My wife and I have two yorkies, Cheyanne, an 8 year old female and Cody, a 6 year old male. Cody started having siezures when he was about 3 and was having them about very six weeks. We had him on phenobarbital for a couple of years, but stopped it when it was not helping and we feared hurting his liver.
Last night, Cody had another seizure at 2 am. My wife had heard about placing an ice pack on his back so she tried it and the seizure stopped in less than a minute. We don't know any medical reference to this, but as it worked, we will continue to use this method to try and minimize the effects of the siezures.
Typically, following the siezures Cody is himself within minutes. I see no side effects of the ice pack treatment and his normal behavior this morning seems to support this treatment.
If anyone else has heard of this, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks,
Herbwd |