[Dailydrool] dandruff and seizures

[Cblatz]

One of my dachshunds use to get alot of dandruff.  Sometimes she looked like someone whose sunburn is peeling.   I did an elimination process and found that treats with molasses was causing the problem.   She has been dandruff free for almost 4 years.  Suddenly she started again.  My new puppy came with a bag of the frozen Bil-Jack to sprinkle on his kibble.   I bought a couple of bags to top dress all the dogs kibble.   I read the bag and sure enough there is molasses in it.   Molasses seems like a silly thing to trigger Dandruff but it sure does in Patsy.

Seizures.  20 years ago I got a little mixed breed terrier from the local shelter.  He started having seizures right off.  I wondered why such a cutie was in the pound.  I guess the seizures were the reason.   We kept him off meds for about 5 years until he went into cluster seizures.  He lived to be 14 and until he was 10 the original dosage of pheno did a good job.   
A couple of things seemed to trigger a seizure.  Ice Cream and Pork.  So we learned not to treat him with those food items.  
At the time I didn't know anything about vaccines but I know now that the Lepto vaccine can trigger seizure disorders especially in small dogs.  I don't think that was Corky's problem, since he was afraid of basement steps when we got him I always figured he either fell or was throw down some steps and he had a head trauma problem.

I have had 12 dogs since little Corky (all pure-bred) and (praise the Lord) have never had another seizure dog.   It is heartbreaking to watch them go through that.

Cathy
www.summerhilldachshundsandbassets.com


Cathy Blatz
www.summerhilldachshundsandbassets.com
http://www.geocities.com/clubbasset/index.html
http://www.dachshund-wpdc.org/
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