A miniature pinscher having a petit mal seizure

Shelby is a nearly 5 year old miniature pinscher.Notice how arched her back is and the difficulty she has in walking. It may not be apparent but she is also shaking pretty badly. She will find her bed to lay down in and then, as sudden as the seizure began, it will end.

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Pets & Animals

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• dog
• miniature pinscher
• min pin
• petit mal seizure
• epilepsy

[spotteddawg1]

Thank you so much for posting this. My 6 yr old minpin just started having seizures. it was very scary & similar to how your dog looked. Our vet was pretty sure that it was seizures & after seeing this I'm convinced. We think this was the second time in 2 months & it takes some time for him to recover after an episode.

[reharden]

@spotteddawg1 You're very welcome. It's people like you who I was hoping to help. I hope your dog remains well and that he/she only has sporadic seizures which cause no harm.

[mpidgeon12]

thank you for posting this. my min-pin had a seizure today for the first time (that i am aware of) Suffering from seizures myself, i thought it may be a seizure. What happened was that i had accidentally startled him awake from a deep sleep, which i read can initiate a seizure...apparently certain breeding lines of min-pin are prone to this. It was almost exactly as the video you posted, only he was lying down on a bed and therefore couldn't get up. it seemed to end after a couple minutes.

[reharden]

@mpidgeon12 Glad it helped!

[vsnagpal]

Did your vet confirm this was a petit mal seizure? 

[reharden]

@vsnagpal Yes, it was my vet who confirmed it was petit mal seizure. I literally had NO idea what was wrong with her when I made the video. It was scary for me!

[reharden]

@Disneyprincess6 Did you literally not read anything on the description or the comments? By making the video, I helped her out in the biggest way possible: showing her vet. an example of the behavior.

[danjreed]

Thats good to hear!!!

[Yaajmoob]

thank you for sharing this my dog just had one she was only 2 years old... i was soo scared

[KatrinaDi]

@reharden Apparently, she can't read or write.

[saloponion]

Thanks for this - this is really helpful. My German Shepherd had something like this last night. It was mild but scary. It lasted for about 2 minutes. Then it finished and she was up and out the door as if nothing had happened!

[JimmyMd301]

MY Color headed white sheltie is having a few a week. The Dr's i took her to Mind you 4 Dr's. Said to lay her down on her side and Massage the muscles. They said it kinda like have a Charlie horse but in all four legs.

[ChrisinAtl1]

Thank you for posting this. I have a pug who has had seizures that look very similiar but my vet couldn't offer any help - I also took a video and he thought they were focal motor. She has them when she wakes up from a deep sleep....

[LadyeXo]

Thank you so much for posting this. My pit bull just displayed behaviors just like this. We live in the middle of no where, so we had to call a vet in the city. She (and a few other vets!) said not to worry about it. If something happens to him, there will be HELL to pay. I'm glad you posted this.

[Jessicanana89]

sadly, min pins are so terrible prone to seizures. :( Our just recently started taking medication for it. She wasn't having more than 1 every 4-5 months, but they were getting longer. Now she hasn't had a seizure since starting the meds, however the medication gives her an increased appetite. So she's been going through the trash when we're not home. Most recently, she went ripped open some of our Christmas presents looking for food. :(

[MsSinfull]

Thank you for recording that our mini pin has just been diagnosed with epilepsy. We woke up the other morning and he was acting weird like he couldn't move his back legs and he was looking around like he was scared to death. We thought he had ate some oleander leaves. I think he had the seizer in the night and we saw him after it was over it took a couple hours for him to start to act a little normal again. This video will help us to recognize when he is having one. Thank you