My Bl. boy Little Joe is almost 8 years old and has had seizures since he was a young puppy. He has what is known as Idiopathic Epilepsy, i.e. of no medical or physical cause. Joe's is stress related and his fits graduated into the long lasting cluster fits like your Daisy has had. He had been clear of fits for over 3 years and starting to live the normal life of his own choosing when he somehow got hold of some rat poison, which gave him a bleed on the brain and severe cluster fits over a single weekend. He is now stabilised and fit free for almost 3 months, but the fits could return at any time.
Joe's history is a serious one, but just because Daisy has had a single cluster of half an hour it does not necessarily mean that she will ever have another. If there are more, then there are various drugs, Phenobarbitone types for a start, which will either stop the fits from occurring or at least control them; other newer drugs of a different type are also reported to give good results. Your veterinarian will tell you about these after the appropriate tests have been completed.
While you are waiting to hear more there is little that anyone can tell you, except the basics: keep Daisy safe from harm if she fits again, darken the room she is in if possible and turn off any music or speech programmes on the radio or tv. If she has more cluster fits, these are dangerous and it is essential that you get her to the vet. immediately after she has recovered, unless you can get her there safely while she is fitting. You need not protect her tongue because dogs do not swallow them while fitting and do keep clear of her head and mouth if you can, because she may injure you because of convulsive snapping and biting during the fits.
The other golden rule at any time is to never, ever, give an epileptic dog any form of Evening Primrose Oil because it is fit inducing in either dogs or animals with epileptic dispositions.
