Seizures in a Labrador *Please help!*

[joycenalex]

my dog has seizures. alex is 11 and has had them for 10 years, seizures can come from many causes, and a vet visit for a complete check up is needed, includiing low thyroid. the 3 main websites i know, the canine epilepsy website, one group in yahoo, and the guardian angels are wonderful, jam packed with information and caring helpful people. please join us. BTW alex is a lab-terrier mystery mix. seizures are not a death sentence any longer.

[Medusa]

My RB dog Charmin, a peke-a-poo lived to be 18 1/2 w/seizures which started right after she gave birth at approx. one year of age. But as soon as she started on the phenobarbitol, she was fine. Bailey isn't having seizures any more but the crying and pacing and esp. the nosebleed have me concerned. I've just never seen her like this. But thank you so much for the info. I'll be sure to read all I can get my hands on.

[Medusa]

Well, my friend just called me again and said that until the blood work comes back, his vet said that she's shooting in the dark. She cut the phenolbarbitol in half and said to give Bailey that plus half a valium. She's afraid that the phen. has caused immediate kidney damage. God, I hope not. And her nose is still bleeding. My friend is afraid that he's going to wake up tomorrow morning and find a dead dog. Please, friends, pray for Bailey. He loves that dog so much and to lose another Lab in the month of March would be too much!