[Max783]

We have a 2 1/2 male Yorkie. He is larger than normal at about 14 lbs. For the past two years he has had problems with seizures, He has periods of time when he will go for days without a seizure. At other times, he will have 4-8 seizures per day. When this occurs, he drops to his stomach, shakes his head and screeches / yelps. If we do not get to him right away, this lasts for about a minute and stops. When we get to him during a seizure, we pick him up and his seizures stops. When his seizures end, he licks his front paws for 30 - 60 seconds. He has never lost consciousness during a seizure that we have seen.

When this started the vet put him on phenobarbital. We went through the loading stage and then over a period of months increased the dosage with the vet's advice. On phenobarbital there was some minimal improvement, but the pattern was the same. He would go for days with no problems at all and then had days where he had several seizures per day.

The vet then changed the medication to potassium bromide. Same routine with the loading that then gradually increasing the dosages. We also got the same results. He would be seizure free for several days and then have bad days.

With about a year on the two meds and no noticeable significant change in his condition, he has been without meds for the past year. And the symptoms are basically the same.

I am sure that some has dealt with this before and would appreciate any guidance you can give. Surgery for a potential liver shunt is not really an option for us. I am hoping that there is something else we can do to help our Max.

Thanks for reading and for any help you can give.