Ahhh, I met a lady today...or I should say that Eddie did...
Any way she has epilepsy and has grand-mals about every three weeks.
She wants a seizure dog, but I know that there are a lot of shady people out there that "train" them.
How would you go about getting a real one for a person?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: willie tilton
I know that there are a lot of shady people out there that "train" them. ...
They are lying, as far as I know, unless they mean "train a dog who alerts to do it in a different manner or maybe to otherwise assist the patient during a seizure."
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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There are two separate things to think about. Seizure assist dogs and seizure alert dogs. Seizure assist dogs can be trained to respond to seizures, seizure alert dogs are not really a reliably trained thing because there is no reliable consistent indicators prior to many seizures unfortunately. Many times the family dog learns to display behaviors anticipating a seizure similar to dogs "just knowing" when someone is coming home from work at 5pm. It's hit and miss though, some dogs will anticipate events others have to wait for the stimuli to respond.
Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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A friend of mine has one....though it wasn't planned. She got a puppy a few years ago as a pet, when she got in a car accident (what started the episodes) he started doing these sort of nervous spinning around and whining (NOT typical behavior for what is usually a very confident fearless dog). Turned out within an hour after he did this she'd have a seizure. She later on made sure he had the OB to be a well behaved service dog and to get her meds on command but there was no training to actually predict the episode. She also refined his "alert" so he spins once and whines (he'll also paw at her if she doesn't pay attention to it).
He's just a shelter mutt shepherdish but smaller and with wirey hair on his ruff and tail. She's got another (another shelter mutt) puppy now too who seems to have picked up the ability from his mentor but he doesn't spin he whines and barks. He does it before the older dog though.
I hope that lady find her special dog though or that someone actually knows how to to train the behavior.
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