Thank you for the welcomes!
As far as Solo and his reaction to Khiori-pup's seizures. The very very first one she had, we were all so frightened. Sean and I thought she was going to die because it went on for so long (in the middle of the night no less). We blocked Solo out of the room that time and for the next few. We had been told that sometimes other dogs will attack and possibly kill a seizing dog. The way Solo would react when he was sent from the room while Khiori would have a seizure would be to body slam the door and bark and just generally carry on. One time though I just said "Let him in. Make him stay on the bed". And he did. So after that we would allow him to stay but he had to be on the bed away from Khiori.
The time I knew he was the Newf Nanny Extraordinaire ... well there were two times to show me. One was I found Khiori post ictal (a confusion type state) and Solo was lead her around the house keeping her from corners, furniture and off the stairs. The next time, I just caught Khiori falling into a seizure. Solo ran over, laid down next to where she was going to land and then stay with her while she kicked, barked and bit him.
Fortunately my husband and I are self employed and at home so we were able to care for Khiori during all this. She died when she was 2.5 yrs old and Solo nearly followed - he was so heart broken (like the rest of us). We got Leo about two months after Khiori died. Leo brought a lot of life and sunshine back into our lives.
Here's Leo and Solo after our Thanksgiving dinner, 2004.
