leaving your dog home alone?
three days ago my 14 y/o chihuahua suffered from a cluster seizure episode for the first time. she had 2 grand mal seizures within 45mins-an hour apart. Though it is unlikely that she has epilepsy and it’s more than likely a stroke or a tumour, I find this subreddit helpful for information on seizures in general.
i am now terrified to leave her home alone. i have OCD and i was already scared of leaving her home before she had seizures and now its 100x worse. i am trying to find ways to always have someone with her in case she has a seizure again, but unfortunately i don’t think that is sustainable long term. she just started pheno b so she is quite wobbly at the moment so for the next two weeks i definitely don’t want to leave her alone, but am unsure what to do in the long run.
i work for myself so i am trying to work my schedule around my partner’s to make sure one of us can be home, but some days i wont be able to do that and we both will have to be out. how do you deal with the anxiety of your dog seizing while you’re not there? it breaks my heart to think that could happen and she would be confused and maybe hurt herself, especially being a geriatric dog. i am beside myself with sadness and i’m not sure how to navigate this. thank you everyone.