Last fall, we took care of a sick friend's male rottie. We knew when he came to stay with us that he had "occasionally" had seizures, but the vet did not think it was necessary to medicate him because they did not happen frequently enough......until he came to live with us
He had been staying with us for about a month when the first seizure hit. It was definitely a grand mal, and was horrible to witness being as we had never dealt with anything like that before. When it was over we thought "okay, that wasn't all that bad, we can handle this"....except that one seizure was actually the beginning of an entire weekend of "cluster seizures" that occurred every two hours like clockwork
By the end of the weekend we were completely exhausted and freaked out. After each seizure he had been pretty disoriented, and for a few days after the last seizure he didn't want to be around anyone and was very "jumpy". This was the total opposite of his usual personality. He LOVED people and believed that he was a lap dog, so it was very upsetting to see such a big change in his personality.
Anyway, my point to this whole story is that we had taken him to the vet and had all the bloodwork, etc. done and everything came back normal. Our vet said that, just as with humans, sometimes it is difficult to determine the cause of seizures. He prescribed daily doses of pheno for Cody and I am happy to say that he has been seizure-free.....and back home with our fully-recovered friend.
In your case I hope it is something more simple than a seizure disorder, because it can be very stressful "waiting for the next one to happen", but if it does end up being seizures there is medication available to control them.
Your in my thoughts and I hope you find a solution very soon
