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How do you qualify for a seizure alert dog?
To be eligible for a PAWS Seizure Response Dog, an individual must:
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Be 14 years or older.
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An individual must have a minimum of one epileptic seizure a month. ...
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If the dog is also trained for hearing tasks, an individual must have a minimum of moderate to severe bilateral hearing loss.
What breed of dog is best for detecting seizures?
The German Shepherd is a smart dog. These fur buddies are commonly used as police and military dogs because of how well they can sense and smell things. These pups are able to smell that chemical imbalance before a seizure and can alert you, as well as comfort you afterward.
How much does a seizure alert dog cost?
Seizure response dogs can cost anywhere from $15,000–$50,000, and a person's health insurance will not cover the cost. However, many charitable organizations provide SRDs free of charge.
Jan 4, 2024
What is the difference between a seizure alert dog and a seizure response dog?
In fact, there are different types of seizure dogs depending on the skill set they either have or acquire through training. Whereas seizure-alert dogs assist their human companions before a seizure occurs, seizure-response or seizure–assist dogs help during and after a seizure.
A seizure alert dog is one that has been trained to respond to a seizure in someone who has epilepsy. These dogs can be trained as an assistance dog, ...
Seizure-alert dogs, as implied by their name, are dogs that can sense and notify their human companions of an oncoming seizure. This alerting behavior has been ...
PAWS Seizure Response Dogs are custom-trained to assist people who have epilepsy with tasks such as activating a life-alert system, finding someone to help, ...
Abstract. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some dogs may be able to sense the onset of seizures and other medical conditions in humans, although this has never ...