First time dealing with a seizing dog and scared!
This morning I woke up to my 3 year old corgi seizing. She had 3 within 30 minutes and my vet told me to bring her on in. The doctor said they would give her a shot of anti seizure and watch her overnight. I was wondering if anyone knows if the doctor will put her on medication or tell me to keep on watching her and document her seizures if she has anymore. I don't know her history since she was a rescue and worried that she may have a health issue causing this.
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Permalink Reply by christy fry on
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They have anti-seizure medicine out there my friend is a german shepard lover and 2 of hers have had to be on phenobarbital I beleive thats the name of it anyways I think it's relativly cheap and keeps her girl's seizure's under control =)
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Permalink Reply by Miranda~ Moses | Maya | Maverick on
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I would not know what to do in a situation like this; very scary! I've heard both ways to either stabilize them to prevent causing more physical damage, as well as to not stabilize them. Did your vet say what to do if it happens again? I will keep your fur-baby in my thoughts.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on
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do not attempt to stabilize them, if they are in a space where they may injure themselves you can try to move them away from a wall/chair etc but its not advised, they can and will bite you and you may cause injury by trying to stabilize them not to mention the added stimuli of touch and pressure. Turn off all lights and be very very quiet. After they finish the seizure keep them in a dark and quiet room. Keep a record of length and what the activity looked like and call your vet immediately.
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I am guessing if this was a first time event the vets generally will tell you to watch and see. Many of the seizure medications out there have a chance of causing liver damage, and all are controlled substances so most vets prefer to rule out a one time event before deciding to put them on medications. Some dogs will have a seizure or two and then never have them again. Is there a possibility she got into anything? Do you use flea medication and if so what kind? Any fertilizer, plants, etc? Hopefully this will just be a one time event and you wont' ever have to worry about it again.
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Permalink Reply by Taylor K on
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They said to just make sure I am comforting her after a seizure reassuring her everything is fine and to make sure she isn't by anything to hurt herself. It is just a very scary process to go through when knowing you can't do anything to help them.
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No I don't think she would have gotten into anything at all. Normally she is always around me so I can watch her closely and when I am not by her she will sit and wait for me by the door to come back (my roommates have witnessed this). The vet told me that they do not know why dogs have these seizures but I wasn't sure if it could be from something that happened to her in the past.
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Permalink Reply by Dawn M. on
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Aw, I am sorry. I know how scary a seizure can be. My American Eskimo who lived to 16 had seizures that started when she was about 1 year old. She was never on meds because she only had them when she was overexcited. Meds can really control them if they are more frequent though. :)
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Permalink Reply by Allison on
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My Romeo has seizures as well. They started about one month ago; I feel terrible because I had no idea what was happening to him. I thought he had something like a hair in his throat because he would gag and drool but it would pass in 10-15 seconds. His worst one was over the weekend, it lasted for over 2 minutes. He stopped breathing for 5 seconds then panted heavily for a few minutes following. After 5 minutes he was fine.
It's a horrible feeling not being able to help them while they are in that much distress. Our vet put him on Phenobarbitol but I think it's too strong, he is super lathargic, has no balance when he walks and won't jump on anything including his bed or go up his doggy ramp. He's not feeling tip-top at all and I am super worried there is something else wrong with him.
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No. They did a blood panel and said he was normal everything. We have called this morning to maybe bring him in to observe him for a few hours to see if these are side effects of the meds. He weighs 30lbs and is on 32.4mg of Phenobarb. Has your corgi had any more seizures?
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No she has been doing real good, acting like her old self. The vet did say once shes on the pills and they start slowly taking her off of them she may experience seizures again and then they will probably prescribe them from here on out.
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