I am new to this forum, but I thought I would give it a try. I have a two year old mini doxy and she is spayed. Twice in the last 3 or 4 months she has exibited what appears to me to be a seizure, she starts to shake, looses her balance, eyes water, has a bowel movement, and looks in a daze. This usually lasts about 5 to 10 minutes. The first time it happened we rushed her to the vet and by the time we got there and got in the vet it stopped and she was back to normal. Everyone there thought I was nuts. She just had her second one today and I am looking for some information. Thanks in advance for any help.

They are starting to link the lack of omega fatty acids to many nuerological disorders now. Try giving your dog omega fatty acids supplements. Even if the dog food says it contains it.

Fats are necessary for good health and disease prevention. Here again, fats should be raw or unrefined—not processed. Meat, fish, eggs, or milk in their natural states are the best sources of fat. The pet food industry prepares some pet foods with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids that are claimed to be effective for treating various inflammatory diseases. However, omega-3 fatty acids are quite sensitive to heat and are destroyed and easily become rancid during processing. Cod liver oil can be added to pet foods. It is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids as well as vitamin A.
Healing Pets With Nature's Miracle Cures By Henry Pasternak DVM CVA, page 77

I am surprised the vet's office responded that way. Dogs do have seizures occasionally. They are very difficult to diagnose and treat. Having the dog act normal by the time you get to the vet is typical. I would get her in next week for a check up and get the incident into her records. Or, perhaps try another vet that is aware of such problems and will take your complaints seriously.

I have had a couple of my puppies have a single seizure. Both went on to graduate as dog guides. I know the one did fine working until 13 years old with no more problems. The partner of the other has not chosen to communicate with me. She may have had a long working life too, or even still be working at 13.

I wouldn't set much store by that first post. There are those here more eager to help than able. They do searches on things they know little of, and often turn up garbage that they lack the knowledge to evaluate. If you don't know the answer to the question, chances are you don't know enough to evaluate what you find. This is a big problem with dogs, because the net is crawling with kooks pushing alternative medicine and diets. There is no proof at all of any of ''Nature's Miracle Cures'' I particularly question the use of cod liver oil. Fish oils contain little or none of the linoleic and other C-18 fatty acids dogs need.

You know, it is funny, I have no idea how many batches of paint resin I have processed at temperatures around 450 degrees F. Their fatty acids were still intact and able to cure into durable paint films after far more rigorous processing than any dog food processor would ever use. The suggestion that the heat of processing dog chow destroys the fatty acids is typical of the junk science nonsense the natural foods people use.

My dog has had a few seizures, it's a pretty scary experience. I did some web research and took her to the vet to get checked out. My vet did some blood work (I don't remember what they were testing for) and it came back negative, so they said her seizures could be one of two things: a brain tumor (which would take a CAT scan to diagnose and brain surgery to cure) or "unknown". I decided if she has a brain tumor I don't want to know, so we've done nothing. The vet suggested putting her on medication if she starts having more than three in a month, but otherwise, he said not to be overly concerned with it. She's been seizure-fee for almost a year now.

I would try another vet - it's worrisome they shrugged you off like that. Dogs have seizures, and though it's not usually a big thing to worry about, it still should be noted in their records.

My dog began having seizures when he was around 13 years old... he had a lot of healthy problems, mainly due to age, including a number of tumors which eventually killed him. Since your dog is young, I'm not sure if this a concern... Not sure how much you're willing to spend to get him checked, but maybe some sort of brain scan or something along those lines would be a good thing to suggest to the vet.
The vet also said any kind of recent head trauma could have caused it... so maybe that could be it?
Also, the vet said to watch what he's eating- we had mushrooms in our yard, and the vet said that could have caused it because they're poisonous to dogs... so that might be another thing to check for. We used to get up early every morning to scan the yard for mushrooms before we let him out, just to be sure- they sprout up overnight, so keep an eye out!
I'm no expert- just sharing bits and pieces that I've gathered from personal experience.

I did have a small beagle puppy one time that had the same symptoms and the vet said that he had seizures due to water on the brain and undeveloped organs. He would be fine one second then dazed and walking into walls the next.
Find another vet if this one can't figure out the problem.