Bud just had anothe seizure

Scottiemom wrote:
I had a seizure dog, Neal. His started when we used a laser pointer for him to play. . . . enough of that.

Here is a way that may help snap him out of the stupor of the seizure.

Once the seizure is over and he attempts to sit up. . . use an oral syringe (the vet has them) and give him honey. You will have to experiment with the dose. My Neal was about 24 pounds and required 3 syringes full of honey. After dosing him with honey, we took him outside. In just a couple minutes he would pee and poop. In about 2 hours he would be back to normal. Without the honey he would cluster with seizures and his ordeal would last 24 hours and take a week to recover. . . only to repeat it all in 3 weeks. The honey stopped that completely. A couple times he would have one repeat seizure and we would dose him again, but that would be it. He still took antiseizure drugs, phenobarbitol and sodium bromide.

The theory behind this, and no vet told me. . . I learned this online through canine angels, is that the

seizure to a dog is like running a marathon. It depletes their blood sugar which is what causes the cluster seizures. Giving them the honey will almost immediately replenish their blood sugar and bring them into the normal range.

The websites I used said to use Breyers all natural ice cream. Can't keep that in the motorhome and we full time. So I thought peanut butter, but that is problematic and not as quick. My niece is a nurse practitioner and she suggested the honey. It has a long shelf life and is easy to administer and Neal loved it. It was easy for him to swallow.

Most seizures have no known cause so we are left to deal with the sordid effects ourselves with our beloved pet. The honey won't stop the main seizures, but will help alleviate the clusters that result from the drop in blood sugar. It doesn't mean the dog is diabetic. . . it is just this seizure that causes this problem.

It's simple, effective, and you've got nothing to lose by trying it. I hope it helps your dog. Dale

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I will just add that I started out with honey also. It is hard to administer honey on observing the onset and/or during the seizure. Which I try to do to help shorten the episode, prevent second one, and quicker recovery. Otherwise I give it immediately after. Honey just doesn't work well with a syringe.

I then found that using glucose was much easier. Less is needed and works immediately.

RV'ing with a seizure dog takes a little bit of planning. You need everything at hand pre-loaded so you can get to it 'quickly'.

Pulling off the road in a MH suddenly to attend to a dog seizing and fumbling thru cabinets just wasn't working for me. There had to be a better way.

I found this product works well. And I tried them all before finding this one!

It is a gel and in a tube that 'also' acts as a syringe for real ease of getting it into the dog quickly even if the seizure has already started. Works faster than honey.

Hope this info helps anyone that has a seizure dog. It is sold at Walgreens. If it is not on the shelf ask the pharmacist he will order it for you and it will be there with a day or so for pick up.

Insta Glucose



My guy has a special denim zippered bag velcro'd on the MH dinette table that contains his Insta Glucose and a pre-loaded syringe of Valium. He never goes anywhere with out it.:C