Blather, rinse, repeat

Crap - sorry to hear that.

My rescue hound has epilepsy. I kicked myself in the ass for a long time because it took me about 6 months to figure out what was going on. I never saw her in an active seizure, just came home to the aftermath of her seizing and losing bladder control. I was actually relieved when I saw her seize - at least I knew the deal.

The good news is that she stays seizure-free on .5g of phenobarb every other day when she seems to be in an active phase. Luckily, she gives me pretty obvious signs if she's gearing up (stands staring/wagging at absolutely nothing, usually facing a wall). After a few weeks, we titrate. She was diagnosed 4 years ago, and we had a run of 2 seizure-free years in there. We get her liver function blood work pulled regularly and so far, so good.

I guess all this blah-blah-blahing comes down to: sorry about your boy and as an owner of an epileptic dog, I can say treatment won't necessarily be terribly invasive.

Best luck!