Unfortunately my little beagle has had 3 seizures over the weekend.
The vet says she's certain it's epilepsy but she's running tests to be sure.
I'm so relieved its unlikely to be a brain tumor.
She's only 2 years old and already has a heart murmur.
She's now on medication, twice a day. Hopefully this will reduce the severity and amount of seizures. We can try a few different tablets if these don't work, so we've got something to work with here.
However the vet said she doesnt like them to have more than two seizures in a month, because then it's uncontrolled and unlikely to get better and usually increase in severity.
I would be happy with this amount of seizures also, as it's not too often that the dog can't enjoy all the other days in the month.
However how many would be impacting their quality of life? Once a week? Once a day?
When she seizes she gets anxious, paces, then has the seizure, then pants, paces and is very anxious and clingy for about an hour afterwards. Watching her do this every day has been heart breaking, I know dogs live in the moment but a whole 2 hours of her day is ruined by it.
2 hours a fortnight is so much different to 2 hours a day.
So where do you draw the line???
My family are of the opinion that if they need regular medication or they're suffering they should be put down but it's never that clear cut.
She's my best friend and I owe her my life, we've been though so much and selfishly I can't imagine coping without her, but I can't watch her suffer.
So when is she suffering?
P.s. I have contacted the breeder but she really doesnt care. She wasn't bothered at the heart murmur either (as both are hereditary i thought it was important she stopped breeding with those lines)
Not all breeders are like this at all, but I will never buy a kc registered dog ever again, I will always adopt.
Also, please consider insurance if you get a kc registered dog. They're usually inbred at some point and have so many more issues than mixed breeds, you've paid hundreds, just pay that bit more for insurance.
Our insurance refused to pay out for her heart murmur because it was caught at 9 weeks,within the first 2 weeks of the policy and they wouldn't cover any thing to do with it in the future either. But I wish now I hadnt got angry and cancelled it, I didn't think one dog could be so unlucky!!!