The post immediately below this one mentions that our almost two year old Collie named Dougie suffered a seizure yesterday. Here's are some of the details of that incident:

Around 10:30 a.m. or so, the bride was cleaning in the kitchen and thought she heard Dougie's feet scratching against a dresser in our bedroom. Assuming it was merely one of those times when the dog was scratching with one leg and the other was involuntarilly mimicking the first, she initially thought nothing of the noise. But after it continued for a few seconds too long, she decided to check and see what was going on. Turning off the water and drying her hands on a towel, my bride walked into our bedroom where Dougie was resting. That's when she realized he was in the throws of a seizure...

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Dougie's was on his side with his legs stretched out stiff and shaking; one was up against the side of our dresser and was tapping against it...that's where the sounds she heard was eminating from. His eyes were staring straight ahead, but as my bride described it, were "vacant" with no recognition. Dougie had peed himself and was drooling profusely. Remembering the instructions we had received from our vet in the event our other dog who had experienced seizures had a recurrence, she spoke to him in a calm, comforting manner, assuring him that everything was going to be O.K. She was also mindful to not put her hands anywhere near Dougie's mouth in the event he errantly clamped down on her and would not be able to let go.

In just a couple of minutes, as she recounts, the leg twitching ceased and Dougie's focus returned to his eyes. He sat up and looked around, perplexed and with a look on his face that seemed to say, "...what the heck just happened to me?" After a few more minutes, Dougie stood up and took a few tentative steps, then walked out of the room under his own power. When I arrived home later that evening, I took the whole contingent of dogs out (consisting of Dougie and our three Shelties) and saw that Dougie was experiencing no apparent ill effects from the incident he had undergone earlier in the day.

We'll eventually report the event to our vet. This isn't anything to worry about. We were told as long as Lyric, our other dog who is prone to seizures, doesn't have recurring incidents, there's really nothing that can be done. There's no pharmacological intervention necessary, since it can't be predicted when it might happen again. Click here to read a post I wrote about a year ago explaining canine seizure types, causation, etc.

Of course, if Dougie does experience additional seizures, this can all change. But in the meantime, it's kinda good to see the big goofy guy himself once again.