Talk:Seizure response dog

Article

Updated article and all references according to new literature, adjusted tasks of seizure dogs to references (before list did not match any cited reference). Jophiel 123 (talk) 20:02, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

In general the term seizure dog is used for seizure responding behaviour (usually of trained service dogs). Specific alerting behaviour on epileptic seizures (differentiating them from e.g. psychogenic seizures) is doubtful. The term "seizure alert dog" should be mentiontend because its in use but the major meaning of "seizure dog" is "seizure response dog". Therefore "seizure alert dog" is explained in the second part of the article. Jophiel 123 (talk) 10:49, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Can dogs tell when someone is about to have a seizure from smell?

I heard that seizure dogs, can tell someone is about to have a seizure from smelling a chemical change in their body. I'm not sure if this is true, but I've heard dogs can do it because they have such a sensitive sense of smell. Violet yoshi (talk) 00:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe anyone's exactly figured out what makes some dogs capable of predicting seizures. Remember that each case is different, so it's possible that some dogs may be tipped off by scent, while others may notice changes in behavior or other cues. Sarrandúin ^{[ Talk Contribs ]} 19:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't forget also that seizures are analogous to 'lightning in the brain' and that animals historically are able to detect shifts in the natural currents such as what precedes volcanoes, or storms. So, seizure detection dogs could be able to detect a shift in their owner’s toward abnormal electrical activity. The same activity that an EEG detects. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.145.221 (talk) 09:17, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I'm a bit vocabulary-impaired here, but do we talk about Service Dogs for Diabetes in here? Or is the "seizure" just for epileptic family of seizures? Seikku Kaita (talk) 21:21, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The online sources for this article appear to contain no reference to the information supposedly being supported. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter this is quite worrying for the potentially misleading page content. -Sac 02:35, 7 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.7.218.81 (talk)

Correct Grammar

Dogs are not "trained to alert impending seizures". They can be "trained to warn of impending seizures".

Images

Added some new images, one of which would go well for this article:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Service_Dog_at_restaurant.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assistance_dog_out_shopping.jpg

Would it be okay to use one here? — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|Zipster969 (talk) 21:39, 3 September 2013 (UTC)]] comment added by Zipster969 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Enough Internal Links?

Added links that are relevant to the context within the existing text. Should we remove the notification to add more? Zipster969 (talk) 19:19, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Merger Proposal

I'm proposing that Seizure_response_dog is merged into Medical_response_dog . I'm proposing this as a seizure response dog usually comes under the medical response dog term and the page should not be separate due to its size.Suisaber (talk) 02:44, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

• No merger. Given that SRD is a well written and well-referenced article, and MRD does not have one reliable source supporting it, I would recommend no merger. There are grounds for deleting MRD for failing GNG. William Harris (talk) 10:34, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

This has gone nowhere in almost 2 months; I am removing the merger request templates. William Harris (talk) 12:08, 28 June 2021 (UTC)