Murphy's first seizure, December 2006

Our dog Murphy is an 8 year old standard poodle. He's our mom's constant companion, and his favorite thing to do is chase a tennis ball down our slippery hallway. He's been our only pet for 7 years. Today, while standing in the kitchen, Murphy started shaking his head and wouldn't stop. We heard his tags jingling, but didn't think much of it at first. After about 10 seconds of that, he began snapping his jaws open and shut manically. Eventually, he sort of fell down in slow motion. We think the event lasted about one minute or less, but we weren't timing it.