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[quote=Anonymous]OP I have a senior dog whom I've witnessed having one seizure, and it never happened again.  Took him to the emergency vet, but by then the seizure was over and they couldn't tell me anything without lots of tests, which I declined.  He seems fine now.

I had a foster dog with a diagnosed seizure condition. As long as she took her twice daily Zonisamide, she was fine.

Unless he starts seizing often, I would wait for your next regular vet appointment.  Ask what can be done.  Personally with an elderly dog I would do medications and reasonable accomodations (like, I dunno, pee pads in bed if they lose their bladder seizing) but I would not go crazy with tests, operations, etc.  I respect that my beloved dog will die of something (as we all will) when nature decides, and I think it's better to expend those resources on saving more dogs, not costly and painful interventions for an elderly dog.

Dogs do get confused and scared about seizures.  You can google and read descriptions of what it feels like to have a grand mal seizure.  Imagine being a dog with no way to understand this medical condition :(

All you can do is be there for your dog, giving comfort after the seizure, preventing them from hurting themselves during.

As an aside my brother also has grand mal seizures and has since toddlerhood.  He takes all different meds.  Again, all you can do during a grand mal seizure is be there for the person.  If it ever went on too long we would call 911 obviously, but for the most part, with his meds, just sitting with him during and after has been enough.  
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