seizure activity

[Guest Anonymous]

I have a lab that is 1 1/2 years old. A week ago she had intermittent episodes of her body jerking. I took her to the ER and they found nothing and she had stopped by the time I got there. All tests came out negative.
She never lost consciousness, was well aware of us and responded to commands. Her legs would jerk all at once and then stop. She also did some panting during this time. Episode lasted about 20 minutes. After the episode she was very normal, played, ate her food, etc. I am puzzled and am ready to see at neurologist. Anyone experience this before.

I hope someone can give me hope, am scared I will loose her.

[mouseatthebusstop]

you need Horsefeathers she was fostering a poodle who was having seizeures

[Guest Anonymous]

I guess I don't know what you are talking about

[courtnek]

I am sorry for this. Seizures like this can be anything, epilepsy comes to mind. How did they test her? The only real tests for epilepsy are neurological. It sounds like an epileptic attack, especially since she had stopped by the time you got her to the vet. Only neurological testing will tell for sure, and there are drugs that can be administered, along with training, to slow down and stop the seizures. I wil tell you what I know about epilepsy, but you need to have a neurologist confirm what I say.
PLEASE DONT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!!!!

Epilepsy is caused by a problem in the brain. Our brains diagnose and confirm everything that is sent to it by sight, sound and smell. Epileptics seem to have an issue with the sight and sound part. Their brains dont
diagnose and process the info correctly, and that causes the seizures.
The brain does not know how to react to certain stimuli, because
of problems with some nerve endings, and they end up basically in "panic mode"... the brain doesnt know how to interpret the signals, and it goes into "shutdown" causing the seizures. The best example I can quote is a man, perfectly normal otherwise, who started to have epileptic seizures on the bus, on the way to work. It was a new job, and a route he had never taken before. After much work with his neurologist and docotr, it was discovered that on this bus ride, they passed a bunch of houses with
white picket fences. His mind could not deal with the continual "flashing"
caused by the ride and the fences. Kinda like "white line" hypnosis
on the highway... (caused by the whte lane lines flashing as you drive)

They had him change his route, so that he would not ride past the fences, and his epileptic seizures stopped....

if he is proven to have epilepsy, you may just need to change what he sees day to day...and there are medications for it too...

Do not take this as a diagnosis. Your dog needs to see a neurologist.