canine epilepsy

[loulou]

Does anyone have any practical advice on canine epilepsy or personal experience of it i would love to learn more...its such a heart breakin thing to watch your beloved pet go through. My pet is on medication but still has fits so any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

[Brattina88]

My great great aunt had/has a chihuahua with epilepsy...
but after some encouragement from yours truly, she changed the dogs food and after about two months the dog stopped having seizures. hmmm ;)
I've actually never seen one happen, and I've only met the dog once or twice. I bet that is really heartbreaking (((hugs))) to you and the dog! :)

[RawhideChews]

I have never faced dog epilepsy in action, but I hope this article with advice on diet, supplements, exercise etc. for such dogs might be helpful for you: http://www.purelypets.com/articles/epilepsyarticle.htm
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[poodlesmom]

One of my standard poodles, Chloe, started having seizures and ended up being put on pheno to try to control them. I did not want her to have seizures but I also didn't want her to have to stay on pheno long term so I did alot of on-line research. Based on what I found I changed her food to VanPattens Natural Balance Potato and Duck and a month later stopped the meds. She has been seizure free since and it has been about a year now. Here are some links that have some info that you might find interesting.

http://www.lab-retriever.net/board/diet-and-nutrition/t-epilepsy-diet-the-gard-testimonials-47643.html

http://dogtorj.tripod.com/

http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id39.html

I hope you are able to help your furpal. I know how scary & sad it is having to see them go through a seizure.

[fillyone]

I know a woman who has a Dane with seizures and went to a grain free raw diet. The dog is now off pheno and it has been 7 months since his last seizure.

[showpug]

Please take the time to read this. Some dogs' seizures can be completely stopped just by switching to a gluten, casein and soy free diet : http://www.dogtorj.net/id2.html

A good example of gluten, casein and soy free foods are:

www.canidae.com

www.naturapet.com (California Natural chicken and rice or lamb and rice formulas only)

Good luck.

[showpug]

And one more link to read: http://www.greatdanelady.com/articles/feed_program_for_dogs_that_seizure.htm

[loulou]

Thanks to all the people who have took the time to reply its really appreciated and i will take the time to look at all the things youve suggested. As you can imagine its heart breaking to see you pet having a seizure and you feel totally helpless. I sure the imformation you have given will be of great help and will help me to help my puppydog. THANKYOU X