[chiclet]

What are the possible causes for him to clench up. I can see the muscles on his haunch ripple when he is tightened up, then he relaxes and it happens again. It is his entire body that clenches. He is almost one year old. He is lying on the floor at my feet instead of up on the sofa with me as he usually does.

[Lunareclipse]

Sounds like a seizure to me. Take your pooch to the vet.

[chiclet]

That's what worries me. Now I can feel guilty trying to figure out if I did something wrong to cause it. I was planning on the vet visit, but wanted to know what might potentially be going on.

[CorkyMax]

Sorry to hear of your puppy's problem. I was thinking seizure also but wasn't sure. Luna reinforced my thinking--And she knows well about seizures as one of her Saint Bernards has epilepsy.

According to my home vet book---There are many causes of seizures. Some are commonly associated with brain injury, encephalitis, heat stroke, brain abscess, brain tumor, stroke, poisoning, kidney failure and liver failure. Seizures associated with a concussion frequently occurs weeks or months after the head injury, and are caused by a focus of scar tissue in the brain.

If you want to look more into this--Put appropriate words in your browser--I am sure you will find much info.

Hope it is not anything serious! Let us know that everything is going to be okay. Hope the vet is able to figure it out and do something to stop it if it is seizures.

[cigwyllt]

Can you try and get a video of it - even on your phone would be useful. Make a note of how he is when he wakes up/comes out of it - does he seem disoriented? Confused? Relaxed? I understand you're worried but by the time you get to the vet details are easily forgotten so write down as much as you can and, if possible, film it.

Sorry if you have already dismissed the possibility but it's not likely he is dreaming is it? Toffee twitches and snorts in her sleep all the time.

[chiclet]

Thanks for the replies. I don't think it is sleep related, he was doing the same thing sitting on my lap at the vets. I thought it was just tension at the time. He didn't want to sit with me as he usually does. When he eventually woke up though, he walked to the door, I assumed to go out and pee, but before I could get the door open, he had peed on the floor. I put him out anyway and he just sat there, I can believe he might have been confused. I called him back in and he did nothing. I had to touch his collar and give a gently tug for him to come back in. He could have been feeling bad because he peed on the floor, something I have never made an issue of. At least my vet knows that when I bring an animal in with vague symptoms, even if he can't see it, it usually turns out to be something.

[lange]

That is scary. I hope they find some answers for you.

[Lunareclipse]

Sometimes seizures can cause temporary hearing or loss of sight. They can also pace for about an hour after a seizure or stare at one fixed spot. Some eventually just go and stand in a corner and stare for a while. My dog has been having seizures for 4 days now. She's super tired now and won't even get up to pace. Depending on how often your dog has seizures, your vet may put your dog on phenobarbitol. What breed is your dog? Mine is a saint bernard and epilepsy is a genetic trait in saint bernards. There are other breeds that are predisposed to epilepsy.

[chiclet]

Somebody who saw him said he was pom-chi and she didn't see how people were seeing Jack Russel in him. So, I am going with Pom-chi like the pound said. I will try to get a video if he does it again.


So far, it hasn't happened again. I put off seeing the vet. If it happens again, I will take a movie so I have something to show the vet.