Epilepsy and wolfdogs!?

[mijke]

This week I got a question from a owner of a CsW with epilepsy. He wanted to know if there are more CsW's or SW's with epilepsy. And I did not know exactly (I only heard rumours).

Unfortunaly in the kynlogian world a lot of people don't want to talk about diseases and hereditary lacks in a breed

But at the end that's very silly of course. Because only when you know what is going wrong in breeding lines, you can do something about it !
Of course no breeder is very happy when something unpleasant is happening in his breeding programm. But not one breeder shall do this on purpose!
But when it happens and the breeder does not talk about this, and doesn't change anything, always the individual owners and their dogs will be the victim!

And that's why I am so glad with very honest breeders like Philipe Bescond for example! (He did give honest information about a kryptorchid dog) That kind of breeders realy take care of a healthy breed. If all breeders would be as responsible as he, there wouldn´t be any genetic problems in the future!

On this moment I am very curious if there are more CsW's and SW's with epilepsy in Europe.

Thats why I have a few questions for the readers of this site:

Is (or was) one of you owner or breeder of a CsW or a SW with epilepsy?

How old was your dog when he got it?

What kind of medication did he get?

I added the same questions at the Dutch site. And I hope people will be so cooperative to give honest answers!

Greetings,

Mijke