Bud just had anothe seizure
Last moth Bud had a seizure and he just had another a few minutes ago. I called the vet and they don't want to start him on meds until they are less then a month apart. Bud just walks nonstop now arou...
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I used to have seizure dogs. I had heard of the Breyer's vanilla ice cream, but never heard of the honey thing. I'm definitely going to put a note about that in my med box for the dogs. Thankfully no need for it at this time, but one never knows what life will send down our paths.
I only had one who had grand mal seizures, and they would cluster. I had to keep injectible valium here to bring him out of them. Luckily he did not have them very often.
I had two boys who had petite mal seizures. They had them frequently enough to go on meds. Our vet had suggested potassium bromide, compounded in a liquid. They went on that around 3 years of age and both lived a full life with no side effects. I think the one was 14 and the other just about 17 when we lost them.
I had one dog that an emergency vet tried to put on phenobarb when she had her first seizure. She went berserk - it had the opposite effect on her, so we took her off of it. WEnt back to my regular vet, and we determined she did not need it. She only seized about once every 2 to 3 yrs, so not so bad.
One thing to keep in mind, some food can trigger seizures. I have a friend who had a 5 yr old dog who never seized. She started having seizures. Started slowly and within two weeks, it went from one seizure a day to multiple seizures daily and increased in intensity. She kept trying to think what changed, and she finally decided that she had recently changed dog food. So she stopped that food and went to something else. The seizures stopped and the dog never had another one.
I only had one who had grand mal seizures, and they would cluster. I had to keep injectible valium here to bring him out of them. Luckily he did not have them very often.
I had two boys who had petite mal seizures. They had them frequently enough to go on meds. Our vet had suggested potassium bromide, compounded in a liquid. They went on that around 3 years of age and both lived a full life with no side effects. I think the one was 14 and the other just about 17 when we lost them.
I had one dog that an emergency vet tried to put on phenobarb when she had her first seizure. She went berserk - it had the opposite effect on her, so we took her off of it. WEnt back to my regular vet, and we determined she did not need it. She only seized about once every 2 to 3 yrs, so not so bad.
One thing to keep in mind, some food can trigger seizures. I have a friend who had a 5 yr old dog who never seized. She started having seizures. Started slowly and within two weeks, it went from one seizure a day to multiple seizures daily and increased in intensity. She kept trying to think what changed, and she finally decided that she had recently changed dog food. So she stopped that food and went to something else. The seizures stopped and the dog never had another one.
