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I reached out to Dr. Sisson at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston. He emailed me said he was sorry he could not help with this. I was very surprised to learn that he does not do the ventriculoperitonneal shunt placement surgery but the reason is because so few dogs need it. He said that most dogs do very well on omeprazole and anticonvulsant therapy alone, but that there are exceptions where the surgery is needed as in this case. He went on to say that it is very expensive and most owners cannot afford it when they can he refers to Dr. Scott Plummer at the Veterinary Neurology Center Phoenix, Arizona who does these very well. But, he hasn't had a dog need to there in many years, so did not have their current pricing, but he suspects the cost is very high due to the cost of shunts these days.

On his info, the cost in the US far exceeds the cost in Canada for this so it seems traveling here isn't the best option.