Epilepsy in dogs

Thanks for your story of Marley's epileptic seizures. I had a very similar experience with my beagle, Woodstock. She started off out of the blue with "cluster seizures" and it was very scary. I discovered this about 5 in the morning, and was waiting at the vet's office at 7 when they opened. They sedated her and sent me to a neurologist/hospital, and they kept her overnight and performed an MRI, blood tests, and the brain fluid that you described. This only ruled out everything except "ideopathic epilepsy" or no known cause. ($3,000 later, and NO insurance!) This was about 4 months ago, and the reason I googled this now was because she just ...  Read the complete review

In March this year, my two year old Border Collie Marley was diagnosed with Primary Epilepsy. When I first started encountering Marley's fits, I headed straight for the internet to try and find out as much information as possible about seizures in dogs. I was hit with lots of varying information and was unsure of what to believe as opinions differed so greatly. I am writing this review to share my experience of epilepsy and seizures in dogs, in the hope that it will help other people in the same position. Marley's 1st seizure On March 15th 2006, at 8pm, my boyfriend and I had been back from walking 6 dogs. I have 2 border collies, my Mum and Dad have ...  Read the complete review