Post #393,063
8/11/14 11:39:30 PM
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my little boston terrier had a grand mal seizure this morning
took me by surprise, thought I was going to lose him right there. Poor guy is 10 years old, mostly blind but still thinks he is 20 ft tall and wants to fight any animal he can sense except his border collie buddy jack (son's fiance dog). After it was over and he recovered did some reading. Appears that several things could cause this and the breed is noted for seizures. Seems like his time may be getting short. He is my last child..... will miss him when he goes but will appreciate his companionship every day. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
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Post #393,064
8/12/14 12:15:20 AM
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Hope it goes easy for him
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Post #393,065
8/12/14 2:05:01 AM
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You've probably found the lore
as here. There seem to be a few things you can do, but as they say--the causes may be several but it seems to be a genetic predisposition. Sorry you have to wonder, next. Of course you won't give up; I share your hope that he's an outlier and indestructible (even at 70 human-years; hell I'm still here.). Luck
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Post #393,066
8/12/14 2:07:41 AM
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Sorry to hear that
But remember: the best cure for grief for your old dog, is a new dog.
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Post #393,076
8/12/14 9:53:16 AM
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nope, last pet
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
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Post #393,067
8/12/14 3:52:40 AM
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I hope your little guy is doing good
"Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand"
Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
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Post #393,069
8/12/14 8:04:23 AM
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Sorry to hear
Our lab started having those when she was about 3, 5 years ago now. The first one took us by grand surprise as well. She's been on potassium bromide ever since and we travel with a handful of valium pills.
The bromide is not toxic to the liver but above a certain level, she turns into nervous Nellie. It took a while to fine tune the dose, but she'd now been seizure free for 3 years (crossing fingers...) and the neurotic behavior is at a tolerable level.
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Post #393,073
8/12/14 8:58:39 AM
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Been dealing with that in my Wiemaraner/Boxer mix for 10 years.
Some of her seizures are 45 minutes long, even with the meds. We have to give her Phenobarbital twice a day.
We can usually tell when she is going to have them, a few minutes before... she can tell and starts "clinging" to us.
And yes, this is the last Dog, when she goes in a few years. --
greg@gregfolkert.net
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Post #393,074
8/12/14 9:46:54 AM
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Sorry to hear that.
"Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime, but old dogs and children and watermelon wine."
--Tom T. Hall
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Post #393,094
8/12/14 4:48:35 PM
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Sad to hear.
Our 13 year old Peke gets occasional seizures in the mornings due to more than likely Canine Hypoglycemia. She normally eats once a day and sometimes leaves most of it.
Just a thought for you to consider, because it's a small dog thing. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #393,101
8/12/14 9:36:55 PM
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first thing I checked as he had a brand new food source
salmon and pumpkin. Put him back on rachel rays beef and rice Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
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