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Thank you ( and the rest of you as well ) for the reply .

The weird thing is , this NEVER happened UNTIL the day I shot the cap gun . As soon as I fired that shot he immediately went down .

Have you considered that the cap gun incident may not have been the first time? The reason I ask is I had a dog who had seizures, and I still remember the first one and assumed it was the first. It may or may not have been, it was just the first one I saw.

Have you had any times when there was urine on the floor and just assumed one of the dogs had an “accident”? It might have been the remnants of a seizure. Just food for thought.

One other note: My dog did NOT have epilepsy. The vets never did figure out what caused the seizures. I know this doesn’t sound very helpful, but I guess what I am trying to say is that if epilepsy is ruled out, it does not mean what is occurring are not seizures. I hope you are able to get to the bottom of this, and definitely take your dog to the other vet an hour away. Your wife couldn’t really get THAT mad at you for that, even if you have to ask for forgiveness after the fact rather than permission!

That is odd.

Enalapril is for heart failure, and sometimes prescribed for kidney failure as well.

If you try phenobarbitol, try a VERY small dose at first. My cat ended up perfectly well controlled on a tiny fraction (1/14th) of what the vet originally prescribed, and the vet had said the prescribed amount was a small dose (and per other vets, it was). Phenobarbitol needs an adjustment period, and tends to cause lethargy until the animal/person has adjusted to it, so even if a larger dose is ultimately needed, it’s better to build up to it gradually. That also helps find out what the minimum effective dose is. It’s doesn’t have any serious side effects that I know of, at least in moderate doses, so you may want to ask your vet (or a vet) about trying it. If the seizure-like episodes stop with the phenobarbitol, and return when it’s discontinued, you’ve got your diagnosis.

(The weird thing is , this NEVER happened UNTIL the day I shot the cap gun . As soon as I fired that shot he immediately went down .)

My cat “Jerry Lee” has been doing the same thing for about 6 years now. It always happens when he gets excited or scared. He will just lock up and fall over. His recovery usually takes 15 to 30 seconds and then he's fine, almost like it never happen. Our vet has been unable to connect this with any disorder. The good thing is, it doesn’t seem to effect his health in any way. We're just real careful about startling him or letting him get too excited. It's almost like the fainting goats I’ve seen video of.