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Originally Posted by AllDogBoots  His diagnosis was idiopathic head bobbing/ idiopathic epilepsy. He is taking phenobarbital. I was debating weening him off the meds at one year however he had some sort of episode a few months ago. That, plus I don't really want to take anti seizure meds away from a seizure pup. Of course I also don't want to medicate a dog that doesn't need it. I watched max's videos again tonight and it sure does look similar to the OP's video. Poor baby. |
After i posted I kind of wondered if phenobarbital was the drug of choice as that is of course a antiseizure medication. No I would not think about weaning him off of it either if he is showing symptoms even rarely while on the meds.
It was really good you noticed the issue and got it checked out and have him on treatment.
It does surprise me how many vets don't recognize the syndrom as an issue. Some dogs do a fast head bobbing or shaking and a Vet would remark gee this puppy is nervous. LOL
And definitely the procedure they did was right to rule out other possible causes. This is great information, thank you so much for posting it. I have seen it in Yorkies and Poms not sure what other breeds are that might have the issue.