Absolutely gutted :(

This is probably not best advice but my last dog was 8 and not well. The vet wanted to put him down, I said no fuck off. He recovered and went on until he was 13 (fucking old for a dalmation).
 
Fitton said:
My dog, only 7 years old, has been having seizures for the past fortnight.

Been to the vets with him and they can't diagnose what's wrong, they've said it could be epilepsy and have given us treatment for it but they said it might not even be that and could be a tumor on the brain or a clot or anything.

Anyway the tablets seemed to work for a couple of days but then he's progressively got worse so tomorrow we're taking him to be put to sleep :(

It didn't really hit me when we were talking about it the other week but now I know it's happening I'm distraught. He still looks really happy in his face I can't believe it, so sad :(

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Sorry to hear this I had a Dogue De Bordeaux that started having fits, it turned out she had a tumour on her pancreas which was playing havoc with her insulin levels they operated but could not get all the tumour out so she had to go on meds and we had to feed her 5 times a day to keep her blood sugar up they said she could last for 6 to 12 months but 6 weeks later she started having fits again and I had to have her put down thankfully she was so out of it she didnt no what was going on. I will say this Labs are very prone to epilepsy, my friend had two who weren't related that both had it and they seemed to manage it ok. Maybe think about a second opinion before you make your mind up.
 
If he is suffering, and he isn't going to recover, you know what you have to do, hard though it is.

But you know him better than any vet: so is he genuinely suffering? Are the seizures actually causing him real distress?

Dogs who have epilepsy can live long and happy lives. But if his life is already a misery, you know better than anyone that you don't want to expose him to more of that.
 
SWP's back said:
This is probably not best advice but my last dog was 8 and not well. The vet wanted to put him down, I said no fuck off. He recovered and went on until he was 13 (fucking old for a dalmation).
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It could be just the heat as well, old dogs don't like the heat it knocks them sideways.

Fitton if your dogs eating and still playfull and can walk fuck the vet and see how it goes. Also try giving it a coldish bath and give it a really good brush to try and thin out its coat just in case it is the heat that's knocking it sideways.
 
Chris in London said:
If he is suffering, and he isn't going to recover, you know what you have to do, hard though it is.

But you know him better than any vet: so is he genuinely suffering? Are the seizures actually causing him real distress?

Dogs who have epilepsy can live long and happy lives. But if his life is already a misery, you know better than anyone that you don't want to expose him to more of that.
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Very true, my grandad had a sausage dog who had epilepsy for about 6 years and was fine with it.
 
I would defo get a second opinion or at least delay your decision for a short while just to see how things go, my sisters dog had a major seizure a few years back (it wasn't epilepsy, cant remember what the vet diagnosed it as but they said it was untreatable)

Things initially looked very bleak she could barely walk and was just staggering around and falling over for a few days, but gradually over a few weeks she made a very good recovery to almost her old self with just a very slight loss of balance and coordination now and again.
 
Definitely have a second opinion mate.

I have a lab myself, and honestly, he's nearly 20!

Eyesight has gone, hearing isn't the best and he scratches himself a lot more than your average dog. We took him to the vets a few months back and all they said was similar to what someone repeated above,

"You know you're dog more than anyone else does, if he still shows signs of enjoying life and you don't think he is really suffering, then why have him put down? You will know before anyone when you think the time is right for that"
 
Just remembered with my sisters dog, it was Vestibular Syndrome.

Symptoms all very similar to epilepsy/brain tumour.
 
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