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Originally Posted by trishauptown
Hey there,
Well, I have four dogs total.....and two of them have seizures. My Shitsu "Muffins" who is 15 almost 16 years old just started having them. My Girl "Tessa" a Australian Blue Heeler Mix is 10 years old and has seizures all her life.
I have always used the same vet and with four dogs I see them on a regular basis. My vet had me monitor the seizures and I also video tapped one so they could see. They felt like the seizures weren't bad enough to call for meds and were not frequent enough. My dogs could loose blatter control too! It is common for Tessa to have them almost back to back when she does have them. I hold her tight to prevent her from hurting herself and i have found a light fan helps pull her out of it faster. My Muffins Man is usually pretty quick and over before I know it.......
I also have a friend who has seizures and she recommended not to put them on the meds unless I had too!! She and the Vet said the pills really "dope" the dogs up.
I have choosen not to put either on my dogs on the meds. Of Course! Every case is different. I hope this helps.
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OOOOH lil trishauptown... if we were to end up together by some miracle and allignement of the stars, we would have the cutest puppies errr i mean kids together...
(see pic in profile hahahahaha)
thanks for your feedback. i am definitely going to do some research on the medicine once i know the names my doctor wants to recommend.
when my dog had them, she would shake her head and have saliva discharge foaming up around her lil mouth. sometimes her body would jerk. would last from30 seconds to 2 mins. The last one she had at my house that i was able to watch, was bad. Her head jerked back as if someone was pulling on her and she fell to her side and start shaking and twitching. after every seizure episode, she would get up and walk around in circles or aimlessly.
i did not know if i should hold her or not. thanks for letting me know should this happen again i will hld her and contain her so she doesnt get hurt.
thnx cutie