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increased aggression and seizure

Goliath

I have a 2.5 yr old male Husky/rotie cross. Over the last year and a half he has had increasing mood swings, and (out of the blue, and unprovoked) times of aggression toward members of our family. We have taken him to 2 trainers, and nothing seems to make him behave better. For the last 2 weeks he has become more and more moody, and this weekend he had a seizure lasting 5-6 mins (convulsions, foaming at the mouth) and then 5-6 mins of extreme aggression (atacking the furnature, walls ect.) We took him to the vet, she did blood work. +10 Red Bolld cells, +Bullyrubins, +Proteins. She said there was nothing she could treat, but didn't give us an answer as to what might be wrong. She just stated that she was unsure if we should keep the dog, and that putting him to sleep may be the best thing. I am not sure what to do now, as questions as to what is wrong with him have not been answered. Can you please help or stear me in the right direction.

Symptoms: Behavioral, Seizures & Fits

• Michael Rader says:

  January 07th, 2009 at 04:32 PM

  There are alot of "red flags" that went up while reading your statement. One is that you mentioned this is not something that just happened, but that it has been occuring over a period of 1.5 years. Being that your dog is only 2.5 years old, this makes me think more of a congenital or inherited condition. The second thing is the seizure. Seizures can be caused by numerous things, but when you add irritability/aggression, it typically leads us straight to the brain. The fact that the rest of the blood tests were normal could only further support the possibility of a brain lesion (deformity, inherited, infection/inflammation, cancer, toxic, etc). If two trainers were unsuccessful, neutering was apparantly not beneficial, and the problem is progressing, I would have to side with your veterinarian in suggesting the possibility of euthanasia. A Husky/Rottweiler mix will be a potentially very large and very powerful dog which means that they could be very dangerous. I wish you well.

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