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Thinking of you both; good luck in the morning!

Thanks WSM. He hasn't had any since. His bloods were normal and his PB level is within the allowed safe range. I've been reading on the canine-epilepsy board and there were a few mentions of seizures commencing before the age of 12 months may have other causes, and may not necessarily be epilepsy. I'm looking at taking him to a neurologist for further checks. I'm not having a lot of luck from his breeder; as soon as I mentioned epilepsy she said she'd never had to deal with it and that none of her dogs had it.

Hi.....he is on 180mg/day ie six tabs a day. He is 29kgs. As far as the vet is concerned, I am going to stay with him for the time being. I realise that comment was flippant; but as far Arish's Epilepsy goes, he has been very good about explaining the illness and the options available to us. He is quite caring because he rings me after Arish's episodes to find out how he's going etc. Anyway, we'll see.

I have been reading the posts of the forum on canine epilepsy. To say the least, I am dumbfounded by what people and their pets are going through!

White Shepherd mom, I feed him 2/3 raw food and 1/3 dry (Eagle pack Giant/large Breed Puppy). ETA: Thanks again everyone, for your input.

Thanks for your responses, guys. I'll keep reading up. ETA: What about the fatigue? Puggles do you find he is very tired? For instance, when I take Arish for a moderate paced walk, in about 20 minutes he appears exhausted. Seems too short a time to tire out a 12 month old Lab.

Our Lab Boy, Arish, is twelve months old. At the age of five months he had his first seizure. We were advised to keep an eye on him, as it may very well be a one-off episode. A few months later, when he was eight months old, he had a series of seizures over a couple of days, and we were told it could be epilepsy and were advised to start him on phenobarbital; which we did. Again a couple of months later he had a series of seizures and his medication was increased to 180mg/day. Now I find he is very lethargic and fatigued. He is always dozy. I was told that would be a temporary side effect of the drug. But he continues to be like that. How long will this "temporary side-effect" last? The fatigue is another thing. He get very tired easily; for a young Lab, I think probably too easily. I pointed that out to our Vet and he said the dog could just be lazy. Is fatigue a side effect of phenobarbital as well? Today, less than two months after his medications were adjusted, he has had two seizures; the latest one just now. I will be contacting the vet in the morning. Meanwhile, I was just wanting people's opinions on this. Could this be epilepsy at all? Should we be lookin for something else?

With a Lab and a GR, I don't have the problem of them forgetting to eat!!

I used to place a kong in his bowl and this slowed down the pup; he'd have to eat around the kong.

You can't remember what you are feeding your dog?

You know, a lot of people use the old method; rubbing the puppy's nose in the poo. I just don't get it. They have to clean up the mess inside and then clean up the pup too We brought home our little Golden last weekend and he's only had one accident indoors. Positive methods have worked very well for us. We have an older 7-month-old Lab Pup and he was completely house trained by the time he was about 4 months. Its not hard. Dogs are very intelligent and they catch on very quickly.

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