Veterinarian Dr. Rebekah Hartfield explains the causes, warning signs, and treatment options for seizures in dogs and cats, and offers guidance for pet owners on how to respond safely.

Syracuse’s ongoing struggle to manage stray and at-large unlicensed dogs has prompted a local animal advocate to push for a ...

Seizures can affect humans and animals, but if that animal is a beloved family dog, it can be especially alarming. When it happens for the very first time, the episode usually triggers a whirlwind of ...

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Did you know that epilepsy is the most common neurological condition seen in dogs? It is estimated that approximately 1% of dogs have this condition. Epilepsy is ...

My wife and I own a nine-year-old dog that has developed seizures over the last two years. She is a spaniel mutt that we got from a shelter years ago. Our vet put her on a drug called Levetiracetam.

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the potential benefits of CBD (cannabidiol) for dogs experiencing seizures and epilepsy. Seizures and epilepsy in dogs can be distressing for the ...

Perhaps by reducing anxiety, a service dog can help reduce seizures in people with tough-to-treat epilepsy, a new study finds. A group of 25 study participants had an average 31% fewer seizures after ...

For the more than three million people in the U.S. who are living with epilepsy, the uncertainty of the next seizure's appearance can create dangerous situations. Now, for many people with the ...

It was distressing not to see in the recent EW piece about dog epilepsy (“A Dog’s Life’, EW 6/10) any mention of the major role that flea treatments can play in triggering canine epilepsy. This is not ...

It was back in the early 1990s that people who studied dogs were surprised by a number of reports about dogs like Harley, a golden retriever owned by Victoria Doroshenko. Victoria has epilepsy, and ...

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Did you know that epilepsy is the most common neurological condition seen in dogs? It is estimated that approximately 1% of dogs have this condition. Epilepsy is ...