Thread: epilepsy in dogs?

years ago i had a corgi who suffered from focal point epilepsy.as a psychiatric nurse id seen a lot of this so carted him off to the vet.vets often treated dogs with phenobarbitone ,hefty anticonvulsant shit even in humans .the problem was though ,as described a dog which is sedated and confused and hence may react unpredictably.
Whiskies seizures would start on the left side of his mouth -up through his face and periodically his whole head would convulse. we settled on a drug called dilasntin -not as sedative.
If i saw a seizure -bang a capsule in a little butter and slip in in the side of his mouth-he'd usually come right 10-15mins later.
alas i lost him to cancer of the spine @11 1/2yrs old.
i knew of a couple who has a german shepherd bitch who was on phenobarbitone for epilepsy.suspected cause was brain trauma altho how that came about was never actually discovered.
alas it only got worse so out of mercy they put her down.