Female lab having seizures

Question
I have a one-year old female lab that we noticed has been having seizures.  They seemed pretty frequent (several a week), and I was going to take her to the vet, but I changed her food to a high-protein type food (PMI) I get from the feed store.  Although we have seen her have a few seizures, they aren't nearly as many as they had been.  We planned on breeding her with her next heat (she's been thru 2 already), but we're concerned about getting the seizures completely under control 1st.  Any suggestions?

Answer
Becky,

Seizures can be caused by many things and some believe that some of the factors that cause seizures are genetic and if so you would not want to risk breeding her and having puppies that will likely have seizures as they age. Your vet should be able to determine the cause of the seizures and give you medications you can administer to the dog while it is having a seizure. As you can imagine seizures can be fatal and indicate serious problems that cannot be neglected. You must get her to your vet so the cause of the seizures can be deterimined. Considering the frequency of the seizures your animal needs to see a licensed veterinary immediately! Seizures that occur more than once a week are signs of serious problems and can quickly become fatal to the dog! I must stress that for her safety, and for your reputation as a breeder, you must not breed her without first having her examined by a veterinarian. The cause could be something simple, she could have eaten a poison, she could have a bacterial infection around the nervous system (menningitis), increased pressure around the brain (increase intracranial pressure), or a lot of other things. Their is simply no way to know what causes the seizure without having the dog checked out by your vet. Yet, seizures can usually be controlled by the proper medications so do not get really worked up and think that something is happening to your dog that can't be delt with by your vet. I hope everything turns out okay and let me know if you have any further questions. Good Luck and Hurry to the Vet!