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Originally Posted by Bravo916  Actually a lot of service dogs start out as pets. They are loving family members who one day out of pure coincidence become life savers. I know of several situations of this both in the Yorkie and Doberman worlds that I am involved with.
In one instance the woman who was previously in perfect health suddenly developed epilepsy. Her Doberman, who was never trained for any kind of service work, sensed the seisure coming on and instinctively jumped on her and pinned her down. She said at first she was scared not understanding what her dog was trying to do but when she started to convulse she understood. Her dog stayed there on top of her holding her down until the convulsions stopped and then started nudging her and kissing her to wake her up. Everytime the dog senses a seizure coming on (usually about 2 minutes before they hit) she starts poking and prodding her owner so that her owner can prepare for the seizure.
I also have a friend who's Yorkie alerts her when her blood sugar is low.
I am absolutely amazed by how intuitive our furkids really are! |
WOW, that is very neat! A family pet is intuned with it's owner and can sense when something is wrong.
In my case i was not as lucky to have had a service animal before requesting one. Due the place i live / A no Pet policy, I could not bring one home until I followed the ADA law and the rules of the complex.
i've seen in the news where dogs alerted their owners of fires in the middle of night, saving lives. Or Barking like crazy when their master has passed out, and even coming back home after A walk , without the owner , alerting to others something is wrong. THEN taking people to where the owner is. MAny breeds are able to find missing or lost people in the snow, or mountains.
Referring to Strict apartment rules or condos it is the owners rights to deny a tenant who may have a known "agressive" breed to live in their building. Mainly, due to insurances going up.
Are you familar with the case in S.F. where a DOG killed a woman in the apartment complex? that was several years ago.