Hi, My 13 year old Dachshund just began exhibiting spasms or seizures two weeks ago. They only last two or three seconds each, but has several a minute when it is bad. It looks like a dog's response when it thinks it is about to get hit in the face. It can occur any time, but occurs almost violently every time she steps into a sunny area. Light does seem to be the biggest trigger, but sound and cool wind can trigger it as well. She cannot go outdoors during the day as it is completely debilitating. When this first started two weeks ago, she was very disoriented, confused, and acted as if she was in a strange house with strangers. She was smelling every corner, pacing, not sleeping, wobbly, almost falling at times. Yesterday, her personality almost fully recovered and had high energy, but outside was still a disaster. Today she is again rather disoriented and does not want to be touched.
We took her to our vet a few days after this began, and they had a wait and see position. I made videos of the episodes and continued to bug the vet, and he suggested brain tumor or stroke or who knows. Said we could drive to a vet neurologist, but the dog is 13 so probably not worth it. I tried sending the video to a vet neurology center in Los Angels, but they will not even look at it to say whether it is worth the 400 mile RT drive. I have a video, but I can't seem to upload it here.
If anyone has heard of anything like this and knows what could be causing this, I would like the hear from you.
We took her to our vet a few days after this began, and they had a wait and see position. I made videos of the episodes and continued to bug the vet, and he suggested brain tumor or stroke or who knows. Said we could drive to a vet neurologist, but the dog is 13 so probably not worth it. I tried sending the video to a vet neurology center in Los Angels, but they will not even look at it to say whether it is worth the 400 mile RT drive. I have a video, but I can't seem to upload it here.
If anyone has heard of anything like this and knows what could be causing this, I would like the hear from you.