Help Pawsitivity RESCUE a dog to train as a SEIZURE SERVICE DOG for someone with epilepsy.
- 1 out of 26 people develops epilepsy in their lifetimes.
- Pawsitivity is dedicated to rescuing dogs and training them as service dogs for people with disabilities.
In this special project, Pawsitivity will work with animal shelters across the U.S. to find the dog with the right combination of patience, bravery, calmness, sensitivity, and self-assured ness. Pawsitivity will then spend up to a year to train this dog to help a person who is disabled by severe epilepsy.
Pawsitivity will train the dog to respond to seizures by:
-Helping keep a person safe, for example keeping them from walking into dangerous areas.
-Try to arouse an unconscious person, during or after a seizure.
-Carry emergency medication or information regarding the handler’s medical condition.
Alerting
In many cases, seizure response dogs then, on their own, develop the ability to alert to seizures before the seizure actually occur. Some scientists think the dogs are sensing the change in the physiology of their handler prior to the seizure, such as the breathing, heart rate, or smell of the person.
Quality of Life
In addition to the added safety of having the dogs alert and/or respond to seizures, new studies show that the quality of life of the handler is greatly improved by the presence of the dog.
Help save the live of a child or adult with epilepsy. Donate today to this special project—rescuing a dog and giving the dog up to a year of specialized training to have a fulfilling life working as a seizure service dog, helping bring independence to a person with epilepsy.
