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Aussie Love, Epilepsy Struggles, and the Hope That Keeps Us Going
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- Two Years Later 💜
- A Season Of Adjusting
- A Hard Season: An Update on Forrest’s Epilepsy Journey
- A Closer Look At Our Drinking Water: A Pet Parent’s Perspective 💧
- Home Fragrance and Seizure Dogs: Finding a Safe Balance 🏡
- A Quiet Start to the New Year
- Fireworks Prep for Noise-Sensitive & Epileptic Dogs (NYE is only 9 days away) 🚨
- The Night Forrest Almost Died — And the Lesson Every Seizure Dog Parent Needs to Hear
- Dog Seizures 101
- Liver Support For Epi Dogs: Why It Matters So Much. What I Do To Support Forrest’s. ❤️🩹
- Time Change Reminder and a Post Seizure Treat Recipe ⏰
- How the Time Change Can Affect Your Dog’s Seizure Control ⏰
- More Meds Don’t Always = Better Seizure Control 💊
- Would You Know What to Do If Your Dog Had a Seizure? ❤️🩹
- Managing Seizures: Forrest’s Update & Tips for Epi Dog Parents 🐶
- Rescue Meds vs. Cluster Buster Meds: What’s the Difference? 💊
- Reflections, Hope & a Tummy-Friendly Pupsicle Recipe 🍌
- 33 Days Seizure Free + Berry Good Pupcicles for Summer 🍓🫐
- A Busy Week & Forrest’s First Acupuncture Experience 💉
- Forrest Friday: Weekend Mode Activated🌤
- Forrest’s Fishy Fusion: A Frozen Treat That’s Totally Re-Bark-Able! 🐟
- Epi Dog Survival Toolkit: Seizure Log & Support 💜
- Why Every Fursday Should Be a Celebration of Our Dogs 🐕
- What Seizure Days Are Like for Forrest (and Me) ❤️🩹
- Little Things My Dog Does That Make My Whole Day ☺️
- To the Dog Parents Who Are Doing Their Best: I See You ❤️
- Our Favorite Products – Epi Dog Life 🐶
- Being Their Voice: How to Advocate for Your Dog with Confidence and Compassion ❤️
- Forrest’s Guide to Being the Goodest Boi 🐶
- What I Feed Forrest — and Why 🐶
- Our Epi Story: How it began ❤️🩹
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I shared in the last blog post how the last several months have been a rough patch for Forrest. We’ve been navigating a whole new season of adjustments. Back in the spring he started potassium bromide, and between that, medication changes, side effects, liver concerns, bile acid testing, and working through tapering down his phenobarbital,…
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It’s been a while since I’ve written here, and I wanted to share a little update on what’s been going on with Forrest and why things have been so quiet lately. Since November, Forrest’s seizure pattern has gradually been tightening and shifting. What used to feel somewhat predictable has started has become anything but. This…
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Why We Switched to a Reverse Osmosis System One thing I’ve become extra mindful of on this journey with Forrest is what we put into our bodies — and that includes something we use every single day: water. For years, we drank tap water filtered through a Brita pitcher with the Elite filters. I assumed we were doing the…
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If you love a cozy, good-smelling home, you’ve probably wondered the same thing I did: Can home fragrance trigger seizures in dogs? 🤷🏼♀️ When my Australian Shepherd, Forrest, started having seizures, I questioned everything in our environment — food, cleaners, lighting, stress, and yes… scents. ❓ I eliminated home fragrance completely when his seizures first began.We went…
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