Duncan, CD,- CGN, RNMCL,- RACL,
velcro dog | 
 | | Purred: Sat Aug 15, '09 8:11am PST |  | |  | | Oh, we don't mean the "retard" part as a bad thing. His nickname is the handi-tard dog. People see him and go, what is wrong with him? It is easier to joke about it than get upset and cry, cause it kills me to see him like this.
Duncan has been on the phenobarb for 2-1/2 years, the Kbr for almost one year (in Sept). He didn't get the drunken movements until we mixed the two meds. We tried to remove the Phenobarb, but we hit 5mg twice daily and he started seizing daily. But, he has not had a seizure for quite some time now, a few months, so we will try dropping the phenobarb again.
The problem is that he is still seizing from time to time, and his phenobarb was over therapeutic levels for a dog his size, and so is the Kbr. The phenobar is within levels now, but I want to get rid of it cause it is causing the ataxia.
We can't even run an obedience course without being the laughing stock of the audience, never mind the agility that he so badly wants to do! I can't let him on anything that goes more than 6" off the ground, cause he is guaranteed to fall off! And he loves the teeter and dog walk! |  |  | |  |
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