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| My 6 y/o just had an episode of some sort... I was doing laundry when I heard his feet move real fast across the aluminum like he was excited about something: I look in the living room for him and he is flat to the ground and mean head flat between his front paws but upright. When I started to walk toward him he rolled onto his side and his eyes got wide and his front legs and neck got stiff and paws rose up above his head. I sat with him for a few minutes and rubbed him and he came out of it and is acting just fine and perky like normal now. What was that and do I need to be alarmed?! I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and never seen him do anything like this! Thank you all in advance! |
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| Sounds like a seizure of some sort. I would take him to the vet. |
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Location: Glendive Mt. | Yes it does sound like a seizure. Would defiantly make an appointment with a vet. |
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Location: Glendive Mt. | Yes it does sound like a seizure. Would defiantly make an appointment with a vet. |
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| I have a Boston that has seizures . Sure sounds like what he does. After he has them I get him to vet asap but we have been unable to find out what causes them. I live in a very rural area and without taking him several hours away to better diagnostic tools it's tough to pin point what the problem is. I did research on internet found out some dogs on purina feed have seizures? I took him off it & knock on wood so far so good. It's incredibly scary & helpless feeling when he has them.
Sorry for the book hope you find out what caused it. I've read that sometimes they grow out of them. Of course when you google you find scary things too! Keep us posted if you find anything out. |
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| Kgirl - 2016-10-27 8:35 PM
My 6 y/o just had an episode of some sort... I was doing laundry when I heard his feet move real fast across the aluminum like he was excited about something: I look in the living room for him and he is flat to the ground and mean head flat between his front paws but upright. When I started to walk toward him he rolled onto his side and his eyes got wide and his front legs and neck got stiff and paws rose up above his head. I sat with him for a few minutes and rubbed him and he came out of it and is acting just fine and perky like normal now. What was that and do I need to be alarmed?! I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and never seen him do anything like this! Thank you all in advance!
Aussies are known to have seizures. I would suggest taking him to your vet. Unless he has gotten in to something that could cause a seizure, it is most likely hereditary. Been there, felt your pain. It is awful to watch your loved pet have a seizure.
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | When is the last time you wormed him? Heart worms etc ?
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | okhorselover - 2016-10-28 8:49 PM Kgirl - 2016-10-27 8:35 PM My 6 y/o just had an episode of some sort... I was doing laundry when I heard his feet move real fast across the aluminum like he was excited about something: I look in the living room for him and he is flat to the ground and mean head flat between his front paws but upright. When I started to walk toward him he rolled onto his side and his eyes got wide and his front legs and neck got stiff and paws rose up above his head. I sat with him for a few minutes and rubbed him and he came out of it and is acting just fine and perky like normal now. What was that and do I need to be alarmed?! I've had him since he was 6 weeks old and never seen him do anything like this! Thank you all in advance! Aussies are known to have seizures. I would suggest taking him to your vet. Unless he has gotten in to something that could cause a seizure, it is most likely hereditary. Been there, felt your pain. It is awful to watch your loved pet have a seizure.
i have had 2 aussies for many years now, my dad and his wife have raised them for years as well as a good friend of mine and i have never had any of mine or heard of any seizures at all..wierd
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| Seizure. I have a mini that will lose the use of his back legs, stays fully alert, it only lasts for a few minutes. Vet said it was seizures, they are so infrequent that I choose not to medicate him. |
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Location: Montana | We had a Boston that would have seizures, and it sounds some what similar, but different. Ours would tip over and her legs would act like they were running (but she would be on her side) and then she would get up and be fine. It didn't happen until she got older though (like in her teens). |
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  Ms. Marine
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Location: Texas | Sounds like a seizure. Poor baby... |
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Location: The South | My 5 year old Aussie/Corgi mix just started having seizures this Spring. So awful to watch. He has a tic where it looks like he's biting at his side then he falls down and looks like he's running on his side. He is really unsteady when he comes out of it and he doesn't recognize me, he'll growl at me or try to get away. We started him on medicine and it has helped thankfully.
One thing I read was that food with rosemary in it can cause seizures. I hope it was just a one time thing for you! |
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Location: TEXAS | Seizures present themselves very differently in every dog... Some can be very minimal and some very exaggerated and scary. I just lost a border collie that we noticed seizures from the day after I got him at 6 weeks old. His was like he had a neurological issue, he stayed upright but while walking each leg or step was like being drunk... We didn't see one again for many years, then he would have just a few a year that we witnessed (there may have been many we did not). In his last 2 years we never saw any (I just had to put him to sleep at age 14 because he had a mass in his belly)... The best diagnosis is if you can get to vet while he's having a seizure... Testing on a dog that's not having a seizure is throwing away your money... The results would be inconclusive... Then again maybe it wasn't a seizure could be a mass, got into rat poison or some kind of other imbalance. I hope you can find the answers. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | The day you wrote this my little dog I thought suffered a seizure. It is horrible to see the after affects. I had him in twice since the episode, they thought it was caused by pancreasitis. However his blood tests came back that he has 2 tick diseases, one lyme the other one a word I can't remember. Starting him on Doxi hoping it helps and hoping no more seizures. |
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| Update: my Aussie has been his normal shoe active self since! Hasn't shown any more signs or issues and he's even been in some stressful situations like the groomer! Lol. I talked to my vet and e decided to wait and see if we have another episode before doing any testing because like the other poster said it is hard to pin point unless they are doing it at the time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it was just a pinched nerve because it only affects his front end stiffening. His rear end was relaxed. And he just locked up no shaking or foaming at the mouth. He also was completely aware.
Thank you all for your responses and assurance that he will live many more years even if he does have epilepsy! I just lost my first original dog 3 months ago and don't think I could handle loosing another so soon. |
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Location: MN | rodeomom3 - 2016-10-28 1:16 PM Seizure. I have a mini that will lose the use of his back legs, stays fully alert, it only lasts for a few minutes. Vet said it was seizures, they are so infrequent that I choose not to medicate him.
My standard does something like this too. She will just flop over and be fully aware, but cant move. A couple minutes pass and shes back to chasing things. You can tell it really scars her though. Out of all of the Aussies I've ever owned, shes the only one that has ever shown signs of having a seizure. |
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Location: Arkansas | Kgirl - 2016-11-03 11:32 AM
Update: my Aussie has been his normal shoe active self since! Hasn't shown any more signs or issues and he's even been in some stressful situations like the groomer! Lol. I talked to my vet and e decided to wait and see if we have another episode before doing any testing because like the other poster said it is hard to pin point unless they are doing it at the time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it was just a pinched nerve because it only affects his front end stiffening. His rear end was relaxed. And he just locked up no shaking or foaming at the mouth. He also was completely aware.
Thank you all for your responses and assurance that he will live many more years even if he does have epilepsy! I just lost my first original dog 3 months ago and don't think I could handle loosing another so soon.
Sending good, uplifting thoughts all will be normal from here on out  |
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Location: Kansas | Gone now for many years but our little Aussie, Pepper, suffered a seizure. It was around Christmas and we were feeding her chocolate not knowing that's a no-no. Vet wised us up. Be careful what you feed your dog. |
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