This past Sunday was one of those days when things went wrong. Rosie started to have seizures and I have no idea what brought them on. My dogs have never had a seizure so I had no idea what we were in for. They started out mildly and progressed to the grand mal seizure. Rosie was terrified and so was I. I kept thinking that they would stop and after the last one at 11:30 pm she did stop. But that was the worst one. I don't ever want to see a seizure like that again.
First thing in the morning I called my vet and she got us right in before appointments started. Thankfully Rosie did not have another seizure after the one at 11:30. She definitely was disoriented and not herself, and exhausted. I was exhausted also.The vet did some neurological testing and thankfully that was normal. So she was put on medication. I hate the thought of using phenobarbital but it does keep her from having seizures. Rosie is with me every minute, still a little disoriented but seems ok as long as she can stay with me.
What a miserable and scary day. In all my years of raising dogs I have never been through anything like this. Nor have any of my dogs.
Rosie and I are resting today. She is still a little wobbly but doing ok. We are going to take a nap this afternoon. Rosies body has been through a lot. And she seems to know it. For seizures to start in a 10 year old dog is a bit unusual.
The dogs can only go out today to potty and come right back in. It is so cold out there that it hurts to breathe. And their feet start to freeze if outside too long. So quick in and out. Right now at almost noon time it is zero out there.
I am raising two pups, a brother and sister, they are now 12 weeks old and keep me very busy. They are house training pretty well. Just the cold makes it too hard, but they just run and play. Angus brought in a huge icicle. He was having so much fun. He brought it in with him and it was so funny to watch him as it melted. Since my Walter has gone sterile, I have hopes that Angus will take over as our stud dog. He has a beautiful pedigree. I have high hopes but we have to see how he grows.
Hopefully 2022 goes better than it started out.
Angus with my granddaughter, she is a huge dog lover!
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