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Fits Hi, We have a terrier that suffers from these fits. The vet has looked at him and done all the tests and he is having seizures. We were given two options. One to put him on medication that would shorten his life expectancy or just leave him and work through the fits. We chose the second as we were advised that the fits we're not painful for him. The fits while scary for us last a shorter time now that the vet advised that what to do. When a fit comes on we sit with him on the cold kitchen floor with his stomach on the cold ground. We then use as damp wash cloth and rub him down in a stroking motion. You don't want to drowned the poor dog just get his temperature down. As the fit subsides we rub him off with a towel. The key is to remain calm and talk to the dog the entire time. Once he is clear of the fit we give him a bit of fuss and then he will normally sleep for a while. I don't know if this will help any of you but it has changed our dogs fits for the better they last a much sorter time and he comes out of it much quicker. |
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Need help fast if possible. New Years eve and no vet available. Chloe had what appeared to be a seizure, no vomit, just head shaking and then staring. Now head shaking and quite active but not normal at all. Head still moving abnormal. Anyone have any suggestions. Liver, kidney ?? I don't know what to look for or how to help. 3 yrs old, 3 lbs. Thank you |
First my sympathies for what you and your Yorkie are going through. We have a 4.5 lb yorkie pom cross that we rescued from her former owners. She had beed dropped/thrown at 6weeks. When we got her she was blind deaf and having many many siezures. The vet gave her medication to reduce the swelling of the brain and put her on Potassium Bromide to get the seisures under control. The swelling went down and she has most of her sight back, is still deaf and as far as we can tell she has been seizure free untill recently. The potassium bromide was discontinued after a year. But She has just recently had a couple of petite mal siesures. She was under a bit of stress with the addition of a dog we were house sitting. She suffered a loss of balance and focus and shaking for about a minute. We are watching her closely. We will be going to the vet soon but she has been good for a couple of weeks since The "guest" left. It brought back memories all the helplessness we went through when we first got Emmie! Our other 2 Yorkies were all over her checking her out when she recovered. Good luck to you and yours. It is a scary thing to go through! |
My wife and I have two yorkies, Cheyanne, an 8 year old female and Cody, a 6 year old male. Cody started having siezures when he was about 3 and was having them about very six weeks. We had him on phenobarbital for a couple of years, but stopped it when it was not helping and we feared hurting his liver. Last night, Cody had another seizure at 2 am. My wife had heard about placing an ice pack on his back so she tried it and the seizure stopped in less than a minute. We don't know any medical reference to this, but as it worked, we will continue to use this method to try and minimize the effects of the siezures. Typically, following the siezures Cody is himself within minutes. I see no side effects of the ice pack treatment and his normal behavior this morning seems to support this treatment. If anyone else has heard of this, I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks, Herbwd |
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