The latest

Zinnia has an appointment with our new holistic/traditional vet in Kelowna for March 30.  We are excited to see where the next step will take us in terms of her diagnosis and treatment.

Since the pups have been born, I have been a little behind on her blog.  Apologies for those following.

No major changes for the better or the worse to report: she has her fits/episodes/seizures about 5 out or 7 nights per week.  They are ALWAYS at night.  The earliest she has had one to my knowledge was this week at 7:45pm.  They are normally a few seconds to maybe 30 seconds in length.  Ever since the first week, when she targeted another dog (mainly Splash who was the closest in proximity) they are ALWAYS directed at me.  She wakes suddenly from sleeping, resting or dozing, begins to growl, snap and bark, her eyes glazed and pupils huge.  Then she 'attacks' me, normally my hands or whatever might be moving.  One time it was almost my head.  No matter what I do, whether nothing or restrain her, give her a verbal command, take her by the scruff, whatever... they seem to stop as suddenly as they started and then she is either EXHAUSTED by them or acting ashamed and slinks away.

There is very little about this dog while she is 'concious, up and about' that could be tagged as aggression.  She growled at me once in a normal state of mind when I took a toy away without the GIVE command.  She is excellent with ALL the other dogs, from the 4 week old pups to her 12 year old great-great granny.  She holds a special place in her Dad's and Mom's hearts and they treat her very well.  Even Bhindi is warming up to her, though in all fairness B has been busy pregnant or parenting pretty much since Z got here.  The last few days, they have been sharing toys nicely and engaging in some fun chase/play bow behaviour together.

So in a nutshell, we are no further along to a diagnosis or treatment for a few reasons, but with any luck we will have some new details in early April.

Thanks for following!!