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I have watched my Lab get cramps in her back leg. Took her into the vet at the start of them and she gave us a prescription of some sorta muscle relaxer. I read up on it and it would cause more damage than good. So we took it back. The cramps would come about every six to eight weeks. Well last night it was different. She was outside with me and running, retrieving and just having fun. Came in ate supper and about 8 oclock she came up to me, licked my hand and layed down. I have never seen anything like it.. she went in and out of reality, got up once and ran a circle layed down, went blind and couldn't hear us, then started wagging her tail. She even got up, and I let her outside , did her business , came inside and went thru it again for about another 20 min. All in all it was 1 hour 15 min. Then she stood up, shook her head and went in and ate some food. She goes to another vet tomorrow. Something isn't right and I think it could have epilepsy. Damn first vet should have known that.
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My Bea-Jay had mild seizures (of some kind) where he would just start jerking all over..
They would last a few minutes or more.
He had one the morning before Ozma took him to the vet...
Where he 'arrested' and believed to be from a severe seizure at the vet.
We don't know if it was neurological, food related, or some sort of poisoning.
We did eventually have to put her down after she had a seizure and became partially paralyzed after falling down a set of stairs.
That was almost 40 years ago, I'm sure advances have been made since then.
Seizures usually sort of started at the tip of her tail and worked forward, then ended just the opposite. She was sometimes frightened by what was happening and the best treatment we could give was to be by her side gently holding her and telling her that everything would be OK in a few minutes.
The worst episodes were in the twenty minute range. Usually she emerged just a bit tired. I wish we could have said the same. We did notice that as she advanced in age the seizures became less severe and more infrequent.
I lost Jennifer in 1989. She was thirteen and suffered from kidney failure. And now I must quit as the tears begin and I can no longer see the keyboard.
Good luck.
I hope it turns out well for you.............You will know when its time. Prayers sent your way.
They will probably put her on phenobarbital or some other anti-seizure meds and it will make her a zombie.
My Golden started having seizures when she was about 10. She did not last long after that. My 2 younger Golden's would come get me when she was getting ready to seize. It was weird they knew, they would lead me to the older dog and stand there with a look on their face, do something Dad..............It was heart breaking. Even to a Ranger with 6 combat tours.[V] I just held her and put a toy in her mouth so she would not bite her toung. When it was over we would both be smoked.
I hope it turns out well for you.............You will know when its time. Prayers sent your way.
They will probably put her on phenobarbital or some other anti-seizure meds and it will make her a zombie.
I have a friend that gets seizures all the time She has a golden as a service dog to alert her when its going to happen
When PeeWee has a seizure he will fall down and stiffen up. If they last more than a few seconds we have to shoot him up with Valum.
She needs a thorough physical and neurological exam with blood work. They can be caused by many things. good luck
From what I have read online you are right on.
I've had three dogs that would get periodic seizures, I call them stiff seizures, they go rigid and freeze. They'd kind of remind me of stuffed toys when it happened. The cause for all three was eating Walnut husks and one from eating a whole bunch of grapes. Their body chemistry gets messed up and the Kidneys can't keep up with it. Only once did it get bad and lasted for hours with one dog. Some intravenous fluids and he was good quick.
A neighbors dog had Borreliosis, she would seize mildly, had trouble with her back and was wobbly in her rear hind quarters. I'm guessing nerve damage inher spin someplace from the infection.
Had one female Shepard with hip dysplasia, I think her back was also involved. She'd get bad nerve pain and get shocky from it. Dogs can take a lot more pain than people can, but they can go into shock if it gets really bad.
Our previous one was Buster and he would just get glassy eyed and stiffen up for a few minutes then come out of it, the whole thing may only last 20 minutes. He died from liver failure which is a complication from seizures.
After Tour of Duty one Sat.night we got to rough housin' w/Jasper in the house. When he got a little too rough we'd send him off to cool down and all of a sudden he just dropped and spazzed out on the floor.
They got him to the vet within the week and Jasper was Diagnosed w/ epilepsy.
LOved that dog and he'd only let me give him his meds.
His owners would try to mix them in wet and dry foods, hotdogs, hamburger, cheeses, etc and that Jasper would always eat around the meds or not touch the snack at all.
I heard Jasper was put down several years back as finances and costs exceded the owners abilty to keep up his care.
RIP Jasper.
Her descendants live with me still but none will ever take her place in my world. I still grieve over her when I visit her grave or think about her.