We had an Irish Setter many years ago that would often have gran mal seizures. She was on multiple drugs (dilantin, pheno, and other seizure meds) with no change, so we took her off them. Her seizures lasted about 12 minutes, yes, very long and very intense. We would put her head in our lap so she wouldn't bang it on the floor and talk softly to her. We knew she could tell we were there. After she came out of the seizures, she would be spent for the rest of the day. No vet could find any reason for them and only one vet actually saw a seizure since she would be out of them by the time we could get her to one. Interestingly, one vet told us to put pancake syrup or karo syrup on her gums while she was seizuring. That made a huge difference. She would come out of them a little sooner and she wasn't as exhausted. He said that the body uses up a lot of glucose when it seizes so long and the syrup helped to put sugar back into the muscles quickly. I don't know if that is true, but it did make a difference for her. It was just a way of life for us and her. It's hard to watch, but you do what you have to for them.
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