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The majority of seizures appear to occur spontaneously, however sometimes seizures may be precipitated by a variety of environmental and internal factors. In human patients, sleep deprivation, emotional stress, menstruation, missed anti-epileptic medication and concurrent illness can result in so called ‘precipitated seizures’ (Commission, 1989). Emotional stress caused by changes in the daily routine (including moving to another place or travelling), unexpected noise, sudden awakening, or an unusual event have been reported to precipitate seizures in Labrador retrievers (Heynold et al., 1997). Another study reported that anxiety, hyperactivity or stress (e.g. working under conditions with a demand for high performance) sometimes provoked seizures in 22% (11/49) of the included Belgian shepherds (Berendt et al., 2008).