Seizures activity in 2 year old Goldendoodle. Need advice Please

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Last week we had our daughters two goldendoodles for a week so I packed them all up and took them to our cabin in the woods. Great right? Run free, new surroundings.....DEER TICKS!!! My two are treated so we have never seen a tick or flea in the 7 months we've owned the cabin, but my daughters dogs are not treated. (Don't ask).  Her two are just littered with them and we've been pulling them out all morning. The groomer suggested Dawn bath and leave on for 20 min. so we did that.   I am doing bug bombs in both of our houses today as well. 

So my question is....how often do you see dogs get very sick from tick bites? I know what they can transmit and know what to look for, I hope, but is it common for them to get sick? Considering the amount of ticks and dogs out there, I don't hear of it often. Is my head in the sand? 

Any advice oh wise experienced Tick people. 

UPDATE:

After picking off all the ticks, having houses sprayed and watching children diligently, we have not seen any more ticks for a few weeks. Both dogs were tested (blood work) for Lymes and other diseases last week and all negative, with a follow up in 6 months. So now we just wait, and wait, and wait, as it can be months to years before problems can develop.  Being that Marley is 8, we may think it;s just old age if he develops Lymes like issues, but now that we know there is a possibility, we will stay on top of his blood work for years to come. 

Thank you all for your responses. 

UPDATE:

Daughter just informed me that their 3 year old doodle had a seizure last night. Ran around confused, peed all over, collapsed downstairs and confused.  He will be going to the Vet asap, not sure what our vet does for weekends but will find out.  Any advice from anyone? I'm feeling so bad for having exposed them to this danger. 

 UPDATE: 

Daughter took doodle to Vet today and the blood work for the major tick borne diseases were negative. Sign of relief for me, but no real answers as to the cause. So she advises wait and see, keep a journal, and if he has more then they will do more expensive blood work. The good news is he is otherwise very healthy.  So we just wait and see for now.  Thank you all for your comments. 

UPDATE March 15,2016

Daughter's doodle had 3rd seizure since first one on Oct. 17. One on Jan 22 and another last night. She stopped Heartguard and Frontline in January, so we've ruled out that. Still in documentation stage, however, he has gone from 3 months apart to 2 months apart. I advised her to read all she can (has twin 1 yr old boys!!) on our Seizure group here and see if time between the next one is even sooner. Anyone have any reason to advise getting him on meds ASAP? Or is waiting still an option?

Read more here: http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/help-found-about-30-ticks-...

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Sue, I am so sorry for all of this; for you; for your dd and her family; for the doodles.  I hope you get some good suggestions here from others with experience.  I can't help with that, but I can send my concern and support.

[Donna K & Quincy]

Sue, Quincy started having seizures in Aug of 2014, the first was very prolonged and very violent. Of course the vet couldn't find a reason for it. He then went over four months without a seizure and we were ready to chalk it up to something he had ingested until he had the second one. This one wasn't as bad but still a little scary. In the beginning I was afraid to leave him alone and wouldn't dare let him off leash anywhere, but as time went by I became a little less stressed and just decided we'd have to make the best of it. He continues to have a seizure every 2 to 3 months but they are not as bad as the first one. They won't treat him unless he has more than one a month. I have rectal Valium to give him in case of a prolonged seizure or to keep on hand when we are travelling. When I have to leave Quincy home alone I just keep him confined to an area without stairs or anything he could injure himself on. It's very unlikely they will ever find a reason and it is most likely genetic.
I think a vet would probably start meds if your daughter insisted but once they start they are on it for life.

[Tammy McIver]

Hi- I just wanted to let you know my doodle (she's 7 now) starting having seizures at about 2.  They are pretty infrequent, and we have not treated her for them; like one of the others said its something that we are aware of and deal with. No cause was ever found.   Ours also gets tons of deer tics; they are such a pain.  I also don't do any tic meds (because of seizures) and this is also another thing we just have to deal with unfortunatley.  We live in the woods and its just very common around my area.  Don't beat yourself up for having exposed them, and i very much doubt the seizures had anything to do w tic bites.  I try to make sure mine has regular grooming's so i can stay on top of finding the tics anyway.  Good luck to your daughter !

[Eric and Judy]

So happy to find this group. My 2 yr old goldendoodle Penny started having seizures around 10-11 months. First it was about 6 months apart. Then when she had 2 within a month about 6 months ago, the vet put her on pheno. Like others, I'm worried about long term effects but willing to see how it goes. At first we started with half dosage (1 pill per day), but she still had another seizure. Now its 2 per day which is what the vet recommended from the get go. Just last night she had another seizure, which is her first in about 5 months.

I was initially worried that it was something we were doing. It's so easy to blame ourselves as pawrents. I changed her food (since the seizures were preceeded by vomitting), tried to avoid putting her in situations where she got overly excited (a few times the seizures happened right after heavy playtime), even wondered if it was the grooming supplies we were using. But none of that changed the seizure activity and the vet doesn't believe any of those factors play a role. So don't feel bad about anything you're doing!

Penny's blood tests are fine and she's otherwise healthy. Vet doesn't recommend doing much more as even with very extensive tests, it could still be inconclusive as to the cause, i.e. simply file her under that big category of idiopathic epilepsy. Has anyone actually had good outcome from more testing beyond the typical bloodwork? Brain scans, etc?

[JACKS MOM LORIE ANN]

I'm sorry. I know how scary this is!

My vet didn't wait. My dog Jack Just turned 2 in January. 72lbs.

Week prior I took him in to vets. because he seemed very very sleepy-they tested him for lyme and it was negative and they said he is a Healthy pup.-then the below occurred.

Last Saturday we heard a thump and he was on the living room floor-his lower body looked paralyzed and he could move only his upper. After a little more time he couldn't move his upper and this lasted a few min. We have zero experience with seizures so I called vet after hours asap. She said it sounded like a seizure for me to bring him in on Monday and if he has another to video it.

Sunday-He had a seizure - right before falling asleep- I did video it- lasted over 3 min.(hardest thing on earth was to video it)

Monday-I took him to vet. they did blood work-said all looked great(liver was little high) she said normal after seizure activity-they started him on anti seizure med immediately-2/day.

Monday night-3 more seizures

For me it's hard as we have no baseline and no experience with this. I just pray he doesn't have anymore and it almost seems like he is afraid to sleep. Our vet said his epilepsy inherited.

Hope all goes well!

Lorie Ann