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Originally Posted by damp  It would all depend on, how many people are around the person in need when he/she is having a seizure; one to take care of the person and another to teach the dog to use the phone and what else to do!
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There must have been a bunch of people around to tape the scenario you talk about. So if a person can just stand and film a person having an epileptic seizure and a dog calling 911, how come you don’t think there once were people around to teach the dog what to do???????????????
However I find it hard to see… (no matter if the dog was trained or not) how a Rottweiler nose or paw can hit one of those small number buttons on a phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (But I know, you can make short cuts on modern phones…. just hit one accidental botton and hold it just a bit and you get the number that was programmed for the action "hit and hold"!
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Having epileptic seizures normally don't need medical assistance…
(but perhaps the patient needs assistance when he/she wakes up; to go back home/ to go to bed (now and then) yes she/he needs medical care because of falling, but that is considered a side effect to epilepsy)
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This was on the news a few years ago. So I had to Google to find the article to get the exact details. Unfortunately the article is short and doesn't give too much details. There was a speed dial button for the dog to push. The woman does suffer from epilepsy, but I find it hard to believe that a bunch of people would stand around video taping person having seizures to train a dog. JMO
7. Dog saves woman's life by calling 911 (October 29)
When Leana Beasley of Richland, Washington, fell out of her wheelchair, her service dog, Faith, called 911 by pushing a speed-dial button on Beasley's phone with her nose.
Beasley, 45, who suffers from grand mal seizures, had trained Faith with the help of the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound to call for help in the case of emergencies. The 4-year-old Rottweiler barked into the receiver until the 911 dispatcher sent help. Then she opened the door when responders arrived.
CNN.com - Beer-guzzling bears and other strange tales - Dec 27, 2004