[Sinaandrea]

The night before last he woke me up barking. When I opened the door to let him in he just ran back and forth... ocassionally shaking his head. I brought him in... and he continued to pant and bark.

Last night I kept him inside and put a gate up to keep him confined in a couple of rooms... he's never tried to jump a gate before. When I got up this morning he had obviously jumped the gate and had knocked all the pillows off both couches... pulled all the bedding off the beds in the 2 extra bedrooms. He'll calm down for a while and then gets up and acts frantic again. I gave him his medication but I can hear him breathing as he's lying down... which normally I don't.

I took him to the vet this morning and they couldn't find anything wrong with him and gave me Tarbugesic to give him 2-4 times a days. He some times acts like something is bothering his ears... but his ears looked fine when the vet checked them out. He's eating and drinking... and has no problem with BM's or urinating. I need to get some sleep tonight so will put him in his crate from years ago... he's 9 1/2 year's old... a male miniature Australian shepard.

[Lucky098]

To help chill him out, give him melatonin or valrien root. It should help everyone to sleep at night.

[paleophlatus]

There are types of epileptic seizures that result in running and barking 'fits', not the "fall down and shake" sort of seizure. He is also nearly 10 years old, which is a time that vets begin to see more evidence of a brain tumor, and seizure activity is one such sort of clue. Most of the brain tumors are located just beneath the skull, on the surface of the brain, and are relatively easily removed, thereby relieving the pressure on the brain that they produce. This relief generally results in a full return to 'normal' after recovery. No, I don't know 'how much'.

While medication can help seizures due to epilepsy, tumors cause pressure related seizures that won't really respond to medication.

Yes, I can easily be wrong, but if the current treatment is not satisfactory, you may consider mentioning this to your vet for his consideration.