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My dog is seizing, vets are closed. What should I do right now?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 8 years and 3 months old | 15 lbs

My terrier got stuck under my bed last night to the point of suffocating to death. When I found him he was barely breathing and he was stiff. He is now having small 30 second seizures every 30 minutes or so. He twitches off and on between them. I have a fan blowing on him to help cool him down and I gave him 1ml of melatonin. All the vets are closed until tuesday. I don't know what to do for him or if he is going to die. Please help

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Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA

Veterinarian

Published on May 12th, 2018

Oh My! Poor Pistol! It sounds like he got over heated. I would check his temperature rectally. If it is greater than 104 then I would put some alcohol on his pads and tips of his ears and continue the fan. Unfortunately, dogs that over heat will sometimes then begin to get really cold. If his temperature is less that 99 then I would turn off the fan and wrap him in some warm towels and check his temperature regularly. I am afraid that he has a brain injury due to the incident. This is a true emergency. From looking around your area of Livingston, TX, it looks like the closest emergency clinic is about an hour away. I would STRONGLY encourage to load him up and take him there for the best chance of survival. He likely needs some IV fluids and possible meds to help with brain swelling and to control the seizures. I have attached a link that make give you some options on different emergency vet clinics near your. I hope this helps and Pistol recovers from this very scary and tragic accident. http://www.petflight.com/zip_codes/77351/vet_clinics

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