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A long road to getting better – ‘always been a special dog’ by Edward de Beukelaer, UK
Theo is a castrated male Dalmatian born in 2008.
I see him (end of 2014) because he is treated for Epilepsy (several fits per week). He was somewhat stabilised with phenobarbitone but this made his obsession with food worse. He is obsessed with food, looking for it all the time. But when you give him something he takes it gently and he eats his food at a normal, even somewhat slow speed. Because he was so hungry, the medication was changed to pexion (Imepitoin) which reduced his looking for food a little. ‘He will sometimes nibble your fingers for food.’
The homeopathic follow up started when the fitting was ‘controlled’ but he had several ictus moments every day: his head starts jerking backwards and he sometimes falls over backwards.
‘At the age of 7 month he stopped eating, nobody could find out why. Eating was painful and the food would go straight through him. B12 injections and high doses of prednisolone got him better after years of treatment. When I see him, he still takes 5 mg prednisolone every day. (The owner will stop the prednisolone at some point about 1 year after the
beginning of the homeopathic follow up.)
The reason for him stopping eating was thought to be the fact that about 2 months before he ran in the woods and smacked into a tree. He stood there with a leg up. He did not yelp or cry and he walked back home. He then started by becoming naughty and crying, scratching at doors etc. Out on walks he was fine, indoor he was always crying and scratching at the doors. He had anxieties and behaviour issues with other dogs. He did get attacked by a few dogs when he was a pup. He was all mixed up.
He became very aggressive: ‘you would pull him off another dog and he would go back in a frenzy, it was unbelievable.’
When he got better this scratching stopped and he would only whinge for food or for his walk. Chiropractic work helped a lot.
He is generally happy in his own company, he likes to know the other dogs are there, he is worried for leaving them (they have 8 Dalmatians) but he shows no interest in them. He could not cope with playing with the other dogs, as if he wants to play and join in but he gives up.
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