Animal health care is so vast and complex, and the central nervous system in particular is still largely uncharted territory. Diseases of the nervous system are, fortunately, rare, and sadly often severe.
The commonest neurological problems in cats and dogs are due to road accidents and other forms of head injuries, chemical poisoning, and infections such as rabies. Any of these can induce fits, or seizures, as part of the picture.
Seizures (fits) tend to be seen as uncontrolled shaking, although other sorts of fits with the dog going vacant can also occur.
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From long experience of a fitting dog, I’m less anguished during a seizure now than when my Boxer dog Gregory took his first fit more than three years ago. In the early days I worried his legs would break as they thrashed about violently, I thought he might swallow his tongue, or even die during a fit.
In short time I realised Gregory’s fits were predictable, in frequency, duration, and pattern. And I learned how to cope with worst case scenarios.
From day one I kept a diary of his fits, which occurred every 14 days or so, almost to the day. Invariably there’d be three separate fits, extending overall to half an hour or so followed by a couple of hours of Gregory pacing the floor, panting, drinking, and eating everything in sight.
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