calliecritturs
Posted : 2/24/2009 10:59:14 PM
Was talking to Dr. DiNatale tonight about PI-man -- the first thing SHE asked was do you dry him (either just the dryer or a dryer cage) -- those are notorious for causing seizures in seizure dogs. I told her I'd already asked that and you said not.
She said yeah, the shampoo sure could be a trigger -- but she ALSO said (and I learned a lot tonight) that if his shakes or shivers after the bath THAT could, in and of itself, trigger a seizure. Because (and this will sound like Dr. Xie) much of siezure activity "arises out of the liver" if there is sudden activity or movement (like a dog who races barking to the door, or a dog who chases something outside ... or like a dog shivering after a bath) that activity causes a reaction in the liver that then gives rise (sometimes immediately, sometimes a half hr or hour later) to the seizure.
It is, literally, the upset that does it. I'm not sure I explained that but it will give you something to 'ask' on Friday (Maybe Dr. Clemmons or Dr. Chrisman can explain that better than I just did) but she was trying to explain why 'stress' in and of itself is considered such a seizure trigger.
OOH YEAH and the other thing she suggested was if other groomers are bathing dogs and applying pyrethrins or using shampoo with flea stuff in it the residue of the scent of the pyrethrins may linger in the sink/bathing area and THAT might be more apt to do it than anything.
But if you bring in the shampoo you use at home and he *still* seizes, then you'll at least know if it's stress or lingering chemical and you can at least elminate the shampoo as a trigger.