Ever seen or heard of this?

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh no. Zoee has seizures and they are very stressful for her and me. Although she never had the eye issue. She will shake, her heart will beat super fast and hard, she pants and drools buckets, tries to climb walls and spaces out. The last couple she developed a head tick. Luckily it doesn't happen often enough to require meds (usually about 6 months between...so one is due in the next month).
Your vet might suggest to put him on meds, but I won't do that with Zoee unless they become more severe or more often.

I hope his do not get worse. Poor Eli!!

[Seravieve]

Wow.. It sounds like Zoee's are much worse. Glad she doesnt have them very often. It's so hard to watch something happen like that and be so helpless! It makes me so nervous.. I just lay in bed with a million thoughts running through my brain. I feel for you and Zoee.

Well I called the vet (I've known her for 16 years so I trust her) and she thinks its not a seizure. She thinks it a severe muscle spasm, especially since he seems to be coherent. When it happens, and I talk to him, he'll turn his head in my direction. She says that during a seizure they're unresponsive. And with his known back/spine issues, it is more plausible to be spasms. So I get to just mark it on my calendar and keep a record. If it gets worse, obviously, we'll take him in for testing and whatnot.

I really appreciate PT at times like these.. where we're able to bounce ideas off each other and also support one another. =)

[Taz_Zoee]

Yeah, I was thinking if Eli's was a seizure its a VERY mild one. Your vet is right, they are unresponsive. She just stares into space. Sometimes it's like she tries to look at me but cant.
Well, I do hope its not seizures for Eli. A muscle spasm would be easier to correct.

Does the episode last long enough that you could take him to the vet for them to see? OR I took a video so the doctor could see exactly what she was doing. They said that was very helpful, because by the time we got to the vet she wasn't as bad.

Good luck, I hope this can be an easy fix for Mr Eli.

[Seravieve]

Taking a video is a great idea! I will try to do that if it happens again. I tend to get real upset when it happens.. now that I know more about whats going on maybe I wont lose it!

It only lasts for a minute or two.. so no, I couldnt even get him in the car before it was over..

Thank you for your help! =)

[Taz_Zoee]

You're welcome. Just keep your camera by your side at all times so you won't miss it.

Good luck and give Eli some hugs for me.

[Medusa]

Goodness, that sounds scary! I don't usually go to the Dog side much so I feel the need to reply. If it does turn out to be seizures, your dog can live a long life. My RB peke-a-poo Charmin had grand mal seizures shortly after she delivered her first and only litter. She was on meds and lived to be 18 1/2 and it was a quality life so take heart. Keep the faythe.

[Seravieve]

Awww thanks for the encouragement! If the episodes do get closer together and happen more often we will be doing some testing for seizures.