Sasha (Alexander)

Hello everyone. Yesterday My wife and i witnessed our Maltese X pup of 6 months of age, have a seizure. We kept him outside in our backyard that day when we went to work and when we came home i noticed that the puppy didn't greet me with excitement as he usually does and he had soiled himself. I thought it was strange, but apart from washing his bum, i didn't think deep into it. It was only an hour after when the seizure that we witnesses happened that i deduced that he must have had one or more already when we were not home. It started with him jumping off the couch we were on and walking in an unusual manner outside looking back at me as if calling me. I followed him outside to have a look. He started peeing as he usually does on the grass, but then started to have saliva forming around the mouth. He started uncontrollably drooling and almost frothing at the mouth, while still in the squatting position as he was peeing. This was followed by shacks that started gradually until he was on the ground shaking to what i thought was pretty violently. I tried holding him down because he was trying to get up at the same time. Eventually after about 2-3 minutes the shaking went away and he became very disoriented but was on his feet. He started barking and not wanting us to come near. We took him to the Baulkham hills emergency center, but we didn't really get any clear answers from them what might be the cause. They gave us some Valium in syringes (without needles) to stick it up the dogs bum if he has another large fit. We took him home that night and he didn't have any more fits. Now i am not sure what it could be. The vet said it could be abnormalities in the brain or from an injury that he sustained to the head when running around. I hope it's not those options because we cannot do much about them. We haven't got any snail-kill, or pesticides in the backyard. We have used weed-killer to remove some unwanted grass. We have been at the property for only 6 months, so i am not sure if the previous owner could have used some chemicals and they would still have an effect. We had one of our sheds open because the door opens up due to wind, but that doesn't have any chemicals that i know off, unless from the previous owner again. Is it possible to be a spider bite? Anyway we are keeping him inside today and someone will come and see if he is fine. Tomorrow i have a day off so i will do a thorough check on the backyard and try to remove anything that could be harmful to my pup, and padlock the shed. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Would also like to hear similar experiences.

I do try to leave him alone these days. But i am scares when he starts eating junk. Well to be honest, he wasn't majorly sick. He vomitted greenish bile with maybe some grass (wasn't alot). and didn't eat as much of his normal meal. 5 to 10 cent in diameter pebbles. I always take toys out to play with him, so he can fetch it and stuff. Thank you for your advice.

Hello guys. I am new to this forum. I have read a few threads around here, before deciding to start this one. This forum looks like a friendly community of dog lovers. Just a bit of background. My wife and i bought a Maltese x Shih-tzu puppy at 8 weeks old. So currently as i write this he is about 9.5 weeks of age. We love him heaps. He lives indoors for now (will later install a doggy door). The problem comes when we take him out to the backyard to do his business. He puts everything he sees in his mouth and even eats or tried to eat some of it. This includes dry leaves, clumps of grass, and most troubling decorative pebbles. I usually have a constant watch on him, but i have been trying to give him some autonamy, but everytime i do that he starts eating that stuff. I come up to him point and say "NO COOKIE!" and take the stuff from his mouth. And the naughty boy knows it's wrong but still does it. Now when he puts something in his mouth and sees me coming, he runs away. It's good exercise for him, but i want him to stop eating stuff. It made him sick the other day. And i am scared he'll swallow a pebble and choke or something. any advice would be appreciated.