My Sheltie has seizures. Should I stop meds, limit activity?

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My 4 yr old sheltie has had 4-5 seizures in his life. Always after strenuous activity, he loves fetch and will never voluntarily quit so we're still trying to find his limit. He had cluster seizures for the first time Sunday and was put on Phenobarbital. He has excessive hunger, excitability, and his legs are very weak. I've read about Border Collie Collapse and it sounds exactly like our situation. Would you recommend we stop the meds and limit his activity instead? Pet's info: Dog | Shetland Sheepdog | Male | unneutered | 4 years and 4 months old | 21 lbs

Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

Poor Tails. Understandibly you have been researching the possible causes of Tail's condition, however, as a lay person you need to be careful about what you read. Border collie collapse syndrome is a disease specifc to border collies, and Tails is a sheltie not a collie. Moreover, seizuring is very different to collapsing. If you know he is seizuring as opposed to collapsing then the most likely reason in his case is idiopathic epilepsy. It is common enough in Shelties and he is around the right age for normal onset. Seizuring can have a large oal on a dog and make their moid change afterwards and effect their muscles. I would give the phenobarbitol a chance to work, it does take a while to load in the system. If you have reason to believe that Tails is not actuallly seizuring but is collapsing I would discuss this with your vet as it is caused by different conditions entirely such as heart, lung or blood issues.

My Sheltie has seizures. Should I stop meds, limit activity?

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