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Dr. John De Jong

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Last night, my almost 15-year-old Retriever X started having a sort of seizure with twitching in the eyes. He had a similar episode about a month and has had a head tilt ever since.
The gelatin or collagen found in donkey hide is apparently used to treat several illnesses and conditions such as dizziness, cough, infertility, anemia, and bleeding,
It is important that when a dog has a seizure to limit the ability for them to hurt themselves by clearing objects nearby, avoiding stairs, and not reaching for them since they are disoriented.
I have called and set up an appointment to have him seen but it’s not for almost two weeks from now. By waiting, how much worse could things get?
My year-old Bulldog died recently after an acute episode of NCPE due to ARDS as it was described to me. I noticed him choking and having trouble breathing and took him into a veterinary urgent care facility.