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Question by LaBonte1818@aol.com
Submitted on 8/18/2003
Related FAQ: rec.pets.dogs: Boston Terriers Breed-FAQ
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My daughter has a Boston Terrier and we think she has had a couple of seizures.  She gets real disoriented and falls over.  I told her she definitely needed to take her to a vet.  She told me this one was worse than the other one that I had witnessed.  Please give us some insight on this.  Thank you

 
 

Answer by michele
Submitted on 10/2/2003
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hi i have a boston mix female and she is epileptic also. the vet says they are more scary than they are harmful. my dog normally has them in the car. they have gotten to the point where she howls and has even urinated, and lots of foaming at the mouth.  we did put my dog on meds. the vet also said it was common in bostons. i have a pure breed boston and he has never had one. i hope this has helped.

 

Answer by cheryl
Submitted on 11/22/2003
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I've owned Bostons for several years. I used to breed them. I've owned six of them, and have never had any with seizures. I don't know how common it is.

 

Answer by Spiker
Submitted on 1/21/2004
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My little Boston had one very recently I think and I was completely freaking out. We were walking down to the beach and he started to get disoriented and fell over and was foaming at the mouth and caughed up yellow stuff. It scared me pretty bad. He was totally fine 2 minutes later after he just sat there for awhile.

 

Answer by cheerchikmr
Submitted on 4/26/2004
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My boston is about 6 years old and has started to have seizures as of about 3 months ago. they aren't all the time but they are about ever 3-4 weeks. i haven't taken her to the vets yet even though i should. I'm very scared too because her father died of a tumor and her mom died of cushings disease. i know that this is going to be expensive but she is my little girl.

 

Answer by Sarah
Submitted on 5/13/2004
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I have a 6 month old boston.  I had to bring her to the vet recently because she was throwing up a lot, she is fine now, but the vet wanted to keep her overnight becuase she told me that seizures are very common in Bostons.  

 

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