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Switching On Murphy - Canine Epileptic Seizures - McDowell's Herbal Treatments

"I was looking at the epilepsy treatment for my dog. He is a 3 year old, desexed male kelpie and we have witnessed epilepsy seizures roughly once to twice daily at most since he came to live with us 12 months ago.

When he was a puppy he fell from the verandah at his previous owners house and was knocked unconscious for a short period. The previous owners have said they have not witnessed any such episodes. They tend to happen when he gets exited or when we get home and let him off the chain. Initially we thought his collar may have been tight or that he was fainting from pulling on his collar, but we have been able to rule that out.

The episodes do not last long, perhaps 20 seconds from when he gets the staggers, to actually being able to get up again. He is usually only down for about 5 - 10 seconds at the most and appears to recover fairly quickly (in fact, almost as if nothing happened as long as we allow it to run its course). If we interfere and disrupt an episode, he usually has another episode very shortly after the first.

He is slightly exercise intolerant, not diabetic and in good health in all other respects. I was wondering if in some cases, the nervous system builds a pattern of episodes which develop into more frequent and stronger episodes because the process is 'practiced' just like any other learned technique? We have been giving him 30 seconds of tapotement (stimulating massage) when we let him off the chain, just to distract him and hopefully reduce the risk of an episode. This method has helped a little, but is at times unreliable.

I was hoping to be able to manage this condition for as long as possible prior to having to go onto standard veterinary medications given the level of liver toxicity. Can you tell me about any similar situations and the pro's and con's for this condition and management via traditional methods.

REPLY
Our canine epilepsy herbal formulation should help reduce the frequency and severity of seizures and will help to reverse this habitual response you are speculating about and which does form part of many epilepsy patterns.

UPDATE

Just an update to let you know how Murphy is going. He has had a couple of fits over the last week which is a vast improvement on twice a day. We have given him the episodic remedy as directed at these times.

One of the things we have noticed about him besides the reduction in number of episodes is that he is much more chirpy and sharper in his movements. He always seemed kind of sluggish, especially for a kelpie. He now runs a lot more easily and enjoys playing with the other dogs even more. He is very calm when we let him of the chain now, before he used to run and perhaps induce an episode.

Another thing is that he responds to his name a lot better when distracted and is much more willing to come when called away from something distracting like sheep or chasing birds etc. He seems a lot more switched on mentally.

As you can imagine we are really pleased with these results in such a short time and really happy that we have not had to put him onto the hard core drugs the vet would have prescribed.

We will keep in touch and let you know about any further changes.

Regards,
Kylie 

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