[Solved]: A 3-year-old border collie is carried into the clinic…

A 3-year-old border collie is carried into the clinic by a very upset owner, who describes the dog as abnormal after having bumped into a coffee table, falling to the floor, and thrashing around while trying to stand. The dog had done something similar about a month previously. This time the dog had urinated and defecated while thrashing and had been thrashing intermittently on the floor for the last 3 hours. Initial assessment: dog is unconscious, tachypneic (60 breaths/min), tachycardic (160 beats/min), and hyperthermic (39.9deg C/103.8deg F); mucous membranes are tacky and pink, with a capillary refill time of 2 seconds. While you are taking the temperature, the dog starts thrashing again.