My dog Snoopy started having seizures when he was 2 years old. When they come like your puppy's did it is caused a cluster. Because he did have so many within the 24 hours, they will most likely start him on phenabarbital. Finding out what exactly is causing them is very difficult and can be very expensive. Even if they do a lot of testing they cannot always find an answer. For some dogs you can often find a trigger - a certain type of food, treat, a change in normal schedule. We never found one for Snoopy.

Snoopy did well for the first couple of years on the phenabarbital. But even taking it he would occasionally have a seizure - in the beginning he would even go 4 or 5 months without another seizure. Then they would start clustering again and we would have to increase the phenabarbital (which I am not spelling right). About 2 years after his first one they had to add potassium bromide. Lots of dogs live long relatively long normal lives with seizures.

The most important thing for you is to remain calm when he is having them. Do not try to put your hands anywhere near his mouth. His jaws will lock and he cannot open them so if your hand is in there, you will be hurting. I always petted Snoopy and talked calmly to him. It always seemed to help him. When he came out of the seizure he would be disoriented and would run into walls, furniture, etc. And he would be very agitated. We were also given Valium so if he started having them, we could give it to him and hopefully stop any further seizures.

Snoopy mostly had grand mal seizures. Which means he lost all control of his bodily functions. He would pee, poop and drool. As Taz_Zoe said there are different levels depending on what happens during the seizures. A friends dog would just stop and stare and not know what was going on around him. Another friends dog just had a seizure every 4 or 5 months so they didn't do anything. Sometimes it is easier putting up with the seizures than the side effects of the drugs.

PM me or post more and I will tell you what I can. Diana