More Prayers for Snoopy!

**shais_mom** · 07-14-2006, 11:08 PM

gentle kisses to that poor guy.
This just breaks my heart - Shai's weren't this bad.

**zippy-kat** · 07-15-2006, 12:56 AM

Prayers for handsome Snoopy are on the way!

**joycenalex** · 07-15-2006, 06:06 AM

i really do know how awful it is to watch a beloved dog go through a seizure and the post ictal stuff. getting the rectal valium in and the post seixure stage is hard. i found that ocular compression, lightly and cooling alex, as well as food really helped. some dogs do better with meds other then valium post seizure, will your vet consider a phone consult with a vet neuro? i'm sending you hugs and hope.

**Cincy'sMom** · 07-15-2006, 07:51 AM

Poor Snoopy!! I wish there was something we could do to help him!!!

To try to answer some questions, he is on two different medications daily to help control the seizures (phenobarb and Potassium Bromide and is also given valium if he does have one to try to calm him and prevent more.

Snoopy is 4. He has been havng seizures off and on for about 2 years now.

**Pam** · 07-15-2006, 08:01 AM

(((hugs))) to you and Snoopy too.

One of my RB poodles had seizures and, once starting the Phenobarb, never had another, so I can only imagine how worried you are. When nothing seems to be working we feel so helpless. Snoopy is so lucky to have such wonderful furparents taking care of him.

**pitc9** · 07-15-2006, 08:10 AM

Hugs to Snoopy!!

**4 Dog Mother** · 07-15-2006, 08:22 AM

Snoopy is doing well this morning. The valium, phenobarbital and potassium bromide all seem to be doing their job. I just called the vet's office to find out how long he needs to stay on the valium.

When he wakes out of one cant you put him in the bathroom or something where he cant really bump into things and get hurt?

After Snoopy's seizures, things are usually a little crazy. Taggert and Pippi have to get into the middle of things because they don't understand what is going on. He loses control of his bladder and bowels and drools alot so there is a mess to clean up. And he is so confused and like I said blind so it doesn't matter where he is he butts up against things and doesn't know what to do. It isn't so dangerous as sad

Thursday night's happened outside. He still floundered around, got into a corner of the fenced yard and didn't know what to do. I had to lead him to the door of the house but he was too weak to get in by himself so I had to kind of lift his back end up each of the two steps. Like I said it is more sad than harmful for him. He isn't walking at a speed where the bumping into things that can harm him.

Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers. Please keep them coming!