***WARNING***
This video contains subject matter not appropriate for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised. The video shows an epileptic episode (courtesy of Murphislaw) which is common among miniature Dachshunds, and is hereditary.
***Disclaimer***
This video is here for INFORMATIONAL purposes only. I did not re-upload the video just so more people would see the poor puppy Emma having an attack — it was uploaded to raise awareness for those owners of Dachshund minis who don’t understand the condition.
Duration : 0:1:26
Tags: canine, Dachshund, epilepsy, epileptic, hereditary, Miniature, murphislaw, seizures
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No, no! This isn’t a joke! It’s so sad! My puppy does this, and there’s nothing I can do about it!
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If uploading this …
If uploading this video made a difference, even if it was only for one person, then my work is complete =D
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this is very helpful, I’ve got friends who have weeny-dogs and one has had epileptic fits b4, so I’m gonna be sure to pass this on
Thank-you for your video. The seizures are very real! I can’t explain to you the uncomfortable feeling I get when our little Holly is having one..We love this 5 pound little angel and we always think she is going to die.. seeing your video and relizing its happening to other dashounds makes me feel more at ease,.
The vet said she needs to have 10 episodes before they can treat her.
Thanks again…this is a huge relief!!!
my 3 yr old doxie had 2 seizures today… the first that I’ve ever seen very scary! He did not lose consciousness but I was very frightened. I have seen seizures in humans so I sort of figured that this is what was happening so I called the emerg vet in my area and he confirmed that that my “klaus” had indeed had a seizure. The second one occurred 30 min after the first and thet lasted about 2 min or so.
I have a 5 year old dachshund (Scrappy) that has about 5-8 seizures a year since he was around 2 years old. Thanks for talking about this and letting me know he’s not the only one. We love him to pieces!!!!
please! the over serious tone, as if it is life or death, is pathetic and insulting. i know people can be distressed over a seizure if its the first time they witness it, but sarah mclachlan singing and your disclaimer about the appropriateness of the video is just too much. that song is so overused- i have only seen it used appropriately once- that there should be a ban. just to compare- i heard it used in a video tribute to a 5 month old HUMAN baby who was abused and killed by her parents in the most heinous and gut wrenching way any human being should be treated. a video about a dog twitching! be ashamed.
@ m.d.
You might have your little hirearchy where you put random human babies ahead of dogs but you should know that your life and, the life of any baby you might have, mean a lot less to me than the welfare of my dog. Don’t come on officialDachshundGuide.com and post comments like that, maybe you were looking for ProLife.com? Nobody here wants to hear it.
That video is exceptionally helpful. I have a 3 year old mini long-haired dachshund and she’s had 2 seizures in the last 2 years that look very similar. I am a physician myself (for humans), and though they resemble human seizures, there are differences, so I was unsure with the first one she had. Knowing that what I saw was a seizure and they are common is comforting. I always place her in a safe place when they happen and make sure she can’t get hurt. Thank you again!
Thank you so much! I have a 4 year old mini and he had his first seizure last year. I thought there was something seriously wrong with him. I am so glad to know that my Bailey is not the only Dachshund having seizures and that they are hereditary. Thank you again.
Thanks for this video. We have a mini weeny who had an episode just like this the other day. Scared us terribly; we had no idea what was happening. It is very comforting to know that he will be OK.
Thank You!!!
Our mini long haired dachshund, RJ, has experienced two seizures in the last few days. It was extremely scary today because he began literally flipping and convulsing on the ground. I immediately took him to the vet and she drew blood to send to the lab. Thank you so much for these comments. I had no idea that seizures was one of the more common ailments for mini doxies.
Thanks for the video. That is exactly how my dachshunds start their seizures. I have littermates (brother and sister) that have seizures; obviously, it is hereditary.
Thanks for posting this video. Although it was hard to watch, it was educational for me. My 9 year old dachshund has been experiencing seizures for the last few years about 4-5 times a year on average. I had my dog’s blood drawn and the vet reassured me that this is hereditary and common for this kind of breed so I am glad that the information I am finding is consistent with what the vet told me. I try not to leave my dog on the bed or the couch unattended (not just for her spine’s sake where jumping is concerned) because she has had seizures there before and could fall off the edge due to total loss of motor skills.
Thanksyou so much for the video, my little winner dog had one of these today and it was o scary but I feel better already knowing this is common.. she is so special to us and we thought we were going to loose her..
thanks again
Dixie
I have littermates that have siezures about once a month. They are much more severe than the one shown in the video. Our 4 year olds foam at the mouth, moan, and wet on themselves. It is hard to watch, but we just comfort and reassure them and have never been attacked by them while doing so. Thanks
Craig
I appreciate this video. I am weirdly comforted by it as I have not been able to capture our dog having a seizure and I wasn’t sure that’s what it was. It is very similar to what you showed. Thank you for that. And m.d. I think you need some refocusing…it’s obvious you have some anger issues. Christopher, I googled dachshunds and seizures and this is where I landed. I appreciate what you have done. This is a very scary thing. Just because we care about our dogs doesn’t mean we put it over other things. We can care about multiple things at the same time, including human babies. Get over yourself. Thank you Christopher.
Our little Zoey (Mini-Wired Haired) also has seizures but it seems when she is under some sort of stress. When we try to bring her into the Vet’s office, she will get within sight of the office and have a seizure. We also have a rather large Sheltie (her best friend, a Therapy Dog TDI) and they react normally, playing rough, chasing him around the house(they both know who the boss is) and all is fine as long as the Vet makes a house call on Zoey. Zoey is presently on medication to control the seizures. She takes a pill every night and we always have a syringe ready with Valium just in case (we only had to use it once when she HAD to visit the Vet’s Office. Yes, it IS heart breaking to have to sit and watch it happen, but it does.
My little dachshund had his 2nd seizure today or what we are concluding to be seizures. He is only two years old and had his first that we had seen on christmas 2009 and one month later another. I was shocked at the shaking and lack of ballance when he tried to walk that I thiught he might have hurt his spine. But now since this web site and video has been posted I can feel more comfort about the situation.
Thanks
My 3+- yr. old doxie had his 2nd seizure tonight; his first was 2 weeks ago and this one was worse. I rushed him to the animal hospital the first time and the Vet said that if he has another one within 2 weeks and it lasted longer than 5 minutes, it is possible that he has epilepsy. This seizure lasted around 25 minutes, it was scary. I am taking him tomorrow to our regular Vet to get his opinion. Also, he was awaken abrutely the 1st time from a deep sleep by the doorbell and the same thing this time, I wonder if the “jolt” plays havoc on his nervous system. Has anyone noticed this in their doxie? My doxie’s name is Pele’ and I adore him; I just adopted him 3 weeks ago from the Humane Society; he was a puppy mill dog -so sad for such a sweet dog to have to experience so much trama in his short life. I am totally committed to him though, in fact, I am taking him on vacation with us to Miami in two weeks. He is so small and now with the seizures, I will worry myself sick about him if I left him in the sitter’s care. We have 3 Boxers too, which I love, love, love too, they will stay home with the sitter though. By the way, Pele’s seizure was a lot more violent than the video.
My 1 yr old mini doxie consumed (we think) organophosphate when she was 5 months old. We didn’t know until the seizures started and escalated to seizing non stop. It took a trip and 3 days at Auburn University Vet clinic to save her. However, they could not diagnose the seizures as 100% poison related and to this day have no diagnosis. She still has seizures (2 per month- every 12 days, some partial, some full)to this day, is on medication 3 times per day (probably for the rest of her life). The vets are suspicious that it may be genetic instead of poison effects. BUT, I have watched numerous videos and read numerous articles on canine (dachshund) seizures and her seizures are nowhere near that severe and never have been from day one. Is there anyone out there experiencing seizures with only moderate salivation, minute muscle jerks and extreme running. She has never lost conciousness or loss of motor skills. She used to get a little disoriented but not lately. If anyone out there knows anything about theses symptoms or has had this experience, please let me know. Not knowing exactly what is causing her seizures is very stressing.
Hello! I have two Dachshund/Bassatt Hounds and they have been having seizures since they were 1. Oscar (the male) has had probably 20 seizures. He has more of the Dachshund gene in him and looks almost exactly like a dachshund. Roxie (the female) is Oscar’s sister and looks more like a Bassat Hound. She has only had 1 in the 3 1/2 years we have had her. My doctor gave me some muscle relaxers for Oscar but we still dont know what to give him to prevent this from happening.
Undoubtedly you have no heart for animals, if did then you would understand why we get so upset with our precious little doxies have these seizures. I have 2 doxies that are brother and sister from the same litter and both have siezures. It is so heartbreaking to see them go through this and there is nothing you can do to help. So until you get a heart, I suggest you keep your cold hearted comments to yourself!!!!!!
Thanks 100000 times for this. Hammond had his second last night, and I thought he had done his back (always a worry). He just tightens up and his eyes are big and his head wobbles. I am so relieved (in an awful way I know) to find out that others also experience this. The thought of saying goodbye to my baby boy kills me.
This video only really touched… 20% of what a seizure can do to a minidachshund. Besides the typical prelude of turning into a stiff board, The imbalance on all 4s is probably the earlist sign, then involuntary almost violent convulsing coupled with erratic breathing will ensue afterwards. Sometimes the dog panics and will try to move, resembling a fish out of water, they’ll slump to a side, flail around. My dachshunds left eye will lose strength and his right eye will cry uncontrollably, he’ll also salivate uncontrollably. The fit itself only lasted maybe 2 minutes, the fit as in, violent convulsing and imbalance, loss of motor function, was only severe for 2-4 minutes. Then afterwards he was still salivating uncontrollably for 2-3 minutes, and after about 10 minutes he had regained his motor functions to about 70%, 20 minutes later he was a full 100%. If he does it again, I’ll try to record a video of it, because that video above doesnt really capture how scary their seizures can be, or even how severe.
I own three dachshunds, and my two females experience seizures. It was recommended by my vet to just keep them in a dark, quiet room until the episode is over, as to not provide any stimulus. The seizures my doxies experience are mild, so I usually just sit in a dark bathroom, and hold them with a towel wrapped around them, as occasionally they will lose control of their bowels causing them to urinate or defecate. Poor little things, I feel awful when for them when this happens.
Our Mini is 3 years old He had his first siezure a few months ago and his second that we know of last night. His fits were worse than the video but I’m sure each animal and episode is different. Can you tell me some suggetions that have help control the seizures for your pets? Such as diet change, suppliments, etc. I don’t want to use meds if we don’t have too. I’ve seen what those do to people. Thank you for all your helpful information.
Our dog has had seizures since she was a puppy. You do think they are going to die. I usually just lay next to ours and stroke her little head and let her know I am with her. That seems toncalm her at the worst of it. Sometime they last for several hours off and on. I don’t really think there is much the vet can do no matter how many they have had. Ours can get physucally sick as well as the shaking and stroke like convulsions. It helps to find out that it is hereditary.
My little Kami started having seizures about 2 years ago. The first couple of times, I was not sure what was happening. It seems she recognizes when they start to happen. She gets under her blanket and tries to hide, then she shakes and her muscles contract (like seen on the video), her eyes water and get huge, almost as though they are about to pop of our her little head, she smacks, then most of the time she vomits as the seizure is finishing. She used to have them about once a month, but the last couple of months, they have been much more frequent. She has had at least 2 that I know if this week!
I have noticed that stress seems to bring her seizures on. We are such a busy family and are gone a lot, and when she doesn’t get to go, she is really grieves… during this time,she often has a seizure. Thank you for this video…
My Dax has had 2 seizures, one resulting in a 8 person search party searching around 40 acres through the night. He eventually made it home in the morning, and has been fine for about 6-8 months. Today 2 large dogs came near him (they couldn’t be more patient or docile) and he had another. We held him down (I wasn’t chasing him twice) and he snapped at my wife and was barking and yelping as though we were killing him. He eventually calmed down, but had lost control of his bowels/bladder, and was foaming at the mouth. We thought he was fine but about a half hour later we took him outside for a pee, and he started again. It seems to be brought on by stress only, and unless it becomes a reccurring issue I am going to simply calm him down each time.
I do have to disagree with one thing…if I don’t comfort my dog then he becomes frantic. All I do it talk to him in case this one episode he can hear and I allow just one part of my body to touch him. I don’t rub him just a touch. Also if the dog is having seizures then it’s not normal. Seizures do damage to the brain. I do not want to scare anyone but that is the truth. The seizures may even grow longer and may become worse and closer together. Just make sure you have a close eye on your dachsund. Just to info everyone I own a dachsund and this has become my field of study in vet school.
My puppy is about 2 an half year old min. dachshund
within the last week we have notice her havin the same attacks is their any meds. tho help her. Please send me any infor that you may have
Thank you so much for posting this.
My dachshund Charlie who is about 2 years old has recently started having similar episodes. We were very concerned about his health and what could be wrong with him but I am glad to see it’s not life threatening, we love him so much.
THANK YOU! (:
Our 3yo Long haired mini Dachshund Jasper started having 2-3 minute seizures in February. He has had 3 seizures since, all lasting the same time period and resemble the seizure in the video. We cannot figure out if there is a trigger or not. The first seizure happened in February. Jasper was exited when my wife came home from work and jumped down from the chair we were sitting in. 2 Months later, Jasper and I returned home from a walk and he vomited grass clippings. Right after that he had a seizure. On Memorial Day weekend in Sea Isle, NJ, he had a seizure after we went for a night time walk. The latest happened this past week at my sister’s house in Arlington,VA. Jasper and Lulu had chased my sister’s cat Julian earlier in the day. Jasper and Lulu get very exited when they are in sight and smell of cats. They practically shake and cry. When we came in for the night, Jasper had a seizure. My wife and I called our breeder Sherri back in February, and were told that another person called asking the same questions. Sherri told us that the Jasper’s brother Tucker also has seizures and is on Phenobarbital. We were told by Tucker’s owner that he has only had a couple of “break through” seizures since going on medication. We then contacted Tina who owns Jasper’s mother Gidget. Tina told us that Gidget did have a seizure when she was accidentally struck in the head with an ashtray that fell off a coffee table. We think if it is hereditary, then it may be from Gidget. Lulu is a 2yo Long haired mini Dachshund. Oscar is her father and her mother is Maggie. Lulu has not had a seizure to date. We are taking Jasper to the hospital tomorrow to discuss our options with our Vet.
My 7 year old mini dachshund, Ernie, has started having seizures in the last 5 years. These seem to be triggered when I get home or when he wakes up. Does anyone experience a similar trigger? I hate this….it’s very stressful. I am glad to hear that others experience what I’m going through.
James,
you are pathetic and nuts-possibly psychotic, definitely a sociopath at the very least- to even begin to think that your dog’s life takes any kind of precedence over the life of ANY “random” human being. Get your priorities straight because animals are worthless compared to people.
I am worried about my Dachshund as I am not sure what happened to her last night. Would really like to see this video.
My dog does something similar to this, he tries to walk around, and he puts his legs together and falls down. he even tries to jump off things (like my bed) i find it correlates with having to go potty maybe. have you heard of this? he gets real tense and shakes. I thought maybe this was from his accident. but he is 5 going on 6 and healthy weight. they do suggest to have him lose 2 lbs. but should I contact my vet about this? he doesnt do it often, but he will do them in a row. hes had two this year and 3 last year. I still have to hold him or he wonders around bonking into everything, or he leans on me. so I do hold him, i hope he knows who I am, if hes comeing up to me. looks like not many people respond to this, but again, if my posts or your video helps us people with our poor wieners than we can at least know.
Cali,
Any dog would be better to have around than you and your a bigger waste of life than any animal. Go screw your daddy.
I LOOOOOVE DOGS.
Thank you soooo much, for this video. my ziggy just had this episode and i didnt know what was happening to him. My husband said it looked like a seizure. now i know for sure that it was indeed. Other websites i visited just was talking about it, but this one actually had a video and you can put it together. Thanks again Tina
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFO. THAT IS WHAT MY DOG STARTED DOING. TODAY SHE HAD HER SECOND EPISODE. VERY SCARY. BUT IT IS EXACTLEY LIKE THE VIDEO. THANKS AGAIN!!!
Has anybody had anti-seizure medication prescribed for their mini-Dach? We want to know what has been prescribed and what has worked best. Thanks.
Our little dog, Yoshi Sparkle had her first seizure today. She is 2 years old. when we are at work she has to stay in a kennel. When I got home today I went to take her outside and she kept turning her head upside down. I didn’t know what was happening. took her outside to pee and she couldn’t even walk. Looked like she was having a stroke. I was so worried. took her immediatly to our vet. He said she had a seizure. Drew some blood and will let me know the results on sunday. now I am a nervous wreck worring about her.
My dachshund/chuhuahua cross just had a seizure minutes ago and it seemed that she was doing the same as our Daisy. Thank you for the video, it is really helpful.
As far as putting animals above humans. We should respect all forms of life. Right to lifers, I’d like you to see some films of slaughter-houses and people being put to death in prisons. When you start saying “no” to these things too, maybe I’ll start listening to you. My animals have saved my life and have been there for me through thick and thin, including my service dog, Eclair who was rescued from dog-fighting. Okey, enough of my opinion, thanx again for the film and info. Anjali
We had a 9years old mini long hair. His first seizure was last year. We drove to the animal hospital for 45 minutes and he was not moving. We thought he was dead. They did all kind of test and nothing. When he came out of it, he seem ok, but act it like a person that had a stroke. Two days later he had another one, and he never woke up. It broke my heart.
Our Mini is now 4 years old. The seizures started when he was about 2. They would come every couple of months and were similar to the video. They always start with a little vomiting. The Vets were not overly concerned, but we were. I happened to meet a vet on a vacation and he suggested that we switch to a completely all natural diet. No table food at all, no preservatives. just all natural. we did that and the seizures stopped. this year we would cheat and give him table food from time to time and they came back. we are going back to our strict diet and see if that helps or if it was a coincidence. we do try to comfort him during the episodes and it appears to helps. Good luck to you all.
My dog has been having seizures like these for several years. She had here first one when she was about 11mths old. She comes to me when she has them its like she knows she needs someone. I found out that she seems to get over them quicker if I hold her and rub her back and legs. She has never tried to attack me. This is my dog I am not saying all dogs are like this.