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I seriously think this is going to help so many of you. Read it through with an open mind & give it a chance. Some may be skeptical & call it holistic. Call it what you may, but I believe it works. I much prefer this to putting my boxer on drugs. My vet has checked it out & he's intrigued & approves.
My 3 year old boxer Rocky has had 8 "episodes" since Thanksgiving. Seemed like seizures, but they all occured at dog parks after moments of excitement-treeing squirrel, chasing cat, etc. None of the episodes occured laying around the house. He's had two blood draws. Heart, liver, & thyroid checked out ok. We're keeping a specific log of the events. However, since I found the above site I switched from lamb/rice Natural Balance to Potato/Duck Natural Balance (which is one food he recommends, among others) & Rocky has been episode free ever since! I'm still nervous that these episodes aren't seizures, but rather cardiac syncope. They only last about 5 seconds with about a 20 second recovery. He'll be running, fall on his side, kick his legs for a couple seconds, stop breathing, eyes glaze over, go limp, wake up & slowly get his bearings back & be fine. Scary stuff to see...
Anyways, I know a lot of you have had seizure experiences with your boxers. I'd like for you all to check out this site because it primarily covers food allergies & epilepsy. It's so much better to let your beautiful dogs live their lives healthy & without valium, phenobarb, etc. Check it out! BTW, John (the vet) is a very nice man & he answers back usually within a day or two if you shoot him an e-mail. Good luck!
Derek, Rocky, & Cassius
I seriously think this is going to help so many of you. Read it through with an open mind & give it a chance. Some may be skeptical & call it holistic. Call it what you may, but I believe it works. I much prefer this to putting my boxer on drugs. My vet has checked it out & he's intrigued & approves.
My 3 year old boxer Rocky has had 8 "episodes" since Thanksgiving. Seemed like seizures, but they all occured at dog parks after moments of excitement-treeing squirrel, chasing cat, etc. None of the episodes occured laying around the house. He's had two blood draws. Heart, liver, & thyroid checked out ok. We're keeping a specific log of the events. However, since I found the above site I switched from lamb/rice Natural Balance to Potato/Duck Natural Balance (which is one food he recommends, among others) & Rocky has been episode free ever since! I'm still nervous that these episodes aren't seizures, but rather cardiac syncope. They only last about 5 seconds with about a 20 second recovery. He'll be running, fall on his side, kick his legs for a couple seconds, stop breathing, eyes glaze over, go limp, wake up & slowly get his bearings back & be fine. Scary stuff to see...
Anyways, I know a lot of you have had seizure experiences with your boxers. I'd like for you all to check out this site because it primarily covers food allergies & epilepsy. It's so much better to let your beautiful dogs live their lives healthy & without valium, phenobarb, etc. Check it out! BTW, John (the vet) is a very nice man & he answers back usually within a day or two if you shoot him an e-mail. Good luck!
Derek, Rocky, & Cassius
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I don't think it's far fetched at all. In fact, if you take a look through some of the epilepsy threads on this forum, I think you'll find that there are a LOT of us here that feel it is frequently closely related to diet - with corn, wheat and soy being very common culprits (the dairy is interesting too). Certainly there are many cases here where people have found that ditching foods with those sorts of nasty ingredients, and going to a higher quality kibble or to a natural raw diet has eliminated the problem.