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Dog passing out and peeing

I have a 13-1/2 year old, female Boston Terrier.  I the last year or two our vet said she has a heart murmur.  It started as a '1', and recently was a '3' on a scale of 1-6... but the last visit for her annual a month ago, had not gotten any worse. 3 nights ago when people came to the house, and she got excited (as she always does), her legs went out from under her, she slumped to the ground and peed.  After that seemed fine.  Then last night, she did it again.  Someone came to the house, she got excited, and you could see the strained breathing (and it had a different sound), her feet going out from under her, and her slumping to her side to the ground and peeing.  She's down for a minute, and then slowly gets up.  She seems 'concerned' about what happened or embarrassed... or not sure what happened and confused.  But she seems to go back to her normal routine.  She's eating fine, drinking fine.  I'm taking her into the vet tomorrow, for what I found to be a bad molar in the top of her mouth last week, to get pulled and her teeth cleaned.  I am thinking this will be a bigger issue to have looked at.  
Do you have any questions you'd recommend me asking?  As with all those who love their pets... this is so hard to watch.  They are our children.  
Thanks for your time.
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20865331 tn?1550249139
I have a 14 year old Boston and she has done this twice in the last couple months when i get home from work. she has a grade 3 heart murmur. i took her to the vet today and she said it could be caused by the murmur and getting too excited. She put her on heart meds, took chest Xrays and ran a senior blood test. the X-Rays showed an enlarged heart. Still waiting on Blood Test. i may end up taking her to a heart doctor next. but i want to see how this does first.
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CHF :( my 11 year old chihuahua did the same thing. She was coughing quite a bit for a few weeks. Then one day, She got excited, greeted me at the door, and she got wobbly and collapsed and urinated. Laid there for a few minutes, and then got right back up. The third time it happened, I took her straight to the hospital... they diagnosed her with CHF, enlarged heart, and fluid was in her lungs! Ugh. So so sad. I waited too long. :( the cardiologist gave her a few months to live... with meds, she lived a normal life. Coughed , still ate and pooped normally... had a few episodes of collapse.. passed away peacefully, almost 2 months later 8/11/18. She was my best friend.
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Did vet say why she was collapsing? My Lhasa Apso has CHF, stage 4 and been on meds for most of the year.  Eats well, sleeps well but when he gets excited he does the same thing.  Took him to vet. They didn’t see any fluid but his trachea is being compromised due to the heart growing and pressing the trachea up.  I’m thinking that’s what it may be... not getting enough air to his brain?  It’s painful to watch.  I want to make it all better for him.
1040373 tn?1273687488
Awww I bet she's precious. I also have Bostons. Is she on meds for her heart murmur? Like lasix/enalapril?

Does she have arthritis? Maybe she pushed herself too hard, being excited about company, and her legs gave out. Does she normally have incontinence issues?

To me it doesn't really sound like a seizure, just over-stimulation.

I hope your appt goes well & the vet can give you answers. I'm curious to find out what he/she says.
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612551 tn?1450022175
It could be just the price of living to an old age... we people have similar problems.

Surely worth discussing with your Vet, and if the Vet is a long time relationship the records may help the vet connect the dots.  If this happens only when your dog gets excited it may be best to find a way to isolate her or to introduce her slowly to the fact guest have entered.

Hope you get some better inputs, at east I can sympathize, which I do from personal experience.
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