If anyone has any info on this or has had a > berner that has gone thru this please let me know.
Dear Stephanie, I am so sorry. I am going through the same thing with my almost 2 year old male that I rescued 6 months ago. We love him so much, and it is so hard. My boy had 4 seizures in one day, two weeks ago. The night before he had stolen 2 sticks of butter that were on the counter, softening so I could make cookies. Then... last week he had 3 seizures in one day. The afternoon before we had made homemade soft pretzels and he did have at least one. My gut feeling is that he reacted to salt, but.... not sure yet. With him, he had 4 seizures within 18 hours the first time and a week later 3 seizures in about a 12 hour period. My other Berner was fine with the same amount of pretzels, so.... maybe this boy is just reacting to the salt???? As I understand it...seizures are fairly uncommon in Berners. I'm taking my buddy to the vet on Tuesday. I'm sure he'll want to do blood tests, xrays, urinalysis, etc. But.... at least with him.... the seizures were so many, so close together that it makes me think it is something he ingested. And... since I was off of work and know exactly what he did and when, I'm thinking that salt is the culprit. It is so hard to watch, and so awful to be totally helpless. Please...make sure you keep a log of time, duration, what you can remember that might have lead up to it in the previous 24 hours, what she was doing when she had one....etc. Anything and everything you can think of. Then... if there is a pattern it will help the vet. There are so, so many things that can cause seizures. So... don't jump to the worst conclusions! I know it is hard, and I will be thinking of you. Please let me know what your vet thinks. :) Oh yeah.... might be a good idea just to notify the breeder. They may have some insight, and at the very least will want the information as they do future breedings. Thinking of you and Emm.... Barb down the Jersey shore __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
