Seizure Alert Dogs

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Seizure Alert Dog Study - The Epilepsy Institute

PRIOR STUDY

Several years ago, The Epilepsy Institute was contacted by individuals who believed their dogs were alerting them to seizures. At that time, The Institute obtained a small grant to conduct a study .....
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Research Articles
Seizure-Alert Dogs--Just the Facts, Hold the Media Hype

Jenna Martin
Senior Editor, epilepsy.com

"Seizure-alert dogs, save lives". This is what the media would like the general public to believe, and while it makes for a great headline, it also makes for a grave misrepresentation of the truth.The truth is, seizure dogs can not be trained to “alert” a person of an oncoming seizure. Therefore, a seizure dog may be useful in assisting a person during or after a seizure, but is ....

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Hello, I'm Patti! This is my first time here, I was so touched by all the stories I had to join!
I have a puppy, well now 3yrs old, but he will never give you pooch smooches, but I have seizures and before I even have 1 he runs and gets my boyfriend and starts licking my hand.
My doctor said wow, how did you train him, we didn't he has always done that since he was little. Then she got real upset when we said we had him fixed. But we told her he is a mutt, boxer/ lab/ shepard. His father Thor (boxer/Lab) when I have a seizure just lets me have it, and will bite anyone who comes by me.The mom Isis, well she got nervous when I had 1 and jumped on my arm and broke it in half,but she was just scared and at 135lbs is no little one.
But I've been on just about all the meds they have out and nothing works. So I'm glad I at least have Bumpy. Thanks, Patti :)