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Does anyone know if a dog can alert it's owner before the owner has a TIA?

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    • November 6, 2016 at 11:29 am #851243
      SJW2306
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      I know someone who claims their dog is a service animal because it warns her before she has I TIA. Is this possible? Has anyone heard of this?

    • November 21, 2016 at 12:13 am #877352
      Anonymous
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      I haven’t heard specifically of dogs trained for this, but it’s absolutely possible in my opinion. Dogs can sense things we can’t, especially in the humans that they love. It’s pretty amazing!

      • December 4, 2016 at 4:09 pm #913501
        okiegirl0416
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        I have a 7 year old Rottweiler, who is a trained service dog. He can smell a seizure before I am about to have one and pats me on the leg until I take my medication. We began training him when he was 6 months old. My Rottweiler before him could do the same thing. Unfortunately, he passed away at the young age of 2 years old from bone cancer. (which we were informed was a direct result from inbreeding)
        I hope that this helped to answer your question. I do believe certain breeds of dogs are better at being service dogs than others.

    • December 8, 2016 at 6:07 pm #925440
      SurfQueals32115
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      Yes they can sense these things. My dog was acting weird and trying to alert me about something going on with my husband. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but moments after Surf came to get me, my husband, who is an otherwise healthy man in his 30’s, suffered a TIA.

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