I can't see it being a flea…they're so few and far between here, especially in the winter. No one here treats or prevents fleas because they really aren't an issue. On that note his 'freaking out' head movement has been around for months…at least the last 8 months. He ducks his head, pins his ears back really hard, eyes go big and he whips his head around rapidly..we used to joke that he was hearing voices when it happened…because that's almost what it looks like, like he's hearing something that really scares him…either that, or he's afraid something is going to hurt him/get him. Dante is fearless, nothing scares him…even things that should. 

At his age is likely to be idiopathic or have a secondary cause? I know these types of seizures often have a secondary cause (atleast that is what I've found in reading) but Dante seems entirely healthy…although he has been suddenly having accidents after being reliably trained for a good 6 months or more…and lots of accidents, in his crate mostly when we're not home, despite everything we've tried.  Beyond that, though..he's not drinking much more, he's eating, energy is fine, happy and goofy as always.

Dante has not had an 'episode' or peed in his crate since the 23rd. I don't know whether to be relieved that whatever it was seems to be 'over' or even more concerned that there was a very distinct 'start' to his behavior and a distinct 'stop'. We thought maybe we were just thinking too much into it and that the 'episodes' were just goofy behavior maybe and the peeing was just him being a bratty 1 year old dog. But now there is no doubt something was going on. 

We had taken him to the vet for the peeing and she concluded behavioral after a urinalysis showed nothing. She did say if it continued we would go into more extensive testing if changing routines/crates/etc didn't work first. We decided to wait until after Christmas to change anything since it would all get messed up over the holidays…so we made no changes, and the peeing stopped on it's own. He'd been peeing in his crate (and once on the floor) for about 3 weeks, it started out every other day, once or twice a day, to nearly everytime he was in his crate. He was also asking to go out constantly when he was out of his crate.

The episodes started about a week into the peeing, and lasted for about two weeks.

And just like that, both are gone.

We're going to take him for bloodwork and a MRI soon, just to be safe…but I don't know if it will show anything since nothing is going on anymore.