Seizure Info

[Jackie]

On 7/7/09 at 6:00 a.m. my 2 1/2 yr old male F2 Golden Doodle had a seizure. We heard him convulsing and ran out to the living room where he was on his left side, foaming at the mouth and had lost all control of his bowls. He was flailing terrible and it was the worse thing I had ever seen. Thankfully I was refered to this website by Sharon and Andy. I have gotten a lot of information from many Doodle owners and it is great, the only thing I have not found is anyone who was bitten by their dog afterwards. Bailey is the sweetest boy in the world and we are crazy about him. He has never shown one ounce of aggression to anyone and we are definitely going to keep him, but he did bite me coming out of his seizure. We have told our kids, ages 7, 11 and 15, to stay away from him if this were to happen again. He is a very big dog and the bite I received was very bad, he hit tendons and ligaments, three of the puncture wounds bled for 6 days.
I am looking for all info anyone can give me and I would really like to see if anyone else has had their dogs come out of it mean. My husband put him in the kitchen after he bit me and he was barking and snarling for about 15 minutes. I have to admit, his personality seems a bit milder now since he had the seizure. He was very clingy to my Brother, who came down to help us since I had to go to the Hospital and we did not want to leave Bailey alone. I was thinking of changing his food as well, he has been eating Alpo dry. Any info will be greatly appreciated.

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

How scary for you all. Poor Bailey! This post from you has me wondering "What on earth is going on!!??" I had never even heard of seizures in dogs then I join this board and I have seen a few members with this. Which leads me to ask - are seizures a labradoodle trait? Is this something one should be aware of when choosing a breed. I wonder what the percentages are? Are doodles more prone to seizures than say a shepherd? I hope someone can shed some light on this.