re: Dog just had a seizure

Jab gets another one.

No. Mine has seizures all the time just comfort them and that’s that. Nothing you can do about it. My dog is 13 years old and gets them randomly for years.

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Not really sure what to do. My standard poodle just had a seizure. Lasted 2-3 minutes, and she's back to herself, albeit very tired it seems. But it's also 2 in the morning....My husband is out of town for work, and the little one is sleeping. Does she need to see a vet tonight? Or can it wait until the morning?

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Vet will tell you to monitor for any additional episodes and that's about it until the next one occurs. If you don't have pet insurance, I recommend investing in that now, before you have to involve the vet (because then it won't be covered). If it happens again, you're likely looking at lifelong medication with phenobarbitol and periodic blood tests to ensure proper levels of the drug in the dog's system. Unfortunately, the stinking pet doses of phenobarbitol are not particularly cheap and can run you upwards of $50+ a month. GoodRX and SingleCare will get you down around the $15-18 mark most of the time, though.

My dog started having seizures at 3 years old, vet put her on phenobarbital. She lived to 16 years old.


Now once on phenobarbital, she will need to stay on it. During Katrina I didn't have her meds, she had a seizure that she didn't come out of. They had to give her a injection of Valium, to get her out of it.

Getting phenobarbital from the vet can be expensive, it is cheaper if you get it from Walgreen/CVS. Your vet can send the scrip to them.

I have actually heard this is very common with Poodles. My little dog (Chihuahua) gets them from time to time. It sucks during the event... she is lethargic for a few hours after and then she is back to normal and being a crazy dog

I found this out through Google this morning. Who knew? She was an unexpected rescue, so we didn't research poodles before hand. Poor girl was so scared.

We had a young (approximately) 2 year old beagle start having seizures out of the blue. They were frequent (like every hour, even multiple an hour). It was scary and heartbreaking.

She had an autoimmune meningitis, confirmed by a $2500 (ugh!) spinal tap.(Google beagle pain syndrome, although common in beagles it can happen in any breed).

After steroids, anti seizure meds, and another medication to deal with autoimmune responses, she’s all healthy. She got better in about 2 weeks, but had to stay on the meds for about 6 months to prevent relapse. That was about a year ago. She’s all good now, although there is a chance she can relapse in her lifetime.

All that to say, if the seizures become more frequent, there may be something worse going on. Quick thinking by the vet to put our dog on steroids (even before confirmation of suspected meningitis via spinal tap) likely saved her life.

It’s most likely just normal seizures like all prior posts have said and seizure meds can help your pup live a normal life. But watch your baby closely and make sure he/she doesn’t appear to be in pain and/or having very frequent seizures.

Best of luck with your dog.

Punkin, what kind of heartworm preventative do you give your dog? Our big lab had one mild seizure and it followed us giving him Simparica.

From: LINK / (just one of many reports you can find)

"Simparica, Nexgard, Bravecto and Credelio are all drugs in the isoxazoline class. They attack the neurological systems of biting fleas and tickets, killing them. While sales have skyrocketed over the last five years they’ve been on the market, information about some troubling side effects is coming to light."

We have a dog had them all the time. Finally got to point we had to put her on meds. She will be fine keep a eye on her. Probably not bad idea check sugar if first time she has had one. Good luck!