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Aussie Love, Epilepsy Struggles, and the Hope That Keeps Us Going
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- Finding the Balance: Forrest’s Journey With Potassium Bromide
- 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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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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It’s been a little quiet here over the holidays—not for lack of life, just a very full season. Christmas was sweet and busy, full of cozy moments, cute sweaters, and time together. I’m sharing some of those moments in the slideshow below because they’re worth remembering. ❤️ New Year’s Eve came with fireworks, planning, and…
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New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, and if you have a dog that’s sensitive to fireworks — especially a neurologically sensitive or epileptic dog — now is the time to start planning. Don’t wait until the the day of. For dogs like Forrest, fireworks aren’t just “scary” — they are a neurologic trigger. Fireworks around…
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Monday, November 10th was one of the scariest nights of my entire life. Forrest had a seizure at 8:49 PM — the first time he’s ever seized before midnight. I immediately grabbed his rescue meds (intranasal Midazolam) and as I was administering it, the unimaginable happened: The atomizer tip came off… and went straight into his mouth. He was…
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If you are new to dog seizure world, please read. Share it on social. Print and hang on your fridge. Bookmark this blog in your phone or computer. This is dog seizure 101. If your dog has 3 seizures in less than 24 hours, please take him to the nearest emergency center.If your dog has…
