My dog's seizures are longer and more frequent. Is this serious?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Other | Unknown - Other | Female | spayed | 8 years old | 20 lbs
We have a boxer/bull dog mix Approx. 7 Y/O that has had somewhat minor seizures lasting 2 or 3 maybe 5 minutes in duration maybe once a month. Only recently they have lasted longer then normal and a little more frequent. 1-3 Lbs. over weight but healthy and acvtive.
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Published on January 23rd, 2017
Hurley needs to be on Anti seizure medications URGENTLY, seizures that last more than 2 minutes are very dangerous and can cause irreversible damage to the brain. you need to take her to your vet ASAP.
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Published on June 13th, 2017
I am going to assume you mean a seizure and just misspelled the word. Seizures can certainly result in the after effects you are describing (known as the post-ictal period), often lasting hours to even days in some cases. If a seizure has occurred, the most common causes of this include epilepsy, neurologic diseases, cancers of the central and peripheral nervous system, and severe hypoglycemia. If B has another episode tonight that you can verify, I would not wait until morning to seek assistance. Otherwise, simply keep her comfortable until you can get a scheduled visit at your vet. They may want to obtain x-rays and blood work to rule out some of the things I have described above. If epilepsy or a tumor is the cause of the seizures, the only way to verify or rule one or the other out is with advanced imaging like an MRI. This is only available at specialty facilities and often costs in the multiple thousands of dollars. As a result, in many cases anticonvulsive drugs are prescribed and used empirically without knowing the cause of the seizures. Anyway, I hope I have been helpful. Let me know if I can do anything else for you.
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