Unbalanced cocker

[Honormum]

Our lab had a few epilepsy-type fits some years ago - usually after she'd got hyped up.
She'd start to stagger around like she was drunk, before semi-collapsing and sleeping it off. Afterwards, she'd be perfectly normal again.

Thankyou for replying! Did your lab stop them or has this continued? Did she ever have treatment or a diagnosis? X

We never had an official diagnosis - epilepsy was suggested, and we were given diazepam to give her when they happened. She probably had no more than 4 or 5 over the space of about 2 years, and nothing now for about 5 years (she's nearly 12).
It was mentioned that rawhide could be a contributing factor, so we stopped giving her anything containing it.

Very scary when it was happening, especially as we had a Springer at the time too - and she would get frightened and try to attack Bea mid-seizure.

[fenby]

Not quite the same but Harvey has ' fainted ' on me twice while I have been out walking him. Both times I was stood chatting to another dog owner when Harvey just collapsed, no warning at all just completely out of it although no fitting or foaming. Both times after a couple of mins he'd come round with his tail between his legs, then another minute back to normal as though nothing had happened. The vets did an ECG and bloods both normal - the last time was in March this year . I know how you feel to start with you are so worried it will happen again but to be honest I do forget about it. Hope she is okay.

[piph]

Not quite the same but Harvey has ' fainted ' on me twice while I have been out walking him. Both times I was stood chatting to another dog owner when Harvey just collapsed, no warning at all just completely out of it although no fitting or foaming. Both times after a couple of mins he'd come round with his tail between his legs, then another minute back to normal as though nothing had happened. The vets did an ECG and bloods both normal - the last time was in March this year . I know how you feel to start with you are so worried it will happen again but to be honest I do forget about it. Hope she is okay.

How strange!  I had no idea that dogs could faint!