could my dog be having seizures?

Poms are noted for developing epilepsy which causes seizures. There are also other causes of seizures involving liver and kidney problems. I have never heard of a dog dying from an epileptic seizure. In fact, when my Pom was having seizures the vet waited for at least six months of me documenting behavior, length, frequency of the seizures before the seizures became more frequent before putting her on medication. They did do blood tests though to rule out in other causes that could be more life threatening. You are probably safe for 3 weeks, but I would feel better if you have the blood tests done first and at least discuss it with a vet.

I could positioned him at the med for at times you'll get a moment opinion. The blood checks performed will have to support resolve the limitation of any aspect results. My mother has seizures and lamentably remedy is the one factor that is helping her and so forth with epilepsy. Fortunately, your puppy is being prescribed one low priced and simply to be had drug and no longer part a dozen. Not to mention that there don't seem to be choice therapies that paintings or a minimum of support in a few instances. But, nearly all of the time, you're going to wish cure to manipulate seizures. It feels like you'll be doubtful he's having seizures. If that is the case, have one other dialog with the vet approximately what they appear love to be certain you are not needlessly medicating.

I've worked with dogs under the influence of anesthesia and they do the "bobble head" when having a seizure. It usually only lasts a few minutes, but again, it's more of a drug induced seizure. He definitely needs to see a vet to identify the underlying cause. If it's only 1 a month for a very short duration 3 weeks shouldn't hurt him.

Unfortunately, I've seen dozens upon dozens of dogs and cats who've never seen a vet and really, really needed to. Massive tumors, cysts, eyeballs popped semi out of their sockets, mange, etc are very common things to see if you know what neighborhoods to prowl through. Not only does your guy need to see a vet, but he probably needs his vaccinations. Did the previous owner even bother neutering them to prolong their life expectancy? Or did he get them from someone else and now you're their third (or fourth or fifth) owner? Whatever the answer, looks like they lucked out when you decided to take them on.

Yes, he's probably having seizures. Vets vary on when they like to put a dog on seizure medication. Some would put him on meds if he's having one a month, and others would wait until it's more frequent. He should probably have some bloodwork done, mostly to see if there's something else that could be causing them. There's not really much to do for them, but you can turn off the lights in the room where they are, and try to keep it darker and quiet until he recovers. It's not recommended that you move them or pick them up, because they can bite while they're seizing without knowing what they're doing.

if it is once a month the vet may not be doing too much, but blood work is a good idea, and you should video tape the next one for when you take him to the vet (very helpful to get the diagnosis).

With you going out of state you should have your dogs vaccinated and depending on where you are going you may need a health certificate (if you are going by plane it is required), I know pet friendly hotels do ask for your dogs to be current on vaccines. It would be a short trip to the vet to be honest with you.

well i never owned a dog that had seizures , but my friend had a dog that had seizures and he ended up getting surgery he was OK for a while but then the seizures came back the. The surgery was expensive like more than $1,000 but was unsuccessful. So the dog ended being put to sleep :(

It sounds as though your dog could have a seizure disorder. Some dogs get them as they get older, so the dog may not have had seizures with the previous owner. If there

You must get your vet to check him over, perhaps it is something treatable like Epilepsy? Also if the dog had been exercsing heavily then mabye something like a febrile convulsion?

my dog, rosie(beagle) has been having seizes for a long time. what happens is just a really deep breathing in, really hard, then sometimes she cant walk. three weeks shouldn't hurt. it took us longer than that to get rosie checked out and she stays at home and is just fine without medical attention. sorry to hear about your dogs, better luck!

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