Epilepsy

[Guest Anonymous]

Hello, we have two dogs that are both just a little under 2 years old. They are both mixed breeds and are they very best of friends. They have been together for over a year now and have always been truly enjoyable. A couple months ago our smaller dog named Shyanne attacked our much larger girl named Dakota. She grabbed her by the neck and was shaking her like a rag doll. We had no idea why this would occur, later that night we were at some friends house and got a call from our daughter that Dakota was having a seizure. We took her to the emergency vet. and they said she had epilepsy. She has been to see her regular vet. and they have done blood work and other things to her and even they say she has epilepsy. Since the first occurrence of this Shyanne has attacked her several times. She has never drawn blood and hardly even leaves Dakota's neck wet from these attacks, she just growls and shakes her hard. To us they seem like a real vicious attack. Some friends believe she is trying to stop Dakota from having a seizure and that we should let this go and see what happens, we were just wondering if anyone has any knowledge of this and can help us out? Some people tell us to get rid of one of them but for us that is not an option. We love our dogs very much and want to see them happy and playful again. By the way, we have put a muzzle on Shyanne until we can figure out what to do.

[DogPaddle]

I know there are dogs that are used as service dogs for people with epilepsy as they can alert the person prior to a seizure but that's all I know.
Maybe you could search out info on service dogs for people with epilepsy just to get some background info on how it is dogs know ahead of time.
Best wishes, hopefully someone here will be more helpful than I was able to be.

[imported_Matty]

Check out this site. I think its got a forum where you can talk to other dog owners with the same problems.

http://www.canine-epilepsy.com/