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Dear Beth, I am very sorry to hear of this news. This disease is a nightmare and you persevered well for Phrynie. You deserve neither blame nor guilt but you should take comfort in knowing just how much you gave and cared for Phrynie in her illness and in not prolonging her suffering – making tough ...

Hi Tonysmom,

This is incredibly encouraging news. I hope you continue with such good success.
I guess even if you a do experience some breakthrough seizures, these increased durations of respite will be heartening.

Wishing you well.

Trevor.

Hi Beth, Spencer was an English Springer Spaniel. At 4 years old he had his first (witnessed/known) fit. And so began our journey through this disease for a further seven years. After his second fit we commenced pheno and upped & upped the doses. We trialed Zonisamide (this worked for a while but it...

Hi Tony’s mom, Welcome to this forum – and I commend you on your perseverance with two very needy dogs. Spencer first fitted at 4 years old but only a few months later commenced treatment. (We never had the opportunity to consider CBD products in our care). We had Spencer and his mother together and...

Hi Beth, Welcome to the forum although I am sorry you need to be here. This is a heart breaking disease (frustrating, infuriating, grievous and more). I’m not sure where you are at with your options, and in your story you say you commenced potassium first up and (as I read it) then considered potass...

Hi Recluse, I’ve just found your post being unreplied for quite some time – I hope you and Fyodor are still around. So welcome to this site, sad as it is that you need to visit, and sorry for the delay in replying. I don’t know that I have any gems to offer you but I can share a bit of info from our...

Hi Belgiam Malinios, I’m sorry that you need to join this forum, but welcome. One of the hardest things I find with this disease is the lack of solid answers. This disease is silent, strong willed and it reveals itself quite differently for each epi-dog. Another frustrating issue is that money canno...

Hi Jeff, Sorry you have to be here. I hope you can get some good help and reassurance from this amazing group of people. This is a lovely photo of you with Fand & Li Ban – a gorgeous pair of dogs. Your story echoes our story: Spencer first fitted the evening we arrived home from a camping holiday; w...

Hi Chris, It is wonderful to hear from you. It is great to hear from ALL of you again. Dear Chris, I’m sorry to hear that ‘doing it hard’ was relentless upon you, but it shows your resilience and toughness of character. I truly hope you can catch a break and recoup that lost joy in life. And I’m sor...

Welcome to this site, Metin. It is good to hear that your company has a dog shelter to care for animals and I am heartened that you are taking the extra time to give additional care to your epileptic dogs. I hope you are able to gain much useful information from this site to help your dogs. This sit...

Hello Karen, This is great news! Any run of seizure free time is exciting and encouraging. Nearly two years of hard work, juggling medicines, so hopefully you are reaching a good point in Cooper's welfare. Jinxing... enjoy your good run. There is no jinx with this disease - it just sucks! When I got...

I am sorry to hear of this sad news. Take heart in knowing that you are a caring and worthy pet owner, doing your best provide and care for Bruno to the end. Stand strong and let this grief pass - Bruno is now free and peaceful. Keeping you in my prayers. Trevor. In memory of Spencer 7-12-2005 - 22-...

It is a year now since Spencer died. He was the last of our four pets to leave us (all of them within a year) so this last 12 months has been a quiet pet-free recovery for us. Many years ago my plan was to buy Spencer’s mum after she had weaned her pups. During our visits Spencer made himself known ...

Dear Joe & Kathy, I am sorry to hear of the death of Speckles. You have fought long and hard to keep Speckles well in this disease. Sadly, death is inevitable and no-one can prevent it but the love and care you gave Speckles to the end is abundantly clear – a great picture of what amazing people you...

Hi Jessica, I compliment you on taking in this stray, and for persisting with the necessary treatment. Clearly you are concerned for Pablo’s welfare and you should take comfort in the fact that you are doing all you can within your abilities to care for him. Epilepsy takes on so many variations in h...