Dog Seizures???

Question

My dog has had two rounds of seizures in the past two months. The first time he had three seizures within an hour. Tonight he has had two within an hour. I don't know if he's over it yet. I took him to the vet the first time it happened and he said their was nothing he could really do for him, just to document if he had any more and if it continued he'd have to put him on medication for the rest of his life. I don't really want to medicate the problem, does anyone have any other solutions?? And what causes them??

Answer 1

Sorry, that's really the only thing to do.... with dog seizures, medication is considered successful if they have less than 1 seizure a month, so it's not worth medicating unless it's happening more often. Dogs do get epilepsy like people do, and it's really unknown exactly why epilepsy happens (for humans as well as dogs). Certain breeds are more prone, beagles and schnauzers off the top of my head, and it does run in blood lines. Stress can trigger epileptic seizures, so it may happen more often if the dog is stressed out. Rarely, seizures can be a sign of a brain tumor, if that's what it is the seizures become more frequent and severe over time, usually a short period of time. Poisoning and liver failure can cause seizing too, but those things aren't common either. The best thing to do is document them, time them with a watch with a second hand, and discuss with your vet whether or not medication is the best thing for your dog. Usually they are a little groggy for a week or 2 while adjusting to the medication, but are back to their normal self after that. Most dogs handle it well, and it's really not too expensive to treat, but if you go off the medication at any point the seizures come back. And make sure any vet you go to in the future knows about the seizures, particularly if your dog is going under anesthesia. Certain anesthesia drugs should be avoided in seizure-prone animals.

Answer 2

discover a clean vet! Repeated seizures might reason present day concepts injury and deliver approximately dying. No vet could inform you your canine is 'superb' if it has had dissimilar seizures. There are quite much less high priced drugs they are able to furnish you to help administration them. as properly, in the event that they final for half-hour or longer, you're able to have the means to get him right into a vet on a similar time as he's seizing so as that they are able to get a extra ideal thought of this variety of seizure. save song additionally of what he ate earlier the seizure, his events, etc. because it must be efficient in determining a available set off.

Answer 3

My dog used to have seizures after intense physical activety. I can't remember the exact name of the disorder, but it had to do with overheating. He used to be an amazing frisbee dog and ran 3 or 4 miles with us at a time. Once we stopped the intense activity and limited his exercise the seizures disappeared.

If your dog seems to do this after exercising it could be a solution. If not, medication is the most humane answer. They can actually suffer without it.

Answer 4

how old is your dog? did the vet do blood work to rule out other causes of the seizures? dogs are like people the have seizures for all the same reasons that people do and just like people some may have to take it for their whole life.

Answer 5

Most likely he will have to take the medication his whole life. But sometimes you can figure out what is causing them but it is a long shot. Allergies can cause them. One dog I heard about was having seizures because he was getting too much lead in him from tap water. Owners gave him bottled water and he never had one again. Another instance was a dog that couldn't lower his head to eat without having one. Solution: raise his food bowl to shoulder level. Mold spores can cause them. Try to find out because the medicine will shorten his life span.

Answer 6

I think it would be a great idea for you to join a moderated canine seizure info board :
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/k9epilepsy/

Get some real info from people who have dogs that suffer from epilepsy. I hope you can find a vet in your area with more experience! Good luck, I'm sorry that your dog went through that. My dog has mild seizures (that's what we think) and I'm hoping they stay mild....don't want to get in to having him take all the heavy meds for them!

Answer 7

It's possible that he has epilepsy. It can be an inherited condition so if you know the history of the ancestors you may be able to determine if there is a history of that in the blood line.

Did your vet check for it? Other things could be responsible though.