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Originally Posted by Cdn1050  No, they didn't show a video of the dog calling 911 while the owner was having a seizure. They were able to prove this by the 911 operator giving her end of the story of the dog calling and consistently barking, then the EMS medics coming to door and finding as they were walking up to the door, the dog was unlocking it to let them in. |
The operator heard a dog barking on the phone and the EMS saw the dog opened the door! That are the facts…right?
And all the rest is all suppositions! Right?
So no one knows if the dog e.g. was so scared and by an accident hit the phone and barked it's stupid, scared (or intelligent) head of!
I could say and assume, it was the person having the seizure, who called 911 before the collapse. (
Many people can feel and have “warnings” / “aura” before a seizure)
(Again I assume) but I would think this dog was trained a bit to do service and assist the owner. (I would find it smart and realistic to train my dog to
act if I or any in the house suffered from epileptic seizures!)
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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.
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It must be wonderful to have a service dog when one need it! Good dog!!!
And it is amazing what a dog can be
TRAINED to do!