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09-18-2006, 09:34 AM | #1 |
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| How can you tell a seizure from a dream? My 2 1/2 year old male Yorkie mix sometimes makes barking or yipping noises at night and moves his legs. We thought he was having dreams. My husband read an article about some dogs having night seizures and he thinks Teddy might be having seizures instead of dreams. How do you tell? It only happens occasionally and always when he is sleeping at night. |
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09-18-2006, 09:44 AM | #2 |
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| I am sure your baby is just dreaming. I wouldn't worry about that another minute if I were you . Mine do it alot too and I can assure you they are not siezing. |
09-18-2006, 09:45 AM | #3 |
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| All of mine have always done that. It's normal. I always jokingly said they were chasing rabbits in their sleep.
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09-18-2006, 10:31 AM | #4 |
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| you would no if they were having a fit, they wake and open there eyes when having a fit while asleep, my sasha would have most of her fits while she was asleep, trust me yours is having a dream.
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09-18-2006, 10:52 AM | #5 |
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| Thank you for your responses. Now I am sure he is just dreaming. I am so relieved. My husband is kind of an alarmist and sometimes he gets me to worrying when I shouldn't. No kidding, I am no longer going to worry about this. Thanks again. |
09-18-2006, 10:58 AM | #6 |
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| I have a 13 yeard old male that has had seizures off and on for the past 6 years. They are not frequent enough to warrant medication, however I did have to take him to the emergency vet once because he had 3 or 4 in a row in the same day. I always thought stressful situations brought on Cid's seizures but once he started to have them during the middle of the night I realized this was not the case. Cid seems to know when one is about to come on because he sticks to me like glue or severals times he has been trying to get to me before the seizure started happening. Sometimes I would be washing dishes and would feel his soft fur on my leg and I would look down and he would be in the begininning part of his seizure. I worry that he has them when I am at work but I have a feeling if he does my other "biggie" Yorkie, Scooter offers the calm comfort he needs to bring him out of the seizure. Sometimes when I come home from work, Cid's face will be all licked up, you know, hair sticking out everywhere on his face and i wonder if it was because Scooter is kissing Cid while a seizure is happening trying to calm Cid out of his seizure. I think the seizures are alot worse looking that they actually are, per the vet anyway. Cid looses his motor functions, his legs will buckle from under him and he will get a "fixed" stare along with some drooling. Usually it takes about 3-5 min to get him to come out of a seizure and afterwards he seems to be exhausted. |
09-18-2006, 11:08 AM | #7 |
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| Cidney, do you know what caused the seizures to start at age 7? Is it something genetic? I'm glad he has Scooter to look after him when you are not home. (I love that name, Scooter!) |
09-18-2006, 11:24 AM | #8 |
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| I am not sure what causes or brings on Cid's seizures. As I mentioned before, I thought it was stressful situations that brought them on but I guess thats not the case. I have asked the vet and he said its like something in the brain that is mis-firing or not making a connection, kind of like short in the wiring so to speak. I also wondered if the seizures would be causing brain damage and the vet told me as long as he comes out of them within a few min's he will be OK. Cid has what is called Petite Mal Seizures which are on the low end of the scale compared to dogs who have Grand Mal Seizures and from what I have read about those, they can be pretty scary to the point where one might think their dog has actually died. The vet did give me the option to put Cid on medication to prevent them but since he doesnt have them real frequent I have decided to hold off unless they become more frequent or more sever. The reason I have opted to hold off on meds is because he would have to take a pill every day for life and will wait until I really have to go that route. |
09-18-2006, 11:34 AM | #9 |
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| I wouldn't want to put him on meds, either, if I didn't have to. I'm sure he does know before they happen, though.
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