Healthy Pets - Page 2

Arwen · 11-18-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude

No sooner had we got home from Austin on sunday that our little chihuahua/shitzu two year old started having a seizure.
She has had about 5 in her lifetime now.
This one and the one previous (4 mnths ago) continued until we got her to emergency vet for a shot of valium.
We took her to our vet yesterday and are waiting on blood work to come back.

I thought it was worth a shot to see if anyone here has gone thru this with such
a young dog.

So sorry to hear about your baby's illness, Dude. That's scary.

I did know a few dogs (grooming clients and friends' dogs) that were epileptic at a young age. One of them was known to be a case of in-breeding (brother/sister combination.) The others we did not know about.

The triggers seemed to be overstimulation much like in children. When the dogs were stressed or tired, a seizure could happen.

One was a food allergy of all things. Dog reacted to carrots.

Deborah · 11-18-2009, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dude

No sooner had we got home from Austin on sunday that our little chihuahua/shitzu two year old started having a seizure.
She has had about 5 in her lifetime now.
This one and the one previous (4 mnths ago) continued until we got her to emergency vet for a shot of valium.
We took her to our vet yesterday and are waiting on blood work to come back.

I thought it was worth a shot to see if anyone here has gone thru this with such
a young dog.

UPDATE; blood work back they are thinking she may have a Liver Shunt...going back for another enzime test Friday morning....anyone have experience with this? Scary stuff...

Arwen · 11-18-2009, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jaqueline

UPDATE; blood work back they are thinking she may have a Liver Shunt...going back for another enzime test Friday morning....anyone have experience with this? Scary stuff...

Scary indeed. I believe a liver shunt is fixable via surgery. A very close friend is a vet in Denver. Hang in there. May I light a candle for your little dog?

Dude · 11-19-2009, 07:40 AM

shit...

she was back to her normal self yesterday only to have another seizure this am.
fortunately we had a rectal dose of valium to stop it quickly and gave her some honey
in case its low blood sugar too getting her all outta wack.

if this next test comes back bad he's referring us to a vet in Dallas for an mri
then surgery

jfreas · 11-19-2009, 07:46 AM

This is an interesting link- Grade your dog food.

http://zenathepug.blogspot.com/2009/...food-rate.html

Arwen · 11-19-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dude

shit...

she was back to her normal self yesterday only to have another seizure this am.
fortunately we had a rectal dose of valium to stop it quickly and gave her some honey
in case its low blood sugar too getting her all outta wack.

if this next test comes back bad he's referring us to a vet in Dallas for an mri
then surgery

Dude, I'm so sorry to hear this. I will hope that the vets can get this all worked out for you all. It's so stressful to have a kid sick! Hug!

Sam · 11-19-2009, 09:20 AM

one of our neighbors has a american bulldog, most beautiful male i have ever seen. he started throwing up blood, they found pancreatic cancer.

stuff like that just blows my mind.

violaine · 11-19-2009, 11:13 AM

oxbow products for all life stages:

vitamin C chewable 50 mg tablet for guinea pigs = daily; pellets for young and/or nursing pigs [contain alfalfa], adult pig chow does not contain alfalfa [only timothy], variety of fresh hays [orchard, timothy, brome, botanical, et c.], hay cakes, and critical care for emergency feeding.

Rook · 11-19-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jfreas

This is an interesting link- Grade your dog food.

http://zenathepug.blogspot.com/2009/...food-rate.html

More proof that my brother feeds his pooch doggie Swill.....

Inuus · 11-19-2009, 08:33 PM

I'm sorry to hear this. My dog went thru chemo which damaged her liver. I learned alot about liver disease/problems via forums and groups. If you want any info I will be glad to pass on what I know about liver problems and refer you to the places I found

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Originally Posted by jaqueline

UPDATE; blood work back they are thinking she may have a Liver Shunt...going back for another enzime test Friday morning....anyone have experience with this? Scary stuff...

Dude · 11-20-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

Hang in there. May I light a candle for your little dog?

thank you
and yes please ..

she's at the doctors getting blood work without food
then in two hours bloodwork with food

hoping to hell it's hypoglycemia and not liver shunt

Dude · 11-20-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inuus

I'm sorry to hear this. My dog went thru chemo which damaged her liver. I learned alot about liver disease/problems via forums and groups. If you want any info I will be glad to pass on what I know about liver problems and refer you to the places I found

yes please

how is your Gouda doing?

Arwen · 11-20-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dude

thank you
and yes please ..

she's at the doctors getting blood work without food
then in two hours bloodwork with food

hoping to hell it's hypoglycemia and not liver shunt

What's her name? I apologize if you've said this, but I do not remember.

Dude · 11-20-2009, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Arwen

What's her name? I apologize if you've said this, but I do not remember.

foster
fosterini for short

Bit · 11-20-2009, 10:11 AM

Bright blessings to Gouda and Fosterini!!

Darth Denkay · 11-22-2009, 06:25 PM

Caring for dogs with seizures is never fun. My parents and I have a Great Dane who started having seizures when he was 3 months old. It took over a year to get him regulated in any way. First, he was growing so quickly that we could never get the dosage right. Secondly, when we seemed to have to dose right, he had horrible side effects to the meds, enough so that we considered putting him down. He was so weak in his back end that we felt his quality of life was really compromised. Our vet referred us to a study being conducted at the University of Tennessee Knoxville vet school on an experimental drug. That drug saved Moose's (our dog's life). It's a bit more expensive than the traditional drugs but a little with a little research we found a source that was very affordable.

I don't know if I specified that we did the whole round of tests when his seizures first began, and everything was within normal range, so he's your run-of-the-mill epileptic. Just very young for it to start.

Sounds as though in your pup's case there may be a physiological cause for the seizures, and one that can be corrected. Keep us posted.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dude

shit...

she was back to her normal self yesterday only to have another seizure this am.
fortunately we had a rectal dose of valium to stop it quickly and gave her some honey
in case its low blood sugar too getting her all outta wack.

if this next test comes back bad he's referring us to a vet in Dallas for an mri
then surgery

Dude · 11-23-2009, 12:44 PM

results from tests came back as probably not a liver shunt

but he wants to try her out on potassium bromade to help control them

she finally has solid poop again (she got runs from the valium) and she is
playful and eating good.

Inuus · 11-23-2009, 05:04 PM

Im happy for you and the little one about the test results. I know what that feels like to be waiting thinking the worst. Keep us posted!

Darth Denkay · 11-24-2009, 03:33 PM

Hey, very good news about the liver!!!

As much as we hate anything to be wrong with our furbabies, epilepsy can usually be successfully managed. I worked as a vet tech for 10 years and remember quite a few patients who did really well - on meds of course. The reality is that your pup will probably have the occasional seizure, but not too often and not requiring valium to stop it.

Here's hoping your

responds well to the meds!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dude

results from tests came back as probably not a liver shunt

but he wants to try her out on potassium bromade to help control them

she finally has solid poop again (she got runs from the valium) and she is
playful and eating good.

Dude · 11-29-2009, 09:17 PM

She has gone a week now with NO seizures and she is yet to
be put on any meds.
I still need to research that pottasium bromide and apparently it
is not easily accessable because the vet has still not received it.

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Dude Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Perusing Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: exit 5 with an exit 21 goal Posts: 1,725 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,351 Thanked 10,606 Times in 1,477 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	She has gone a week now with NO seizures and she is yet to be put on any meds. I still need to research that pottasium bromide and apparently it is not easily accessable because the vet has still not received it.