Sadly I am new to this seizure forum, as our sweet 19 month old Oakley had a seizure last week, and it was the scariest thing we have ever gone through. It happened later in the evening, he was very restless for that time of day and then without any warning he vomited and defecated at the same time. We didn’t know what was going on so we moved him outside and that is when he became completely unresponsive to us and just layed on his side. At this point my husband was laying with him trying to get his attention and I was frantically calling our emergency animal hospital. We took him to the hospital and once we got there, Oakley started to come to a little bit, especially when new vet tech came in the room (much like all golden’s he can’t resist meeting new people). The doctor did blood work to narrow down what it wasn’t and 2 hours later he informed us that he believes Oakley had a seizure. Similar to everyone else, we were freaking out inside this is our first dog and now apparently he has seizures, scary. Luckily our vet was very nice and informative and provided us with canine seizure information to read. Of course we couldn’t resist googling it when we got home though. He hasn’t had another one since thank goodness but we are still on edge waiting to see if another one will happen.
What I am hoping to find out is I have been noticing on this forum that a lot of the dogs are older when they have their seizures, does anyone have any experience with a younger dog having a seizure and have they continued to be the same loving dog as they got older? Also if anyone can help us out with tips on what to do when or if the next one hits that would be great.
I am very grateful that this forum exists because there is a lot of information out there on this, and it provides a little piece of mind knowing that our family isn’t the only ones going through this, and that there is support for our golden’s.
What I am hoping to find out is I have been noticing on this forum that a lot of the dogs are older when they have their seizures, does anyone have any experience with a younger dog having a seizure and have they continued to be the same loving dog as they got older? Also if anyone can help us out with tips on what to do when or if the next one hits that would be great.
I am very grateful that this forum exists because there is a lot of information out there on this, and it provides a little piece of mind knowing that our family isn’t the only ones going through this, and that there is support for our golden’s.