YES! Realise this, just wondered as read things about Phenazepam being a substitute for illegal drugs so wondered if there was any potential of misuse for any of the other drugs used in epileptics. Like I said trying to look at all angles of the question and realise my answer will mostly consist of breeders not taking their dogs out of breeding lines and maybe things like perhaps breeders not being informed or plain and simple breeders not wanting to know!
Other things I will be including is that there is no conclusive test to diagnose epilepsy so breeders could use this to deny the accuracy of the diagnosis. that it is easy to put blame the sire or vice versa and continue to breed from a dog, that the late onset means many breeders may have unwittingly bred from an affected dog, that although inadvisable people whose dogs have only one or two mild seizures a year may still consider breeding, and that owners of kennelled dogs may not be present and therefore may not even be aware of it.
Can you think of any other scenarios?? I really appreciate your help xx

Good , Think I have offended Malka in the process though

I can't speak for Malka,but I think I know where the misunderstanding came in. I myself had brought up the mis- use of drugs possibility but like you I was referring to unscrupulous owners who might in fact falsely give information about their dogs condition to obtain drugs.Not sure if that helps but I think you meant the same way

Yes - that's exactly the point I was trying to make. trying to figure out if there was potential for this to occur not saying that it does but literally trying to gather information xx

Let me please make some things clear.

My dog has Idiopathic Epilepsy and I buy Phenobarbitone from my Vet for her.

With regard to the Valium that I give her following a seizure, those are prescribed by my GP for me. I get one pack of 30 x 5mg Valium a month as a muscle relaxant as I am a permanent wheelchair user and my muscles and joints lock up, so I am supposed to take one 5mg Valium tablet about one hour before I go to bed, in order for my body to relax.

But I do not take them every day because I need to keep some for Pereg following a sezure. Pereg had a Grand Mal seizure today, just 15 days after the last one, and she needed 20mg of Valium to stop her from clustering.

Pereg had her first Grand Mal seizure on 1 April 2011. I am the only person who has ever seen her have a seizure, but believe me, she has Idiopathic Epilepsy.

And I do not believe that ANYONE would pretend that their dog was epileptic in order to get Phenobarbitone/Phenobarbitol so that they could sell it on the black market.

If you want to think that some people do so in order to get drugs that they can sell on the black market, then you have obviously never owned an epileptic dog or seen your beloved pet in a full blown Grand Mal seizure.

If you think that you can get hold of Phenobarbitone from someone who "pretends" that their dog is epileptic, so that you can sell it on the black market, then I feel sorry for you. Because believe me, NOBODY who has an epileptic dog would want to pretend that their dog has seizures and needs barbiturates.

If I told you how many Phenobarbitone tablets I have, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU GIVE ME FOR THEM?

Only I have them to keep my beloved epileptic dog alive. And so would everyone else who has an epileptic dog.

Linda that's just blown Gorden's theory out of the window.