My dog is shaking and her eyes rolled back. Is it a seizure?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 7 months old
My dog just started shaking and her eyes rolled back in her head
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Published on August 3rd, 2017
These signs could be compatible with a seizure episode, possibly caused by epilepsy. Causes of epilepsy are several but can be summarized in intracranial (idiopathic neoplastic, inflammatory) and extracranial (metabolic, toxic, and many others) causes of it. A clinical examination at your local veterinarian is essential to confirm these clinical suspicions and treat appropriately. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.
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Published on November 2nd, 2018
Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! That is known as a grand mal seizure. Seizures can occur due to many reasons that go from a toxicity, metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases and even tumors. I highly recommend that you have Ruger evaluated by a veterinarian as soon as possible for further assessment and treatment. Diagnostics that will be recommended will include bloodwork and advanced imaging such as an MRI. They would also be able to start him on anti-seizure medications to try to avoid the onset of more seizures. Good luck and have a good day! Hoping for a speedy recovery!
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Published on July 20th, 2017
Hi there. What you are describing sounds a lot like seizure activity to me. Not all seizures are "tonic clonic" or full blown stretching, jerking, etc like we first think of with the word. Often patients will present with symptoms like this first, or even more subtle neurological signs. I would recommend taking your pup in to your veterinarian for a full physical and potentially blood work to see if they can find a source for the episodes (there can be organ function abnormalities, etc) I hope this helps!
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Published on July 12th, 2018
These could be signs of a neurological disease, possibly related to seizures episodes (epilepsy). A video recording of the episodes and a neurological consultation will be very useful to confirm this clinical suspicion and treat appropriately. Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.
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