Grand Maul

[Clydesdalelover]

Hi all have posted this in general dog. Didn't see this area.

My dogs story.

I got miss m as a scared little dog, never been on a lead, let alone had a lot of love from humans.

She is now a great little dog who has a few issues, one being separation anxiety, can't be left alone for a long period.

Then last year she had this seizure, we took her to vet & talked of what she did. Two days later she had another. This time

We filmed her, showed it to vet who immediately said grand maul seizure, now vet did want to run numerous tests,

But it wasn't our normal vet, when we got to show our vet we use, he agreed with diagnosis, but thought doing tests would only

Upset miss m, and she isn't a young dog, we thought change in feed might help, as at time was being fed dry dog food, best brand one.

So we went all natural, meat, veggies, we thought it helped as we went from 3-5 a week to 1-2 a week. But recently we've gone to beginning.

When she has them her whole body is stiff, she can't stand, her eyes bulge, and no one is home ( unaware of surroundings) they can last up to 5 min.

Or as little as a couple of sec's.

Would like to hear from others who's dogs have g.m's

After these seizures she sleeps a lot. All day & night. I have to get her up to toilet,

Look forward to hear from you.

[Salukifan]

I'll ask again. Is she receiving medication for the seizures?

[SueM]

She needs to be medicated

[Dame Aussie]

I would be getting the tests done and trying medication, you can't just let her have seizures like that, it isn't fair on the dog.

Hearing other people's stories might give you a better understanding but it won't change anything, I think you need to see another vet asap.

[puglvr]

Yes I had a boy who had a brain injury as a 4 week old pup. At one he started having seizures. He was put on medication and the number and severity of the seizures decreased. The biggest thing with dogs having seizures is that it is very taxing on their bodies and also does more damage within their brains. Their internal tempreture can rise which is not a good thing especially for a pug. The big factor he is not the seizures you see but the ones you don't.

I do think your dog needs to be on medication. And a full blown Grand Mal seizure is a lot worse that what you are describing.

[Crisovar]

I'll ask again. Is she receiving medication for the seizures?

Post in General says they are not medicating the dog because they don't want the side effects.