy is having 'nightmares' or a seizure. Her eyes are open half way and they roll to the back of head when she starts to twich and jerk. I don't want to wake her up if she is sleeping but I don't think this is normal. Any ideas or information would be great. mary ann & six

My dog Summer just did the same thing last night. Her eyes rolled back in her head and she was twitching and kicking. She has done this before but last night I couldn't wake her up for atleast a minute. I never thought it could be a seizure until last night. I would like to know if she was just dreaming. Carrie

My best friend, Mae (14 yrs. shepherd/greyhound mix), just had her first seizure. She was disoriented for about half an hour and is doing better as time passes. She was very thirsty and had a difficult time standing to drink. I'm sure I wasn't as scared as she was...but close. Thanks for the Nutrical tip!

Aspen's Story...Hello! I have been reading through all of the comments from those above and I have to say that I feel for you all. We all love our furry companions! My girl, Aspen a pure bred Weimaraner started having seizures last year (note: she was only one year old.) We were quite scared, but happy that we were there when she had it. We also have another dog named Jette. The first seizure lasted approx. one minute afterwards she had all of the energy in the world and would run around that house tripping over everything...we thought that was the only seizure she would have. Our vet told us that some dogs just have one in their lifetime...At any rate Aspen kept having them monthly...Then every two weeks we had her on phenibarbitol. The pills were given once in the morning and once at night. It seemed to control the seizures...Last week Aspen had her last seizure...Jette got to her only helping to put here out of her misery, she bit her neck and belly and she was bleeding pretty badly. My husband was away and found her there. Immediately he rushed her into the vet to have surgery to repair the damage, but the damage was too extensive and the vet said that with her history of seizures she wouldn't recover. We lost our sweet little girl this weekend and I haven't been able to recover the void in our home. I am so upset that the seizures took her life. I wanted to let those of you that have other dogs to keep them away from the dog with the seizures...A dog's instinct is to put the weaker dog in the pack out of it's misery...Aspen was our baby and we dearly miss her in our family. If you'd like further information on what we did for Aspen you can e-mail me at alwaysyourrealtor@yahoo.com Aspen will be remembered by all those who loved her.

I recently adopted a 9 yr old beautiful Pekingese, she started having seizures, but I wasn't sure what was happening until she had a real bad one. Our vet put her on 600 mg of Potassium Bromide for 6 days,(the seizures stopped immediately) did a blood workup then lowered it to 150 mg a day, a steriod and Phenobarbitol. The seizures cause brain damage, and this mixture should stop them and stop the damage. Of course there will be liver damage, but if we can give her a couple more years of love, and a peaceful life, she deserves it.

My little Nellie Mae, just had her second seizure last night. Her first one happened this past Spring and lasted only a few minutes...and like I have read before, her energy came right back, tail wagging, wanting to play, acting like nothing happened. Last night while I was on the phone, I looked down and she was in a full seizure, swaying back and forth like she was drunk, eyes fully dialated, head and legs twitching, tried to walk but couldn't, and this time it lasted about 5 minutes...whiched seemed forever. I just sat donw next to her and talked calmly to her. Unlike what I read above, my 3 dogs are very close and one of my dogs, Buddy, is the caretaker of our pack. He came over to Nellie and wrapped his body around her as if to shield her from shaking into something. He put his head across her neck and head as if to "hug" her. Never once did her try to bite her...he saw that I was concerned and talking calming to Nellie and I think he wanted to help...This is the same dog who acted as midwife for my cat when she had her kittens and the cat let him....he hasna very gentle nurse like nature. Nellie is a toy Manchester and is so so hyper. She love to play with her toys and balls and will shake them with all her might...My partner is afraif this shaking will damage her brain and might be the cause fo the seizures...I think that it is her hyperness that might be the cause...she gets so excited, I think her brain overloads or short circuits or something. I am glad to see I am not the only one going through this...my best friend had a beautiful shepard puppy who had two seizures, the first one she recovered from, the second one she died from...so I am so so scary abut losing my Nellie since she is only 4 years old...I am thinking about calling the vet to see if he might know what could be the cause of them...just weird that she hadn't had one for almost 6 months and then BAM! last night she had one.

I understand what you all are saying. My JRT is 12 years old and has had seizures since a pup. She comes to me when one is coming and I help her through it. At the end she vomits two or three times and it usually lasts 45 minutes. I figure I am her best medicine because I would like to keep her off meds. Terrible terrible thing to watch but at least I am with her when it happens. Just give them love and let them know you are there. She knows I am the one holding her when in the seizure.

Hello, Im not sure if this was a seizer but i would really like to know my dog is a shitzu
about 4 years old and she was laying on this dog cushin we have and she gave out a yelp and fell off the cushin and started shaking it was like she was stund, so we stud her up and she wanted to lay back down again but still shaking and would not run to the kitchen when my mom did
(this is a real food loving dog and has never passed up the chance to get a treat or food)there fore somthing was wrong but not but five minutes later she is fine and back to her usuall self.

My 3 yr old miniature dashaund, Oscar, has been diagnosed with a severe heart murmur. Last year he had his first seizure. He starts out by tensing up and he cannot walk but tries to. I just sit and cuddle him and talk quietly. He only seems to have these episodes when he is woken up by suprise. It seems that it scares him so bad that he has a seizure. Maybe the murmur has something to do with it. Thanks for listening.

My Golden Retriever, Isabelle who is 3 years, has just had her first seizure TODAY. It started out with just a little noise and some shaking, and then a full blown seizure. She was on the couch and she started breathing hard and fast;her legs became totally straight and uncontrollable. She began foaming at the mouth. When she was ready to get up off the couch, we called her and very shakily and with some tripping walked right past. She started wandering around and after a while was better. The thing that worries me is that she had another at about 12:00 am. There was all the foam and hard breathing. She also urinated and defecated. Are seizures lie this unusual in dogs of this breed?

my dog a shitzu had a seizure on Dec 21 and then he had two on Jan 11. The vet has started him on phenobarbital(?). I am scared to death over this. He is 31/2, never any health problems before. This just happened out of the blue.

Are mixed brid dog has started to have seizers I am looking for something to help her that is inexpesive. What is this Nutrical that I have read about and where can I get it? And is is something you give every day.