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Jan 19, 2025 - 3:09:26 PM

mander

USA

5204 posts since 10/7/2007

pretty sure this place has a lot of dog lovers, I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

Anyway, the topic of seizure sensing dogs came up at work today and I was wondering what sort of experiences you all have had with such animals.

Jan 19, 2025 - 4:15:27 PM
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16375 posts since 12/2/2005

I have a 20-month old Labrador puppy. He has been known to seize kitchen towels, mail, TV remotes, napkins, gloves and hats off horizontal surfaces well above the level of his head, assuming he is on all fours.

He isn't, always. He is skilled at counter surfing. the little bastitch. As the old saying goes, "God makes 'em cute so we don't kill them."

I have no relevant insight into seizure-detecting dogs. But I have read enough about them - and had enough relationships with dogs, knuckleheads and otherwise - to believe that they can do this. And what a gift.

Let me take that further. Dogs may be the greatest gift Humans have ever received, in non-secular terms.

Jan 19, 2025 - 7:53:56 PM
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Owen

Canada

16494 posts since 6/5/2011
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My experience is limited to hearing about it/them.

Re.   .... the greatest gift humans have ever received...  cheeky

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Jan 20, 2025 - 1:19:37 AM
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4861 posts since 4/22/2018

When my kids were at primary school, I used to drop them off and then take my springer spaniel for a walk around a nearby reservoir before heading back for work. The walk was often muddy and I had trained my dog, at the end of the walk to jump over the dam wall, and rinse himself off in the water. I invariably bumped into a young woman in her 20’s and her mum as they walked their black Labrador along the same route. We soon became friends and would meet up and walk together. The girl, had a very rare type of diabetes and had actually spent nearly three years living in a hospital apartment because she had to be permanently hooked up to a machine that constantly monitored her blood sugar levels and administered insulin. That was until she got her Black Labrador, Hollie, who was an absolutely amazing diabetes alert dog. The two were constantly together and Hollie worked pretty much 22 hours a day, for her two walks around the reservoir, she’d have her special jacket removed and she knew she wasn’t working and could be a ‘dog’ for that time. As soon as the jacket went back on, she was in ‘work mode’ and she was truly a wonder to behold. Wherever they were, Hollie would very regularly nose the back of the girls hand, you wouldn’t notice if you didn’t know, but she was basically monitoring her blood levels. She had two types of indication, one was ‘it’s time for a regular top up’ and the other was ‘you really need to test yourself, somethings not right’ - she was superb. In addition, if the girl didn’t react to the second type of prompt because she may be starting to go downhill, the dog would pick up a small specific bag (dotted around the house and in handbags etc) and then take it to a family member as an alert indication that help was needed. As medication improved / changed, Hollie went off to her training centre to be ‘recalibrated’ - it was absolutely amazing. That dog really did change more than one life.

Yet, at the end of every walk we went on together, when we got to the end of the circuit and I’d send my dog over the wall to go wash himself down, more often than not, the mum would comment on how amazing and clever my spaniel was to be able to do something like bath himsef!

Jan 20, 2025 - 5:15:27 AM

1359 posts since 3/7/2006

I've not experienced it, but I have heard many dogs have specialty sensing abilities, that only need to be trained. This does include seizure sensitive dogs. I have also heard there are some that sense cancer in the body. Of course, we've known for some time, dogs can be trained to sense cadavers, drugs, disaster/earthquake survivors. I'm not sure we understand everything involved, but I've also heard they can hear and sense odors as far as two plus miles away. And I've certainly had a couple that could sense a siren for miles before I could ever hear it. It may be a breed thing, but It's certainly worth investigating.

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