Learn About Canine Epilepsy
Evidence-based articles, guides, and resources to help you understand epilepsy, treatment options, and how to provide the best care for your dog.
Featured Articles
Does Epilepsy Shorten a Dog's Life? Understanding Life Expectancy & Survival Rates
Discover the truth about epilepsy and dog life expectancy. Learn survival rates, factors affecting lifespan, and how well-controlled epilepsy can allow dogs to live normal lifespans. Evidence-based guide with real data.
Living With an Epileptic Dog: Your Complete Guide to Daily Care, Quality of Life & Emotional Support
Learn how to care for a dog with epilepsy. Daily routines, stress reduction, seizure tracking, lifestyle adjustments, and emotional support for both you and your pet. Expert guidance for managing canine epilepsy.
Medications for Canine Epilepsy: Keppra, Phenobarbital, Potassium Bromide, Zonisamide & More
Expert veterinary guide to anti-seizure medications for dogs. Learn mechanisms of action, dosing protocols, side effects, TDM monitoring, and long-term management strategies.
Basics
(2)Does Epilepsy Shorten a Dog's Life? Understanding Life Expectancy & Survival Rates
Discover the truth about epilepsy and dog life expectancy. Learn survival rates, factors affecting lifespan, and how well-controlled epilepsy can allow dogs to live normal lifespans. Evidence-based guide with real data.
Understanding Canine Epilepsy: Causes, Types, Diagnosis, Treatment & Long-Term Care
Comprehensive guide to canine epilepsy covering causes, seizure types, triggers, diagnosis, treatment options (medications & supplements), emergency care, and long-term management strategies.
Lifestyle
(3)Living With an Epileptic Dog: Your Complete Guide to Daily Care, Quality of Life & Emotional Support
Learn how to care for a dog with epilepsy. Daily routines, stress reduction, seizure tracking, lifestyle adjustments, and emotional support for both you and your pet. Expert guidance for managing canine epilepsy.
Ketogenic Diet for Dogs with Epilepsy: A Promising Adjunct Therapy
Discover how the ketogenic diet can help manage epilepsy in dogs. Learn about MCT oil, implementation strategies, research evidence, and how keto diets may reduce seizure frequency by 50% or more.
Sleep and Seizures: The Connection Between Rest and Epilepsy Control in Dogs
Learn how restful sleep raises seizure thresholds and helps manage canine epilepsy. Get expert tips to optimize your epileptic dog's sleep environment and understand the sleep-seizure connection.
Veterinary
(2)Misdiagnoses in Canine Epilepsy: Common Mimics, Causes, and How to Get an Accurate Diagnosis
Learn about conditions that mimic seizures in dogs, why misdiagnoses happen, and how to ensure your dog gets an accurate diagnosis. Discover syncope, movement disorders, and other seizure mimics.
Thyroid and Seizures in Dogs: Understanding the Complex Connection
Discover how thyroid dysfunction can trigger or worsen seizures in dogs. Learn about hypothyroidism, testing, treatment with levothyroxine, and how thyroid health affects seizure control.
Medications
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