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Pheno is the norm, there is another medicine that has to be mixed, and can be kind of dangerous. Make sure to be constant on the Pheno, and not miss any days. There really isn't much you can do, some dogs have seizures once and never again, its a crapshoot.

My Airedale had cluster attacks of about 20 or so siezures over a 3 day period every 6 months or so. What may have killed him is that we used a different type of medicine on him during his last siezure, in any event, he died a few hours later.

Epilepsy in dogs is a terrible thing to have to watch or treat. My greatest worry was him having them and falling into the pool. Best of luck. The Shepard is vulunerable because there was some real bad breeding in the last 20 years as the dog became real popular, ruined lots of dogs.

Thanks, our vet really stressed to make sure we continued the medicine. She's happy, but has 'accidents' lately though. Anyway, we'll do all we can for her until she is no longer happy. She still plays with our other Shepherd.

You're right about bad breeders, especially those breeders who brag about how big their shepherds are (or any breed that is being overbred). The older dog is 90 pounds, and our younger is 75 pounds. That's the standard. Whenever I see or hear people bragging how their shepherd is 130-150 pounds, it just ticks me off.

Like I said, our older dog found me at the shelter :-) she had papers, a tattoo, a microchip, etc, the whole ball of wax, and she was given away. I'm so glad we have her. Thanks for your advice, I've never talked to anyone with this problem other than the vet.