EPM2b Gene

Dogs and seizures…

My Aussie, Iz, and her sister, Zader Mae, suffer from seizures.  A most disheartening affliction to observe.  Iz suffered from half-a-dozen of the seizures in 2004, and she started 2005 off with a bang, suffering two seizures in about 10 hours time, one at around 9 P.M. New Year’s Day, followed by a second seizure at around 3:35 A.M. on the 2nd.  Dang it!  In an unusual coincidence, Zady also suffered two seizures in about a ten hour timeframe, also on New Year’s Day and early in the A.M. on the 2nd.

Thus it was with interest I read this BBC News article titled “Epilepsy gene identified in dogs." Though the information presented in the article is of little value to the Iz, it’s interesting to note none-the-less.

Posted by on 01/09 at 06:32 AM

  1. Thanks for this, John.  My mini wirehaired doxie has about two seizures a year.  The first time, I thought I had somehow poisoned and killed her.  Now we just ride them out.

    The vets told me there is medication, but like anti-seizure meds for humans, it deals a blow to the personality and keeps them muted. 

    Each seizure, they told me, kills brain cells.  But Clara is as smart as ever (she’s 12 now) and we just live with it.  This is the first time I knew that it was a wirehaired thang, though.

    Posted by gary  on  01/09  at  09:52 AM

  2. Gary, I’ve switched the Iz’s food, since the 1st, to Solid Gold Health Hund-N-Flocken. A friend recommended it due to the fact that it cut down the number seizures their dog had, which is noted in one of the testimonials at Solid Gold, also.

    Posted by John Venlet  on  01/09  at  01:49 PM

  3. I’ll look into that, thanks.

    Posted by gary  on  01/09  at  01:54 PM

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