Hi Marie

It's surprising the amount of dogs that do suffer from epilepsy. i know there are a lot of border collies with it.

Kenny started fitting 3 years ago and as with Stephny691 they have to totally knock him out to break the cycle so he often spends the night at the vet's. We often say he has his own kennel. The last time was 3 weeks ago and he went in twice in one night. The first time the vet knocked him out and we brought him home but he came round in the early hours of the morning so he went back and we left him there. He does not settle very well when he's there so the last time we had to fetch him early as the vet said he was barking and upsetting the others dogs.

As with yourself he has to have regular blood tests which are a nightmare as they can never get any blood so it takes 2 of us to hold him down.

After the last fit we had the same problem and to hear him crying was awful, but if he did not have it done the only other option would have been to let him be put to sleep.

I do wonder whether we are doing the right thing at the time but when he is running around playng and enjoying life I know we have to carry on.

I know one day we will lose him thro the epilepsy or the drugs but until then we will carry on trying to let him live as normal a life as possible as long as he has a good quality of life.

Yvonne