Dog seizure

[CabezaBlanca]

I had a Rott that was epileptic. It got worse and worse until I had to have him put down. You couldn’t give him enough phenobarbital to stop it from happening.

[Paycheck]

Our Lab gets vertigo, we give him 1/2 a Dramamine when he starts. But yours sounds different.

[dosrobles]

Thanks all. Mac has been great so far. Next time
We take him in we will have him checked for epilepsy.

[BigRed323]

Whats it cost to treat an epileptic dog? My blue healer mix has them but she is at the last part of her lifespan, I dread her leaving the farm, she is the boss and my favorite

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[Leverhunter]

Whats it cost to treat an epileptic dog? My blue healer mix has them but she is at the last part of her lifespan, I dread her leaving the farm, she is the boss and my favorite

If they can treat it with phenobarbital it's cheap. Get prescription from the vet and pick it up at any pharmacy. Same as people get but since it's for a pet it's a fraction the cost.

[dustinztx]

We had a yellow lab that one day had a seizure. Unfortunately, after the vet visit, it was discovered to be a tumor around her spine. Hope you have a better outcome.

[Hawkpuppy 1]

Being he is silver I’d start with bloodwork. By breeding for color, we many times unfortunately have many problems with dilute genetics. Thyroid issues are a big problem with see in color dilutions along with skin issues, endocrine disease, cancer and several other things. If bloodwork was normal and toxicity was ruled out then epilepsy would be higher on my list. Many times if I rule out most things I just discussed I may choose to monitor the patient at home for any further episodes. Sometimes it may just be one and done never to be seen again. If it ever last longer than 3-5 minutes then get to a vet thats open. recovery time may be 20-30 minutes but I’m talking actual seizing longer than 3-5 minutes. Best of luck with your dog.

Wondered when you'd show up here. To the OP, definitely get in for bloodwork and there are meds that can help with the seizures...

[skeeteroneal]

Wondered when you'd show up here. To the OP, definitely get in for bloodwork and there are meds that can help with the seizures...

Yep he's right. We had a cocker that had them. Turns out her kidneys were failing and we had to put her down. Hope medication is an option for you. Putting down a pet sucks.

[Bullseye07]

My chocolate lab has done it twice within a year of each other. Took her to A&M since that’s where I was living. They did blood work and found nothing out of the ordinary. Blood-sugar levels were good, hydrated. not epileptic.

They said labs were more prone to seizures than other breeds. Also some flea and tick meds have seizures as a side effect(comfortis). Since it seemed like a couple isolated incidents they didn’t give her any medication. She hasn’t had one in over 5 years I believe.


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[TeamAmerica]

Bump. Our 3 year old poodle has had two seizures or episodes in 40 days. Looses control of his hind legs and goes down and back legs lock up tight. Lots of drool but no loss of consciousness. Back to 100% within 3 to 5 minutes.

Had blood work done and no issues.

Using nexguard and heart guard for flea and heartworm medicine. Wondering about trying different meds.

[RifleBowPistol]

Our dog had seizures, she was bad about eating anything and everything. I found she had found some mushrooms and would go eat those when we let her out. I had to keep a very close eye on her, but she would stay away from the mushrooms when I was watching her. Then wait till I stopped watching her, then she would sneak off and eat the mushrooms. I don't remember if she had seizures after eating the mushrooms, but pretty sure she did. One thing I do remember for sure, is she would be very warm, when you touched her, this would last maybe 20 minutes. She would also seem very scared or unsure of what was going on, during the times when her body temp went way up, which I think was after she would have a seizure. The symptoms would eventually fade, and go completely away about 30 minutes later.

It was also discovered by the vet, some time after she first started having seizures, that she had heart problems. If I remember correctly, the vet said the heart problem could cause seizures. As time went on, she had more and more seizures, at times, when she had not been outside. The night she died, of what I think was a heart attack, she had multiple seizures.

[S-3 Ranch]

Bump. Our 3 year old poodle has had two seizures or episodes in 40 days. Looses control of his hind legs and goes down and back legs lock up tight. Lots of drool but no loss of consciousness. Back to 100% within 3 to 5 minutes.

Had blood work done and no issues.

Using nexguard and heart guard for flea and heartworm medicine. Wondering about trying different meds.

certain flea and tick treatments might put dogs and cats at an increased risk of neurologic issues, including seizures. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the drugs are in the isoxazoline class and include Bravecto, Credelio, Nexgard and Simparica.

[Death from Above]

spoiled dog food will cause this...it happens alot more than folks think

[Grndchecker]

My daughter's 5 pound Biewer terrier started having seizures. She would stand still and draw one leg up like she had a muscle cramp and switch legs about every minute. After 3-4 minutes she would go back to normal.
Vet has her on Phenobarbitol twice a day.

[Tx.Fisher]

Need to take him to the vet to get bloodwork done and maybe put on some anti-seizure meds.

Yep, it will help a lot. I used to have room mate that had a beagle mix. The poor pup had bad seizure’s, he got on medication and it helped him tremendously. He went from 2-3 seizures a week to one every several months. It’s hard watching a dog have a seizure.