Hey guys.
Sorry if this rambles a bit, it's kind of hard to explain.
My Bichon-Shih tzu Toby is 14 years old this month. He is still in good health, loves to go for walks, good eyesight. We just noticed this about a month or so ago. He'll be standing there watching us eat dinner, or just looking out the window and all of the sudden he'll kind of start twitching (it only lasts for about 4-5 seconds) and then his back legs kind of give out and his back end collapses. But after it happens, he is fine and running around again. I've only seen it happen 2 or 3 times, and I don't notice a pattern in terms of when it happens. We went into the vet to ask him and talked to him for about half an hour. There were a few things he thought it might be (metabolic, liver, etc) but the one thing he thought was most likely was that they were mini seizures. He said that if they were, it would probably just get worse which scared me a lot. We are taking Toby in to get some blood work and such to see if they can figure out what else it might be. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to their dogs before or if they can offer some support or insight on why this is happening.
Thanks everyone!
Sorry if this rambles a bit, it's kind of hard to explain.
My Bichon-Shih tzu Toby is 14 years old this month. He is still in good health, loves to go for walks, good eyesight. We just noticed this about a month or so ago. He'll be standing there watching us eat dinner, or just looking out the window and all of the sudden he'll kind of start twitching (it only lasts for about 4-5 seconds) and then his back legs kind of give out and his back end collapses. But after it happens, he is fine and running around again. I've only seen it happen 2 or 3 times, and I don't notice a pattern in terms of when it happens. We went into the vet to ask him and talked to him for about half an hour. There were a few things he thought it might be (metabolic, liver, etc) but the one thing he thought was most likely was that they were mini seizures. He said that if they were, it would probably just get worse which scared me a lot. We are taking Toby in to get some blood work and such to see if they can figure out what else it might be. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to their dogs before or if they can offer some support or insight on why this is happening.
Thanks everyone!