Weird shaking

[frapachinocrazy4]

The other day, I think it was june 4th, my friends dushshund started shaking very strangly. We assumed it may have been a post seizure symptom, and we'd seen seizures before in her other dog, a sheltie/shepard mix. Another thing we guessed is that maybe he was cold or something, because he always shakes just a little but we always guessed it was just to make us feel sorry for him.
Now during this episode, his was laying on his side and his head was curled a bit, along with his tail, so they were almost touching. It lasted maybe a minute or more and he didnt seem to respond to us. It was like he seemed scared himself and couldnt stop shaking. he'd done it before, but the family felt it was just him being weird. I'm not so sure and neither is my friend.
Afterward, we thought he'd finished, but he acted very out of it, much like a seizure patient would, and wobbled a bit on his feet. He also yelps sometimes for no reason when you pick him up. I was thinking back problems, but are there any problems like that that involve uncontrollable shaking? I've searched but came up with only similar stories. It made me very curious about the breed's health line... anyway, I'd love to hear back about this.

[Tucker'sMom]

I had a dog once that was epileptic. Sounds very similar. She would have seizures only 2-3 times per year. Every year at Christmas when we were decorating the tree, usually in the summer if we were packing for a vacation, and if we had visitors coming to stay at the house. Usually really stressful situations would spark a seizure. Hers wasn't bad, so we just dealt with the siezures.

[Whizzy]

Dachshunds are my breed; I've had and bred them for about 35 years. Seizure disorders are very common in the breed, and what you described does sound suspiciously like a seizure.

There are several different types of seizures, from mild focal seizures to full blown grand mal seizures. There's also narcolepsy, a seizure disorder that causes the dog to fall asleep when they're stressed. I had a male that suffered from naorcolepsy. Stress him out and he'd have a nap attack, lol.

One should never assume that a possible seizure is simple epilepsy. Toxins, drugs, liver disorders, head injuries or brain tumors can be responsible, and should be ruled out by a Veterinarian.

If the seizures are infrequent and mild, or if they don't last long, it's best not to treat them. But any seizure that lasts longer than a few minutes should be evaluated by a Veterinarian. Status Epilepticus is a seizure that doesn't stop on it's own, and is very serious. This is a true emergency, and needs to be treated ASAP.