What are the symptoms of epilepsy in dogs?

February 24th, 2010 | by admin |

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone that has epilepsy in dogs could let me know if my dog has it.

It was in the middle of the night, my dog awoke to crawl under the covers and when doing it I heard almost like a cough. Then he just fell motionless and like dead weight. It was like he had died. It took about 5-10 sec before he awoke and was like nothing had happened. I am wondering if your dog has ever experienced this and would like to let me know. He is currently 9 months old.
He is a Chinese Crested

The one more major symptom would be seizures. Seizures can manifest in different ways, from looking dazed and confused, to a huge grand mall seizure where they flop around uncontrollably. If he did just "fall unconscious" I would have him checked out, though he might have just been sleeping. Keep a good eye on him. Watch him through the day, if he has bouts of confusion, staring, or his eyes start shaking or wiggling back and forth and he seems dazed. He could be having a series of very small seizures, and that can be controlled pretty well with medications.

TOO ADD: Is he a little dog breed? like a tiny one? Chi or Poodle or something? The coughing and collapsing can be caused by a genetic condition called Collapsed Trachea, which is a common ailment, its usually not severe to cause too many problems but some may have it so bad that it cuts of oxygen for a short time and he might have just, as you said, have passed out for a short time because of it. Either way its time for a good check up. Insist that they look him over thoroughly.

  1. 5 Responses to “What are the symptoms of epilepsy in dogs?”

  2. By KoAussie on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply

    That doesn’t sound like epilepsy or even a seizure. I would certainly take your dog to the vet and have a complete work-up done, checking the heart for murmurs in particular.
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  3. By I Love My Pets on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply

    The one more major symptom would be seizures. Seizures can manifest in different ways, from looking dazed and confused, to a huge grand mall seizure where they flop around uncontrollably. If he did just "fall unconscious" I would have him checked out, though he might have just been sleeping. Keep a good eye on him. Watch him through the day, if he has bouts of confusion, staring, or his eyes start shaking or wiggling back and forth and he seems dazed. He could be having a series of very small seizures, and that can be controlled pretty well with medications.

    TOO ADD: Is he a little dog breed? like a tiny one? Chi or Poodle or something? The coughing and collapsing can be caused by a genetic condition called Collapsed Trachea, which is a common ailment, its usually not severe to cause too many problems but some may have it so bad that it cuts of oxygen for a short time and he might have just, as you said, have passed out for a short time because of it. Either way its time for a good check up. Insist that they look him over thoroughly.
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    9 years as Shelter manager, wildlife rehaber, raising orphaned animals, investigator for animal abuse\neglect and years of owning,training, breeding many types of Animals

  4. By Hitesh C on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply

    e one more major symptom would be seizures. Seizures can manifest in different ways, from looking dazed and confused, to a huge grand mall seizure where they flop around uncontrollably. If he did just "fall unconscious" I would have him checked out, though he might have just been sleeping. Keep a good eye on him. Watch him through the day, if he has bouts of confusion, staring, or his eyes start shaking or wiggling back and forth and he seems dazed. He could be having a series of very small seizures, and that can be controlled pretty well with medications.

    TOO ADD: Is he a little dog breed? like a tiny one? Chi or Poodle or something? The coughing and colla
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  5. By ren on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply

    I had a friend who had a dog with epilepsy, and when he had an episode he would shake , its eyes rolled back in ist head and he would salivated and drool really bad. I don’t think ur dog has epilepsy, I would definitely take him to the vet or call ur vet to see what he has o say.

    good luck and I hope there is nothing serious with ur dog
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  6. By beauty on Feb 25, 2010 | Reply

    Hi,

    Epilepsy is one of a variety of seizure disorders. Fall on her side, legs stretched straight and rigid are just a few signs of this seizure. For more info about epilepsy, check out this site:

    http://dogtime.com/epilepsy.html
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    dogtime.com

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