Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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.... Seizure alert dogs can easily be trained to also provide a seizure response task, so they would then qualify as SDs. This is what is commonly done. It would be a waste to not employ a seizure alert dog due to not training a simple task to go along with the alert.
I wonder if most people know this. (It seems that many people stumble on their dog's seizure alert propensity without any pre-expectation at all.)
"Seizure alerting seems to run in bloodlines. So you can breed for a higher percentage of alert dogs."
This is interesting. My own experience is pretty small, but I haven't even seen a predominant breed. Is there one?
I had no idea at all that seizure alerting ran in bloodlines!
This is interesting to me, I would have thought it would have more to do with the dogs focus on its "person", combined with the ability to understand the seizure as an out of the ordinary/bad event and capability of reacting in a useful way.
It seems like a very tricky thing to breed for and certainly difficult to test for considering the issue of needing a seizing person to find out if the dog would alert.
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"Seizure alerting seems to run in bloodlines. So you can breed for a higher percentage of alert dogs."
This is interesting. My own experience is pretty small, but I haven't even seen a predominant breed. Is there one?
Not breed, but breed type. Herding breeds, especially sheep herding breeds seem to have the highest incidence. Retrievers, then other gundogs and many working dogs. Some other breeds including terriers. Other breeds, such as those in the AKC non-sporting group, would mostly have connections to one of the above types if you looked at the original purpose of the breed.
Quote: connie sutherland
I had no idea at all that seizure alerting ran in bloodlines!
Quote: jennifer lee
This is interesting to me, I would have thought it would have more to do with the dogs focus on its "person", combined with the ability to understand the seizure as an out of the ordinary/bad event and capability of reacting in a useful way.
Focusing on his person = human orientation.
It seems like a very tricky thing to breed for and certainly difficult to test for considering the issue of needing a seizing person to find out if the dog would alert.
These are the noted characteristics, so breeding for it can increase the chances. But not all dogs, or even most with these characteristics will alert.
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Re: seizure alert dogs
[Re: Joy van Veen ]
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