Dog having seizure of some kind - please help?

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Last night my partner took our 12 - 13 year old beagle bitch for a walk along the canal. Prior to this she had been sick and brought her tea back. As she ran along the canal she keeled over onto her side and was 'paddling' with her legs. Colin ran over to her and picked her up and took her home and she was very quiet in his arms. When he got home he put her on the floor and she was okay, a bit stiff on her back legs and lethargic. She was sick in the night again, and wee'd a bit also (she never does this).

This morning he gave her a little bit of cooked plain fish which she wolfed down.

Does it sound like she's had a seizure of some kind to you guys?
What would you do to prevent it happening again (if possible)?

She is very overweight, an extremely good 'doer' as you would say in the horse world. Could this contribute to her having a fit/stroke.

Weirdly a friends dog went off his back legs and was completely paralysed for about an hour prior. The two dogs haven't met, just one hell of a coincidence maybe but strange all the same.
 
Sounds like a fit which I believe is unusual in an older dog that has no prior history of fitting. Would be an idea to get her check by a vet as if a fit there is likely to be an underlying cause e.g.brain tumor.
 
A similar thing happened to my old bitch. Vet said it was a 'vestibular episode'. there was no treatment & she improved to a degree, I kept her going for a further 5 months before she was pts at 13 when she became to distressed following a 'fit'. Imo you should see your vet for a diagnosis of the fit then find out what you can do to help the dog. hope it goes well for you.
 
We had a labrador that did that from time to time, they started when he was about six years old and he had around 6 over the next 8 years. We could never say what caused them or when he would have them but it was scary at the time. We would just sit with him stroking his head, on one occasion he had a full blown siezure. We took him to the vet after the first one and the vet said it was called petty mal (excuse the spelling) he was never put on any medication as he did not have them often enough.

We were told by the vet to keep him quite and not walk him after he had had one as the muscles go tight and stiff and rest was the best thing to do. We did walk him the next day as normal.

He passed away in January due to arthuritus it was one of the hardest decisions we had to make, as he was still eating and wagging his tail even at the end (well he was a Lab!), he was 14.5, and I miss him.

I would take your beagle to the vets if he is not acting normal or eating as he should be just for your own peace of mind.
 
Not sure it was quite the same, our old collie, she was 15 had a few turnes, she seemed to look upwards, collapse,went stiff, legs would go as if running, over quickly, the last one she had she also wet herself, she passed away the following day, our vet, also a friend said it was her heart.
 
Our old Patterdale bitch suffered a few on these in her final year with us. She was fine in between and she had them several weeks apart. they didn't last for long, but she was disorientated afterward and we put her in her bed and reassured her. She recovered fine from each one. I understood it to be part of the aging process. She was nearly 16 years old.
 
Hi my dog has fits occasionally and usually its if he has a temp or if hes been in the river and its very cold and shocks him a bit. my vet said they wouldnt bother investigating unless he had them a lot .hes had them from a youngster and is only 8 now but has only maybe had a dozen all together
 
Thanks for all your help. She has been fine over the weekend, so we are keeping an eye on her, should she have another one we will take her to the vets, still paying off some of the £1800 vets bill outstanding from her allergic rhinnitis tests from months ago! :(
 
One of my springers had fits. They were always worse in the summer when I was hot. I clipped him to help cool him down.

If he was in the field with us he would take himself down to the water trough and jump in or at home we would put the hose pipe on him.

If he was anywhere where he cold hurt himself we wold get hold of his collar and move him to somewhere safe. It has been known to pull him out of the Land Rover so he would not hurt himself.

He finally was PTS at the age of 9 after spending the day in the vets and being put under sedation to see if we could bring him out of a fit.

My vet and I believe he had a tumour on his "Hypothalamus" this controls the body temperature hence the over heating he suffered

He use to bang his head against things as if he had a head ache.

Try to reduce his exercise during this ho weather and only walk him in the cool of the day, this may help.
 
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