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slys114 asked in PetsDogs · 1 decade ago

Any natural treatment for my epileptic dog? I've a 60 lb. female lab that has severe seizures. Help please.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    My Saint Bernard has epilepsy and this website is full of wonderful information: http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/sit...

    The vets I work for and I found the website. I would give it a good read-through. If you have any questions you need to discuss them with your veterinarian. Also, do not stop any medication (Pheno, KBr, etc.) without talking with your vet first.

    If you would like to contact me, feel free.

    Source(s): Veterinarian Technician Owned by a Saint with epilepsy.
  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Natural Remedies For Dog Seizures

  • LAL
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I had a 80lb golden retriever that developed seizures when he was an adult. So the first thing I did was take him off dog food and started cooking his meals and his seizures disappeared. My vet kinda poo poo'd it, so I put him back on dog food and his seizures came back....so to heck with him. When he broke his leg and a blood clot went to his brain, he didn't die, but he was in a coma. His seizures came back, so I took "tincture of oat" from the health food store and put in a little syringe of water and his seizure went away again.

    So vets (like doctors) know how to give prescription medicines that have side effects, but sometimes the natural way works. And for my golden retriever, it worked. I cooked him eggs, oatmeal, hamburger, rice, added some oil, pretty much what dog food contains without the dyes and preservatives. I got this information from a book written by a vet, called "Natural Health for Dogs and Cats" by Dr Pitcairn.

    There are different recommendations for seizures depending on when they began and what the symptoms are. So that would be a worthwhile investment....or you can just go to the health food store and read the part on seizures.

  • 5 years ago

    Hi, I understand that you are looking for some advice or resources to help fully train your dog or fix behavior problems. If a professional dog trainer is not an option at this time, or if you want to trt training your dog on your own (a great way to bond), I'd suggest you https://biturl.im/aU8NR

    A friend recommened it to me a few years ago, and I was amazed how quickly it worked, which is why I recommend it to others. The dog training academy also has as an excellent home training course.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!

    1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.

    2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.

    The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.

    After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net/

    Ohhh..and Good Luck!

  • 4 years ago

    When boredom, depression, or even stress causes cravings, find a nonfood way to meet up with them such as going for a walk, calling a friend, having a bath, reading a book, or maybe doing some yoga.

  • 4 years ago

    Teach your kids your favorite sport (or have them educate you on theirs).

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Set your laptop alarm to ring hourly—stand way up for 1 to 5 minutes each time it goes off.

  • 5 years ago

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  • bob ©
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    also a vegetarian diet. your lab should be on an anti epileptic so get the seizures under control. most vets will be willing to add on potassium bromide with the phenobarbital and some dogs can be weaned off the phenobarbital over time, but the pet must be on anti epileptics (phenobarbital) at first if the seizures are as bad as you say.

    as far as the vegetarian diet, its the same theory as children who have epilepsy being put on a vegetarian diet.

    http://www.chetday.com/epilepsyindog.htm

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