My Dad grew up with a cocker spaniel - and so did I. That was my first puppy - and the dog I have now was my second. In between I've adopted older dogs, like my little 8-pound wonder. Two of my dogs have lived past 18, but that doesn't make it any easier, it never does. 
And two of my dogs have also had seizures. My little cocker Samantha who I adopted at age 8 - I found out that's why she had been given up - by people who had had her since she was a puppy! I have done a lot of research on seizures over the years. After I lost Sam, I adopted another 8-year-old cocker whose owner had died - and I found out when I went to pick her up that she had been to the vet for "suspected seizures." So of course she had one the night that I brought her home. I know, it's heartbreaking. I have also been to a lot of vets. 
And my second "puppy?" He turned 11 in March and I know what you mean. I intend to have him forever... 
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