Seizure response dog

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File:Service Dog at restaurant.jpg
A Seizure Response Dog can be brought to restaurants or other businesses.
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Service dog for a boy with autism and seizures calms him during hospital stay.

A seizure response dog (SRD) (also known as seizure dog) is a dog demonstrating specific assisting behaviour during or immediately after a person's epileptic seizure or other seizure.[1][2] When reliably trained such dogs can serve as service dogs for people with epilepsy.[3]

Tasks

Tasks for seizure dogs may include, but are not limited to:[4][5][6][7]

  • Find someone to help
  • Activate an emergency response system
  • Stimulate a person to help them "wake up" after a seizure
  • Use body weight to keep the person in a specific position
  • Act as a brace to help the person up
  • Retrieve a phone or medication
  • Physically remove the patient from an unsafe situation (e.g., the middle of a street)

Seizure alert dog

A dog demonstrating specific behaviour prior to a person's epileptic seizure is also referred to as seizure alert dog (SAD).[2][8][9] Reports suggest that some dogs can be trained to anticipate epileptic seizures.[3][8] However, this ability has been questioned.[10][11][12]

Seizure response and seizure alerting behaviour may spontaneously develop in dogs living with children and adults with epilepsy.[1][2][9]

See also

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