Seizure Response in Dog

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What is Seizure Response Dog?

Seizure response dogs as the name suggests are a different and speical type of canine or service dog who are trained to help people suffering from seizure. The training which the dog recieves is strenous and hard which makes them suitable for helping people with Seizure.

What Seizure Response Dog do?

Seizure Response Dog reacts to a seizure early on its onset for which a human being may only have warning of coming seizure events. No concrete scientific explanation can prove how dogss can tell this, but many scientists have an opinion that the dogs sense changes in body chemistry in the person which is common characteristic when seizure occurs.

When a predictable warning is given about an impending seizure, a person can get to safety and can be more prepared when it comes. Seizure Alert Dogs are helpful for people who experience drop or falling seizures, which occur without any explicit warning and almost all the times leads to injury.

Unlike therapy dogs, seizure response dogs require specific training before they are ready to assist a person who is at risk of having epileptic seizures. This special training can take up to 18 months

How can Seizure Response Dogs can Help?

• They can retrieve a phone prior to a seizure
• Get help in a controlled environment
• Stay with their person during a seizure giving emotional bond
• They can build confidence by enabling their parters to do activities they may be afraid to do because they have epilepsy
• Contribute to the overall emotional well-being

There are many medical professionals who do not doubt the dogs ability to predict seizures and help patients. They are worried about relying on them fully. As per them dogs are fallible, more or less like their human friends.