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.

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?

shit...:confused:
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

Grade your dog food!
 

This is an interesting link- Grade your dog food.

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

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.

exotic pets
 

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

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

thank you
and yes please ..:candle:

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 :ohm:

yes please

how is your Gouda doing?

foster
fosterini for short:heartbeat:

:candle: :candle: :candle: Bright blessings to Gouda and Fosterini!! :candle: :candle: :candle:

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.

results from tests came back as probably not a liver shunt:dance2:

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.

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!

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 :dog: responds well to the meds!