For her owners there will always be a cloud of concern. As for my breeding program five years of work ended there. The sire, dam and all the get were spayed or neutered. Two years later Nina's brother started to seize. Although I worked through this with both families somehow it didn't feel like I'd done enough.
Epilepsy simply refers to repeated seizures.
The term idiopathic simply means that we don't know the cause. One of the goals of the Canine Epilepsy Project is to identify genes responsible for epilepsy in dogs. The Italian Greyhound Club of America has pledged its support. Now we need your help. Blood samples are needed from affected dogs and their close relatives.