Believe me, this is something I could've gone my whole life and not known and I would've been just fine. I'm only sharing it here because you have to find the interesting/borderline humorous side of things or you will absolutely die of sadness. Do not think I am posting this because it's funny. It's really not funny, but it is interesting and does prove that you can find anything on the internets, and this is not a topic I would've searched for if I didn't have a reason.

Dog Seizure search results on YouTube.

Tonight we three dogs were on the couch snug and comfy and little Flash starts writhing around. This being Flash I didn't think much about it because he's always doing spastic little things like this, and I assumed he was either trying to burrow under the covers or scratch his doggy nose. He then fell to the floor, wetting himself in the process. He was rolling around as though his legs wouldn't work, he was coughing. I took his collar off wondering if he was choking (he wasn't). I thought maybe he'd awakened out of a bad dream and tried petting him. After a minute or so he recovered and was fine, but he was scared as he could be, shaking and cuddling when I picked him up. While I was trying to figure out what to do I called my parents' house where my sister answered and promptly rushed over (Mom shortly behind her).

I took Flash outside (he ran over to the door where he usually stands when he's ready to go out), he peed like crazy. He was fine, and then the sister shows up.

I thought maybe if I could see a video of a dog having a seizure it would help me decide if this is what happened or if it might be something less serious, but sadly I now think it was indeed a seizure. Flash is staying with the parents/sister for the next few days where he can be watched.

Labels: drama, flash