Keeping Lucky From Becoming A Pill Head!
I did not like giving Lucky a pill in the morning and evening. I felt it made him a zombie. Lucky’s personality was one of alertness and listening to what you said. He really did participate in your relationship with him. When I gave him the pill he became withdrawn and slow. I didn’t like it. I didn’t take medicine for myself. I found healthier ways to deal with any problem I might have.
So I did the same for Lucky.
A friend introduced me to the Halleluia Acres in Selby, NC. During the Q and A time, a person mentioned that the carrot, barley and beet helped their child with his seizures. I thought, “Iif it helps a child, it could help a dog.”
I bought the powder.
I began to sprinkle the powders on Lucky’s breakfast. I used a quarter teaspoon. He chowed down. Now, he has the healthiest hair, nails and attitude. I give him his phenobarbital at night so the pill is worn off when he gets up.
This has worked for 3 years.
Lucky changes his pre-seizure aura sometimes where he goes immediately into the seizure. Or he has an hour long pre-seizure frantic behavior. Once he did it longer than an hour and I was exhausted and had to get some sleep. So I put Lucky into his crate so both of us would be able to get some sleep.
I heard noises out at the crate door. I thought he was just pawing at the gate. The next morning I found he had had a seizure and the floor of the crate had been shoved out into the room. He did not hurt himself. However, I was not there to help him through the recovery. He had slept most of the trauma off by the time he was let out of the crate. That was good.
I don’t know what triggers these seizures on Lucky. My good friend, Pat, stated that a neurological doctor she knew said, “Football season! Great fewer seizures. More exercise and less seizures.”
When Lucky is out in the fenced backyard he gets some exercise. However, I must enlarge the portable fencing so he has more space to run and bark. I know the firecrackers set him off when we are walking around the unfenced backyard while he is out doing his nightly work. He hates thunder, firecrackers or unusual loud repeated noises.
I have been told, “most dogs do!”.
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