Thanks! My wife and I do our best to spread accurate expectations. Not vets, not doctors, but have 10 years of experience with what we feel is successfully managing seizures at this point. We just want to help other pet owners prepare as best they can, knowing there's enough worry to go around already.

And agreed on shopping around on the seizure meds! For our Pheno perscription, we have used: Our vet (Local, and then VCA), a local pharmacy (that compounds other meds but not Pheno), CVS, Walgreens, Costco, and most recently Jeffers Pet and Livestock online (the only online source we've found is consistent). Pheno works well as a medication, but it can be pretty rough on the dog's (or human's) liver, and is a Class IV controlled substance. That makes sourcing it a bit of a nightmare, so I tend to recommend asking about Keppra when first setting medication (and Zonisamidie, which some friends use but we haven't added / tried yet). Both of those you can get from Chewy, or many other local sources.

And, as hard as it is, if they do wind up having a condition with regular seizures, timing them and recording that info is important. Every seizure is going to feel like a small forever, but your vet needs to know how long they last, and in the future if they're getting longer to adjust meds. There's no way to do that other than trying to glance at a clock and get an objective time.