Also I wanted to ask everyone out there-the vet warned me about the side effects of anesthesia in dogs with epilepsy and I was horrified so I haven't gotten Elvis fixed yet. My female isn't fixed (her kennel retained breeding rights) so she's not going to be fixed for at least a couple years depending on if its decided she has a litter or not. I'm worried of course I'm playing with fire here having a male and female unaltered and my male (Elvis) having an neurological issue. Obviously I don't want to do anything that will risk his life-especially when it comes down to a matter of effort on my part-my female can be kenneled when in heat to keep them apart. Getting Elvis fixed would just eliminate an issue altogether though. So I wanted to hear from the rest of you who have dogs with seizures-did you get them fixed? Did your vets raise the same concerns, if you did get them fixed was everything okay during the procedure? I mean the vet reassured me the ideal place for Elvis to have seizures was in his office, but he has to inform me of the risk of death associated with epilepsy and anesthesia-I heard death risk and said forget it. But I wanted more feedback on this from people with experience before I go to the new vet and get their opinion too. |