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Originally Posted by michaelundinaeichhorn
I absolutely agree with Margo and try to collect cases since years. But with epileptic dogs you have to be aware that not every case is inherited and that not every inherited case means a problem in the line.
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Sorry - I should write it before. It apply not only to epilepsy but to all problems where the way of inheritance is not precisely known...
I checked the info about epilepsy already before when we get info about first ill dogs (Ina, please correct me if I'm wrong).
There are two types of epilepsy - acquired and inherited. To check with which case we deal by a dog we have to examine him. First the veterinarian will try to exclude the possibility of acquired epilepsy which can be evoked by different factors: injury of the head, diseases, aso.. If all this reasons are eliminated it is probably inherited epilepsy. Additionally in the most cases the inherited epilepsy disclose before the age of 5 years (usually earlier).
We are not vets but using the database we can also check the possibilily of a inherited epilepsy. If there are more dogs from one line which before 5 y. fall ill it is probably inherited epilepsy. The probability of a right diagnosis grows if we have information about more ill dogs...