We have an 8 year old poodle that is one of my husbands service dogs. He has seizures every great once in a while. right now he is just getting over a "mild" one. I feel so helpless as there isn't anything that we can do for him during one. It just breaks my heart to see him flopping around and stiffening up and drooling. :( Dang it I just want to cry. I know that he sees and hears nothing during the seizures as that is what the vet has told us. He isn't on any medications for them as he only has them 3 or 4 times a year. The vet says that they are probably caused by inbreeding way back when.
My husband turns into a nervous wreck when he has the seizures. All we can do is talk calmly to him and make sure that there is nothing around him that he can get hurt on.
Does anyone else have a pet that has seizures and what do you do when they are having one?

It is tough to watch them go through something like that. I had a black lab that had seizures also. The first time it happened my husband was in tears (manly tears that he tried to hide) he was so shook up. She only had 2 or 3 a year so we didn't have her on any medication either. I like to think it really helped her if we stayed near and held her or petted her and talked to her in a calm voice. I know it helped me to feel better. She seemed to shake them off pretty quick...I would still be upset and she would be running around with her goofy grin wanting to play. Stay strong for her. I really think they are tougher on the people around the seizure than they are on the one having the seizure.....of course I have never had one so I could be WAY off base. I'll keep you in my thoughts.
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Julie

My mom and brother both got dogs from the same people and liter. They have them all the time. They each hold their fur babies and just pet them gently when they have them.

Hugs to both of you, hope your poodle gets well soon

Thanks you guys. It is tough. Whats sad is there is no warning it is going to happen it JUST HAPPENS. My husband was sitting on the couch and so was the dog and my husband at first thought he was chewing on something and checked him and found him seizing. Hes okay now...its almost as if NOTHING happened. LOL.

Our precious doxie, Joey, has seizures. He gets such a confused look on his face. I just hold him tight and whisper to him to let him know I'm there. He is on a very low dose of phenobarbatol. It's so low that it barely shows up in blood tests, but it's enough to reduce the seizures. Our vet told us that the seizure doesn't do any damage to him. But, every seizure he has makes him more prone to have more.

Oh the poor baby! I'd be a wreck too!!! And my poor friend! Sending u a hug!! Take a deep breath ! Give DH a hug too!

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I do hope that you have let the breeders know about this, so they can sterilize both parents and not use them as breeders again. And I'd let others know to avoid these parents...If your Mom and brother have papers, then you can easily find the parents' names.

Our mini poodle had just one a few years ago while staying with my DD. Scared her but she just sat on the floor with him and kept petting him. She called the vet and she told her that poodles are prone to them and to keep little packets of honey handy and if it happens again put just a little on his tongue and it helps ease them. He's never had another one so don't know if it really works or not. It is hard when something like this happens. They're our kids and there's nothing we can do to help or make it go away.

I have a 10 yr old chocolate lab that has had them since he was 6 months old. The first time I thought he was having a heart attack. He knows when it is coming on and he will come to me with this look in his eyes and we sit on the floor and I hold his head and talk to him until it is over. He seems to act like the room is spinning so I cover his eyes with my hand and hold his head tight. Everything I have read about them say they are mostly caused by excitment but, Max 's can happen in the middle of the night.