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I'm just reading all these posts about seizures and as we have an elderly cat who has epilepsy I know what they are like, I'm getting more than a little worried as I'm about to embark on my first Doodle adventure. Can you tell me if there are parental screening tests I should be asking the breeder about? If not, at what age do the siezures generally start? In other words is there any way I can make sure that I get a puppy who won't develop epilepsy. Many thanks

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Permalink Reply by AndySharon BoomerShaynaMariner on February 20, 2011 at 4:23pm

Nicky -

I don't beleive that seizure dieorders are any more common in Doodles than any other type of dog. This group has only 23 members out of about 7400 members on DK ( about 1/3 of 1 percent). There are people here that have Doodles with seizures due to head injury (that is our case) and there are people here that just suspected that their dog had a seizure and wanted to discuss it. Also some of the dogs that have seizures are rescues or from other unknown backgrounds, which are more likely to have medical issues due to non testing, etc.

As far as I know there are no specific tests for seizures but if the breeders knows the complete lineage of the breeding stock and has dicontinued any lines that have had seizures come up.

There is no way to tell at what age a dog will develop seizures. Some dogs develop seizures in "old" age.

Again, if you are thinking about getting a Doodle either get one from a rescue organization or from a reputable breeder. Seizures are no more common in Doodles than in any other type of dog.

Permalink Reply by Nicky, Riley & Boris on February 20, 2011 at 4:36pm

Thanks for that. I know a little about seizures as one of my children has an acquired Brain injury and Epilepsy is a common in ABI. Also our cat developed them in old age. He's a Birman and now aged 19!. I'm reassured when you give me the stats. I should of course have looked at them myself. This is a great site but it does throw all the problems as well as the good stuff. On balance though it's a terrific resource and forum in the whole spirit of Social Networking.

Best regards,

Nicky

Permalink Reply by AndySharon BoomerShaynaMariner on February 21, 2011 at 11:04am

Here is a link that I thought was interesting:

http://www.canine-epilepsy.net/

They state that the overall rate of epilepsy in dogs is 4% so our Doodles are well under that.

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