Hi, community! Thoughts and feedback much appreciated, as I’ve never had experience with dog that has epilepsy.

I’ve been coming to shelter since August and socialising a fantastic dog that I’ve grown to care for her a lot, and who my husband and I have set our minds to adopt. 

The shelter informed me they have suspicions about epilepsy. This wasn’t clearly established due to her having 1 episode once a year and episodes happening very closely to intense, stressful events happening, so another version was that she’s having panic attacks. The shelter had possibility to do CT scan 2-3 months ago, and it ruled out changes in brain, but since she had an episode yesterday, they are taking her to the vet to consult about this issue.

To be honest, few seizures during 4 years of being a shelter resident doesn’t sound too much of fearful situation for me (understanding, that it might be possible some seizures were not noticed due to high resident count). 

I’m very sure that being in peaceful home environment will help her a lot, and I'll take care to have other diagnostics for her like MRI scan, and my husband and I are WFH mostly with some exceptional days being in office. We had a dog with separation anxiety, and during course of 2 years, we managed to leave her fully alone 3-4 times, so if needed - we are management ninjas with proven track record:) My husband also had a dog with epilepsy who had regular episodes, so he also has experience, which can only help us.

Is there something you would advise me to take in mind? Am I taking risks too lightly or my evaluation of them seems reasonable at this point? I’m very new to this, so any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you <3

Feedback/advice: adopting dog with rare count of seizures