I should start out by saying, if you haven’t read the “what this blog is about” post. My Siberian Husky, Loki, has frequent seizures. Actually the night before I typed this he had two about five hours apart from each other .

They can be scary at first. One minute he is sleeping, then the next he is tensed up in a ball or flailing his legs and drooling. They have lasted anywhere from under a minute to four minutes . Each time is a little different but knowing what is happening is half the battle.

The steps that I personally take when Loki has a seizure are as follows:

1. Move anything away that I can, then position myself against him so he doesn’t move/push into or off of anything and put a towel under his head. During a seizure dogs are not in pain even though they may look or sound like it but they can be if they hit into something.
2. Check the time. The most important thing to do it is to keep a log of when they happen and how long they last.
3. Comfort him by softly petting him and talking to him. This is a scary time for them because they have no way to understand why they can’t move correctly.
4. Stay with him till he is able to get up on his own, then make sure that he gets a drink. Dogs can over heat if the seizure last more than a few minutes.

Please understand that I am in no way a vet, and if this should happen to your pet please do contact your vet as soon as possible with the time you logged.

A lot of people don’t realize that dogs, just like humans, can and do have health issues such as strokes, allergies, diabetes, anxiety, depression and much more.