Big News! Remember the call-out for the need of a male Siberian Husky for a sleep study for dogs with epilepsy I shared last July? Well, the results are in!  "An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between Idiopathic Epilepsy and Sleep in Dogs" led by Dr. Alejandro Mondino, Dr. Karen Muñana, and Julie Nettifee, RVT, MS, VTS from The Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab at North Carolina State University-College of Veterinary Medicine has now been published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine . The study consisted of 64 dogs with idiopathic epilepsy (Epi-dogs) and 64 non-epis.   This study was NOT just for Siberian Huskies. It included a wide range of dogs as epilepsy can happen to many breeds and mixed breeds across the globe. at According to the Study, " The breed distribution for both groups included 17 mixed breed dogs, 15 herding dogs, 11 working dogs, 10 sporting dogs, 4 toy dogs, 3 hound dogs, 2 non-sporting dogs, and 2 terrier dogs. In the epi...

 ***Update (8/15/2024): This slot has been filled. The Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab at NCSU-CVM has their Husky! Thank you to all who applied.**** The Companion Animal Epilepsy Research Lab at North Carolina State Univerity is seeking a "control dog" - one MALE SIBERIAN HUSKY, Neutered, with NO health issues, NO history of seizures, and does NOT live in a household with an Epidog to complete a survey for part of a Sleep & Epilepsy Study led by Dr. Alejandra Mondino, DVM, MSc, PhD, and Dr. Karen Muñana, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology). This study aims to understand how Epilepsy disrupts sleep by comparing affected dogs to healthy controls. TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOUR DOG MUST: ●  Be a male, neutered Siberian Husky ●Have NO current medical issues ●Be between 1 to 5 years of age ●Have NO history of seizures ●NOT live in the same household as another dog with Epilepsy.    Please read the criteria carefully to see if your Husky fits the call out, and if you'd be ...