Hi. My husband just got us a rescued dalmatian, and we
really like him. He came home Friday evening, he's great
with our kids, great in the house, very calm, etc. During
a thunderstorm, he started shaking a little, and kinda
moving in a wierd way, but I just thought he was scared
(and maybe he was.)
BUT, yesterday morning, he was sitting calmly by me on the
living room floor, and he suddenly got up with his head
down and sorta crawled to my son's room where he had a
seizure. It scared me half to death, and he lost control of his bladder and bowels on the floor while he was seizing. My husband took him to the
vet that morning, and they diagnosed him with epilepsy, but said it
would take months to figure out how to treat the seizures
(if it's even necessary.)
My husband thinks we should return him to the rescue
organization, as he doesn't want to take a chance on the
time and expenses that this dog might put us through(not
to mention how attached we are all getting) should he
become very ill. We already have two dogs and two young
children, so it might be too much for us to take on.
Just some background on the dog.... he's about 4-5 years old and VERY skinny. Also, he was possibly vaccinated twice just before we got him (the rescuer didn't want to take the shelters word that they did it). He was also recently treated for two type of worms. So, in general, he's not in great health (though the vet said his heart sounded great.) I just wish that one of these factors (or the fact that he was just transported to a new place) could explain the seizure away, but since the vet diagnosed epilepsy, I realize that's probably not possible.
Anyway, do any of you have advice regarding dogs with seizures? I
really want to keep him and see what happens, but I
realize that's probably not practical.
Thanks for any advice you may have.
really like him. He came home Friday evening, he's great
with our kids, great in the house, very calm, etc. During
a thunderstorm, he started shaking a little, and kinda
moving in a wierd way, but I just thought he was scared
(and maybe he was.)
BUT, yesterday morning, he was sitting calmly by me on the
living room floor, and he suddenly got up with his head
down and sorta crawled to my son's room where he had a
seizure. It scared me half to death, and he lost control of his bladder and bowels on the floor while he was seizing. My husband took him to the
vet that morning, and they diagnosed him with epilepsy, but said it
would take months to figure out how to treat the seizures
(if it's even necessary.)
My husband thinks we should return him to the rescue
organization, as he doesn't want to take a chance on the
time and expenses that this dog might put us through(not
to mention how attached we are all getting) should he
become very ill. We already have two dogs and two young
children, so it might be too much for us to take on.
Just some background on the dog.... he's about 4-5 years old and VERY skinny. Also, he was possibly vaccinated twice just before we got him (the rescuer didn't want to take the shelters word that they did it). He was also recently treated for two type of worms. So, in general, he's not in great health (though the vet said his heart sounded great.) I just wish that one of these factors (or the fact that he was just transported to a new place) could explain the seizure away, but since the vet diagnosed epilepsy, I realize that's probably not possible.
Anyway, do any of you have advice regarding dogs with seizures? I
really want to keep him and see what happens, but I
realize that's probably not practical.
Thanks for any advice you may have.