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A very worried golden owner

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Hey everyone,

Yesterday my beloved 21mth old golden, Rosie had a seizure. It occured when we were making a fuss of her outside of my work place. She was happy and had been perfectly normal before it happened, just excited to see us. She then stretched out her front legs, collapsed and had a grand mal seizure. Thankfully it lasted under 30 seconds, though they were the longest 30 seconds I have experienced! She is fine now, recovered extremely quickly and no sign of any since. I have been on the phone to her breeder who reports last summer she heard of another pup in the litter had a seizure and she was going to phone them tomorrow to find out whether it developed into epilepsy or not. She is the world to me and I am heart broken. I know this may be the only one she ever has but it is much more likely this is going to develop into epilepsy. Thankfully she is fully insured so any tests or meds required she will have but I am looking for some info or reassurance from others who's dogs started so young. I am actually a vet but all that does is make me worry about the worst case scenario! I know about all the meds, tests required but I am worrying about how early she has started all this. She is my first golden retriever and she drives me nuts sometimes but she is one of my best friends. Why do we have them????!! They give us so much worry!!!! :-(

Lucy
 

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We are still on a fab run..........!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a little wobble early May, she had three days having intermittent exaggerated blinks but never came to full seizure. However we routinely check her faeces for worm eggs instead of routine worming and for the first time since her diagnosis she has roundworm eggs so needs worming.............so got to decide which wormer and then pray that it doesn't trigger things off again. A few scary days ahead of us but she needs worming so got to be brave :) Even if it does trigger seizures, we've had nearly 6mths almost seizure free!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Thanks so much for checking in and sharing your good news.

:party2::party::party2::party::party2:

It's especially helpful for people who are confronting canine seizures for the first time and need some hope that it still possible for a seizure dog to have a good quality of life.
 
#180 ·
It's especially helpful for people who are confronting canine seizures for the first time and need some hope that it still possible for a seizure dog to have a good quality of life.
We went for Drontal and so far so good :)

Here she is LOVING life! Just taken today running in our hay field :)
 

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