QUOTE: The vets only comment was that he could be going into a deep sleep and then waking up fast but his heart can't catch up with the speed of waking and thus making him faint.
Thanks everyone. Yes the vet did say this to me although it wasn't something he thought, he asked another vet who specialises in heart problems in dogs etc and this is what he was told. I did think the same as you but as I'm not a vet did not want to question his knowledge. The other thing I did think might be a problem was that Yorkies do have rather large tongues and was wondering if he may be swallowing it during sleeping thus leading to him passing out. Just a thought, I don't want to put him throught further unnecessary tests as it is so infrequent but I would love to try and pin point whats happening to make this occur and maybe change things that might be a trigger for it. I did notice that when he had the last seizue he was very restless and wouldn't settle, shaking etc, I gave him some food and it seemed to do the trick, he settled and went to sleep, could he be suffering from hypoglycaemia or do dogs not suffer from such things. Either way it's a great help to hear all your thoughts on this as it might just throw some light on something I haven't thought about. Thanks everyone for their input it's very much appreciated. Lisa |