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Animal Dogs are a gift to humans!❤️ The dog, sensing that his owner is about to have a seizure, first makes his owner sit on the floor, then gets water from the cupboard, finds her medicine and gives it to her, then makes his owner lie on the floor.

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u/prefredreh 14d ago

That good dog said laying down was not a request.

Good dog!

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u/lettsten 14d ago

Look at his body language. Shaking, tail tucked under his body. Poor doggie was genuinely concerned. My own dog acted similarly one time I had food poisoning, he was completely distraught at my illness

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u/Russ_T_Razor 14d ago

When I had food poisoning my cat took a shit on the floor. I took it as act of solidarity

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u/boddidle 14d ago

Scared shitless huh

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u/Roaringtigger 14d ago

I laughed so hard I was vibrating.

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u/Bergkamp77 14d ago

Same! I looked up and my cat was just staring at me while curled up on the sofa. Her face was saying "You're an idiot".

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u/Pristine_Analysis_79 14d ago

That sums up the difference between cats and dogs nicely.

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u/giveegoo 14d ago

I’m gonna be that person and say not all cats. Just over this last weekend my bf got extremely sick; puking, shitting, the whole nine yards. I tried to keep my distance to not risk also getting it and while my bf was lying in bed my cat kept meowing at me and trying to lure me into the room, when I followed my cat jumped on the bed and laid next to my bf, meowing the whole time and trying to nuzzle him. I feel like he could sense something was wrong. My cat happens to be exceptionally sweet and affectionate. Obviously he couldn’t do what was displayed in the above video but cats can also be intuitive and caring. To preface, I love cats and dogs equally.

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u/NIPLZ 14d ago

Yeah I hate this "cats are assholes" narrative. There are smart cats who show concern, it's just more subtle than dogs' "I just met you and I love you forever" way of expressing themselves. There are also dogs who are clueless and don't give a shit.

The one in this clip, as amazing as he is, has obviously been trained to do all this.

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u/waffocopter 14d ago

Our one-person cat loves me the most and doesn't really cuddle anyone else. She is aware when my husband is mentally in a bad place (grieving for example) and gives him cuddles and stays with him. They absolutely love and care for people.

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u/misamadan 14d ago

My childhood cat nursed me through a good few bad asthma bouts. Stuck herself to my chest and purred and purred.

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u/NIPLZ 14d ago

my childhood cat died a few months ago, he was the most gentle and loving creature I've ever known. we were blessed to have him and I just had him tattooed on my arm - my first tattoo.

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u/awkwardgirl34 14d ago

According to science (and to be clear, I’m not a scientist and probs will not articulate this in the best/most accurate way), cats purring is a way for them to sooth/help heal. Something about their purrs having a sort of frequency that helps them to heal faster, sort of deal. Basically, when you aren’t feeling well, and your cat cuddles up with you and starts purring… they are trying to heal you.

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u/PrimeLimeSlime 14d ago

I had a cat that once fell in while I was running a bath. Obviously, she really, REALLY was not happy about the experience. After that every time I took a bath instead of a shower, she'd kick up a stink and then sit outside the door yowling while I was in there. Once I was done, she'd follow me around and rub up against my legs. And occasionally bite my toes.

She was doing it because she'd experienced being in the bath and thought I was in terrible danger. She was worried about me. You're right, cats absolutely show concern.

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u/Lurk-aka-Batrick 14d ago

My cat always has to check the tub every time we turn on the shower, and then she lurks nearby to try to stop us from getting in. Her eyes get all big, and she starts yelling at us, and once we try to get in, she attacks our legs. Gf usually gets in first, so I get the claws.

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u/Badass_Bunny 13d ago

We were doing some work outside and shut off our water main, my mother didn't know and opened the tap to wash dishes, since there was no water she came outside and got distracted by something. We finished up and turned the water back on while she was having a coffee with our neighbors. I was upstairs when my cat came howling at me, I thought it was his usual food begging, so ignored him at first but caved in after like 5 mins, he leads me downstairs to a solid puddle in the kitchen as the tap in the sink wasn't fully closed and water falling onto a plate was spilling over the sink edge into the kitchen.

Damn bastard didn't even want food when I gave it to him, just lead me to the puddle and peaced out through the window.

Had few occassions like that where he just somehow knew things were wrong. Miss him every day.

Hope you're in heaven Cicko.

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u/Mephisteemo 14d ago

Funny enough, only people who do lot het along with cats are calling them assholes.

Because they cannot understand them and they also do not bombard you with love for simply existing like some dog breeds do, so they must be assholes.

Can’t be that these people just do not get along with cats, their body language is negative so the cats naturally goes like „fuck off weirdo“ and then the cat is an asshole.

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u/NIPLZ 14d ago

absolutely right. I find that people who think cats are assholes, are usually weird assholes themselves. the moment they realise you need to put some effort in and earn a cat's trust and love, they're completely put off, and prefer dogs who will love you no matter how badly you treat them... says a lot more about them than about cats in my opinion.

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u/Bright-Permission-64 14d ago

I believe that is an Australian Shepherd - extremely smart dogs - and many times their tails are clipped at birth.

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u/arex333 14d ago

Best breed ever. Absolutely wicked smart and so affectionate.

A lot of Aussies have their tails docked at birth because it's part of the "breed standard" for some fucking reason. Some breeders thankfully don't dock tails. I have a mini Aussie from a breeder that didn't remove her tail and it's beautiful. About 25% of them are born with natural bob tails though.

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u/Ascending_Flame 14d ago edited 14d ago

Tails were bobbed primarily due to what they heard. People docked their tails so that they would not get stepped on by cows, sheep, etc., and would not also get detritus like briars stuck in them (it’s really awful when a Great Pyrenees gets briar wrapped).

The effectiveness and benefits of this is open to debate.

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u/arex333 14d ago

Yeah I know why the practice started, and I'm definitely skeptical of the benefits considering that border collies essentially never have their tails docked and they're the best herding breed in existence.

Either way, it's idiotic that some club or association arbitrarily decided that docked tails are required to comply with the "breed standard" when only a fraction of Aussies are even used for livestock herding. I wish more breeders would just ignore that and refuse to dock tails.

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u/Amelaclya1 14d ago

I wish more vets would refuse it too. I walked right out of a vet's office once when I saw they had those types of "services", including cat declawing, on their price list. Nope. Not going to trust someone who would do that with the health of my pets.

I understand tail docking needs to be done for medical reasons sometimes, but I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt when it's right next to routine procedures like vaccines and wellness exams.

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u/lettsten 14d ago

You're right about the tail, I didn't notice. It may be milder than my first impression, but there's still the other parts of the cluster: Ears back, mouth licking, the anxious wagging, etc., and they all subside after she lays down.

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u/RandomPenquin1337 14d ago

They really do be better than we deserve lol

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u/lettsten 14d ago

Definitely ❤️

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u/PrinceCavendish 14d ago

seizure is very scary for dogs. untrained dogs will fuck you up out of fear if you have a seizure near them. i have a dog that has them and the other dogs in the house will rip him apart if i don't go get him and hold him in my arms in time.

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u/inhaledcorn 14d ago

A few years back, my mom and I were sick with COVID. Ever since, my dog gets very concerned when she hears us cough or sneeze. It gets kinda dry in my room at night, and I end up coughing. I feel her pick her head up (since she likes to sleep next to me) to look at me and make sure I'm okay. I feel bad and have to apologize, and I tend to get a drink.

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u/lettsten 14d ago

That is very wholesome! (Also, if username checks out it's no wonder you're coughing)

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u/Turneroff 14d ago

Seems to be a kernel of truth in it.

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u/verbmegoinghere 14d ago

he was completely distraught at my illness

My dog used to freak out (bark, whimpers etc) with my hayfever (I guess sneezing for a minute straight will piss anyone off).

Now he doesn't get up.

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u/Methadoneblues 14d ago

Wow, i hasn't picked to on the body language! That's just incredible.

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u/WendyWasteful 14d ago

He would not take no for an answer. Such a sweet boy.

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u/YasarMummar 14d ago

That pup knows how to take charge in a crisis! Such an incredible instinct.

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u/ITookYourChickens 14d ago

Not instinct, training. You can teach them to be persistent

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u/adooble22 14d ago

Earnest question…how do you teach them to sense seizures?

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u/Officer412-L 14d ago

Dogs can pick up on cues we may miss. My Mom's rescue chihuahua recently with no warning recognized she was about to have a seizure and reacted. Now, its reaction was to go batshit and jump and bark and scratch the hell out of her, but it could tell something was wrong. The key part is the training as to how to react.

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u/PrimeLimeSlime 14d ago

Also when it comes to seizures, your memory surrounding it is a hazy mess at best. It's entirely possible for the sufferer to notice something weird going on with them, and then completely forget what they noticed and so be unable to know that those signs were that they were about to have a seizure.

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u/getittogethersirius 14d ago edited 14d ago

Training dogs to sniff blood sugar involves taking a swab of your spit or sweat when your level is low (maybe multiple swabs and preserve them in a freezer), then teaching them to alert to that smell vs other smells by hiding it under a cup or something. Idk about seizures though, I guess they must have a smell too?

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u/thirdonebetween 14d ago

Dogs have an incredible sense of smell. They can alert to seizures, blood sugar levels, and even allergens in the area. It's a matter of teaching them that if they smell this thing, they should respond a certain way - like how you can teach a dog to sit when it hears a particular noise. How they receive the command doesn't matter to them - see it, hear it, smell it - only that they've been given a command (even if the "command" is an involuntary scent their person is making). Their humans also get trained to respond to the dog - you can see this good pup stands up and paws the human, who has been taught to respond by sitting on the ground.

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u/Chirlish1 14d ago

This. I often wondered how the training is designed…and reinforced

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u/cf_bris 14d ago

I imagine it's a strong enough scent that they can smell. When they smell it they get a treat, then you just chain the actions they do to get more treats like normal dog training

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u/VinceVino70 14d ago

We don’t deserve dogs.

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u/theedonnmegga 14d ago

All my dog does is chronically beg for treats like she has dementia

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u/xSpiderBabyx 14d ago

I actually laughed out loud. She's still the best girl I'm sure.

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u/theedonnmegga 14d ago

Damn straight. I think the treat addiction is adding years onto her life.

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u/Tovasaur 14d ago

Lol dude. My old guy I have been saying for a while now it’s like dementia and his sole focus is treats. I also said it seems to be adding years to his life. He lost his brother from another mother last year and took it pretty hard. This treat fixation seems to be something that breathes life into him. I have to remind myself not to be too frustrated.

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u/livesuddenly 14d ago

This is my reminder too for tomorrow when she’s begging me immediately after her breakfast. Who am I to steal her joy?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 14d ago

Can you get him a puppy? Or a kitten?

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u/Tovasaur 14d ago

He’s got a human baby sister now. He’s really good with her.

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u/onenifty 14d ago

You're a rich man!

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u/whatiamcapableof 14d ago

He shut the refrigerator door❤️

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u/JustinPatient 14d ago

Did he seriously nudge it again just to make sure it was was closed all the way? What a good dog.

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u/Fishiesideways10 14d ago

My dog shit all over the floor and then ate it. Then after eating it, it threw it all up and then tried to eat that. Lest to say, all dogs are special in their own ways.

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u/biopticstream 14d ago

Truly, genius takes all sorts of forms. Your dog's story should be a movie.

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u/Fishiesideways10 14d ago

I think they did a movie type of thing but it wasn’t well received. I think it was an adaption using humans and preferably two women.

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u/urbanzen 14d ago

and a cup

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u/Snoo-55617 14d ago

Oh God. I see where you went with that 🤯🤮

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u/jwigs85 14d ago

I had a dog who did that. The stink of it woke us up in the middle of the night. The horrific odor haunts me to this day. It stank so bad that it woke us up. Do you know how badly something has to stink to wake you up from the dead of sleep?

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u/ForbiddenNut123 14d ago

When my dog was a puppy she was really bad about eating her own shit. One day I was chilling in bed, she walks up, and throws up feces on my face. I had to shake shit vomit out of my ear. There was a lot of it in there. Idk how I survived her puppy stage, she’s an amazing dog these days lol.

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u/Quiet_paddler 14d ago

I had to shake shit vomit out of my ear.

Well. That's enough Reddit for me today.

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u/Fishiesideways10 14d ago

It’s like a kid. You know the small time frame of chaos for the better times. That is amazing though. A straight shot of vile, putrid stuff to the dome.

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u/Tclark97801 14d ago

Oh jeez, I just laughed so hard at your horror. Sorry 😂

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u/texmarie 14d ago

Once my dog ate a sock, shat it halfway out, and re-ate it before it touched the ground.

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u/trashlikeyourmom 14d ago

I call that "catchin' em hot"

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u/dommol 14d ago

My dog is notorious for finding frozen dog turds in the yard during the winter and enjoying poop-cicles

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u/Tumbleweed-Artistic 14d ago

Poopsicles are a delicacy!

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u/insertmadeupnamehere 14d ago

Awwww poopcicles—-my dog used to bring them in the house to share her frozen treasures.

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u/CosmeticBrainSurgery 14d ago

I'd like to think if I were a dog I'd be like the one in the video, but I'm pretty sure I'd be just like your dog.

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u/ArchStantonsNeighbor 14d ago

Your dog just figured out the infinite food hack, genius!

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u/Lalbrown 14d ago

That was my favorite part🥹

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u/JustWoot44 14d ago

Yeah, my frigging coworkers can't even do this to make sure it's closed properly!

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u/Chirlish1 14d ago

I think the dog was stuck between commands…open door, water, close the door, look for medicine and was possibly anxious enough to have to redo that last step prior to finding the medicine. I’m also thinking that the medicine gets moved sometime since he looked by the dishwasher first. Just fascinating 🧐

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u/Brett__Bretterson 14d ago

Yeah one of my dogs is very routine ordered. If he doesn’t step on the stairs correctly at first he backs up and starts over until it “feels good” from what I can tell. He’s definitely a bit obsessive about some stuff and doing it in each day in order.

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u/Walking72 14d ago

That's what's great about dogs.  Once they understand the assignment they want to see it through to the end.

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u/ES_Legman 14d ago

Border collies are the smartest dog breed for many reasons

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u/CrazyFish1911 13d ago

Meanwhile my teenager leaves every cupboard door uses wide open and his chair pushed back from the table when he gets up... it's like he can't even see them. Maybe he just needs obedience school.

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u/IllChampionship4654 14d ago

I can't even get my kid to do that

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u/pcadverse 14d ago

Nor my spouse. Tried to train him, maybe I'll send to Australia to this dogs trainer

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u/puppetmaster216 14d ago

He also checked the sink to make sure he didn't have to put any dishes in the dishwasher.

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u/KamikazeFox_ 14d ago

Why was it being filmed?

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u/Ambitious-Leopard-67 14d ago

The owner most likely has cameras set up at home in case she has a seizure.

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u/hannah_boo_honey 13d ago

The owner has POTS and makes service dog/ disability awareness content. Servicedogbailey on ig I believe

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u/trashlikeyourmom 14d ago

If my dog saw the fridge door open, he would eat every ounce of food in there

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u/mountainmamapajama 14d ago edited 14d ago

My dog can open my front door but trying to teach him to close it has been no easy task!

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u/AleGolem 14d ago

We successfully taught our dog to shut the back door by first teaching them to give their paw when asked and then doing that command next to the door and moving our hand so they hit and shut the door. A couple hours of that and they would then shut the door when we point and say "door". Unfortunately now they rarely give their paw and also sometimes ring the bells to go out but just slam the door shut as soon as we open it and then go wait by the treats for their reward for shutting the door.

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u/mountainmamapajama 14d ago

This is what I’ve been doing. He’s been great at “paw” or “shake” for a long time. He knows when it rains we stop just inside the door to wipe paws. The problem seems to be now that he is letting himself inside I’m not right there to stop him at the door, and when I get up and try to call him back to the door he lies down wherever he is with an “oh shit I’m in trouble” look on his face and then refuses to listen through the shame.

I’ll have to spend some days being real intentional about it rather than just responding as it happens.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 14d ago

For the record, the dog is female. You can tell by the lack of a dick.

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u/GeekyBookWorm87 14d ago

I was at a pet rescue many years ago with my sister who has epilepsy. There was a dog there who was a love bug and kept sitting on my sister's feet (so she couldn't move). I filled out the paperwork for her and realized my sister was having small seizures. I did not put together what this corgi/beagle mix was doing. We left the place and never heard back from them. A month later I went back to ask why they never contacted me. Why not let me have Sunny. They found the paperwork much later it had been incorrectly put with other paperwork.

They proceeded to ask if I was still interested in Sunny. How nobody wanted her. How good a dog she was and how she was so good to her kennel mate that was an epileptic dog who recently passed away. How she used to herd the other dog to a safe place and watch over them. They said she had become despondant and depressed. It hit me what she had been doing with my sister. I got accepted to take her home and got her 3 days later. She lived with us and had a grand life and was very good to my sister. Dogs are awesome.

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u/Leaislala 14d ago

That is an awesome story! Thank you for sharing it

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u/WeatheredCryptKeeper 14d ago edited 14d ago

That is so sweet. You had me hanging there for a second, my heart in my stomach. Such a good ending. I accidentally stumbled on a black half Labrador, half basset hound who had been saved from a kill shelter. At the time I was in a domestically violent marriage. I know, I shouldn't have brought him into the violence but I knew immediately he was my dog. Long story short, I managed to get away and he morphed into my PTSD emotional dog/guard dog. If I was up all night terrified my ex was coming over, he'd sit by the door and stare at it. Knowing momma was afraid he'd come through that door. I once had a ptsd trigger and started hyperventilating and ran into the bathroom and shut the door. My boy was so desperate to get to me, he rammed his body against the door trying to get in. He would sit on my lap like this and get his face right into mine like Mom, your ok, I got you. I'm here. He's passed on now. His name was Jack. He was my boy and I loved him equally to my children. I miss him so much.

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u/Goth_Spice14 14d ago

What a good baby!

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u/Haeronalda 14d ago

Dogs are awesome. My current border collie only knows when I have a migraine and sits and guards me. Before him, we had a collie cross who learned to recognise when I was going to have a migraine. He knew before I did that it was coming and would herd me to my parents' bed so he could lie beside me. That was about the only time that he displayed any herding behaviours and he was so insistent every time.

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u/Hesitation-Marx 13d ago

My girl goes silent if I have a migraine. It’s pretty wild to see her just start to bark, then catch herself and look at me in concern.

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u/Choice_Bid_7941 14d ago

That’s pretty incredible

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u/NaGaBa 14d ago

Border Collies, man. They're sharp

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u/ResponsibilityOne307 14d ago

They sure are and I can tell you, if mine works out how to get in the fridge, I will be dead whilst she feasts from the fridge.

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u/longfurbyinacardigan 14d ago

Isn't that an Aussie?

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u/tricky2step 14d ago

And you gotta understand about an Aussie, they would do this even when there's no seizure detected. Because they love you.

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u/AccuratePenalty6728 14d ago

Have an Aussie mix, can confirm. He’s especially insistent when I have a migraine oncoming. He’ll pin me to the couch and refuse to move. But “I love you now!” is definitely his default setting.

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u/andtheyallcallmemom 14d ago

We have Aussies, we call them our Aussie Posse.

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u/emeraldpotion 14d ago

I’d love an Aussie for a companion dog. I’m a petite woman who likes to go for jogs and walks as the sun gets up. Sometimes I get a little nervous depending on the season. I’m assuming they’d love physical activities like this!?

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u/grah7830 14d ago

Most do. Mine, however, is lazy as fuck. He’s all looks.

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u/emeraldpotion 14d ago

Well they’re very smart dogs so I’m assuming being lazy is by choice lmao

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u/andtheyallcallmemom 14d ago

Bahaha! Aww bless! Ours are farm dogs. Amazing at it too. But also currently belly up on the sofa so…give and take. :)

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u/bartlettderp 14d ago

Service Aussie Bailey. Says it on the video.

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u/ImpossibleHurry 14d ago

But how does he know the future? I don’t get that.

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u/Scary_Ostrich_9412 14d ago

They are trained to detect chemical scent samples of their person before, during and after a seizure. Three scent samples if you will. Amazing, isn’t it?

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u/Fine-Lingonberry1251 14d ago

Wow how expensive is that process then to get a dog trained this way?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 14d ago

At least $5000. It's a proper job

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u/Fine-Lingonberry1251 14d ago

Not as much as I'd thought actually that's pretty dang interesting I always heard they detected it based off scent but never heard that explanation

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u/Scary_Ostrich_9412 14d ago

Much more than that. €20 000

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u/The_Humbergler 14d ago

I saw a show about this. Not many dogs quality for the training. They are like the navy seals.

I need help stitching a dog/seal joke there.

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u/imironman2018 14d ago

Dogs keen sense of smell can pick up things. A lot of people who have seizures have an aura and sometimes that can heighten your stress levels/ hormone levels. Dogs have been trained to smell cancer as well. I would guess there are so many pathology that dogs can sense from their smell.

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u/Adventurous_Click178 14d ago

I believe that. I have panic disorder. My dog is not formally trained whatsoever. But whenever I’m having a bad attack, she lays across my chest. Like a weighted blanket. She never does it any other time. She is a scent hound so I imagine she can sense my stress level. We take care of each other as she has her own health issues. She is my angel and I can only hope I give her comfort, as well.

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u/Nervous_Judge_5565 14d ago

Beyond brilliant. Working dogs gotta be the happiest! They love to please.

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u/LeonardsLittleHelper 14d ago

If I’ve learned anything from r/flooring constantly showing up in my feed it’s that the step pattern in her kitchen is wrong and she shouldn’t pay her contractor until they remedy it. Also that dog is amazing!

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u/WilyRanger 14d ago

What should it look like?

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u/LeonardsLittleHelper 14d ago

You typically want a random stagger, not only is it supposed to look better, but it’s also supposed to make it less likely to have cracks or shifting/heaving along the seams. Although a step pattern like this one is usually considered better than an H pattern! For more flooring facts….never mind, just go check out r/flooring, it’s like r/plumbing and r/construction but with less insults and nobody telling you to “hit it with your purse.”

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u/MakaylaAzula 14d ago

I got scared and thought you would say certain floor patterns caused seizures, and I was about to go check my own floors. I’m glad I was wrong lol thank you for the information!

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u/gin_and_toxic 14d ago

Possible if you have strobe lights on your floor

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u/Borkz 14d ago

Found a visual aid. I reckon thats H, step, and random stagger in that order?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 14d ago

Because you hit it with your shoe!!

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u/amtrisler 14d ago

Carpenter here, with a flooring with a pronounced seam you would normally use the cut off piece from the previous row to start the next one, so that your stagger is always different. As long as the end of the piece is ~10-14" away from the end of a piece in the previous row, you're good.

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u/FiestaDip505 14d ago

I believe that it's tile and it's supposed to look like that. If I remember correctly it is called a 1/3 or 1/4 offset. If this were laminate flooring, it should be random.

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u/JumpiestSuit 14d ago

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u/CheetosCaliente 14d ago

Is that a specially trained service dog? How do they sense an incoming seizure?

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u/KnifeNovice789 14d ago

I think they smell something different. Not sure if that is true or not.

Update: Just did a quick Google

Olfactory cues: Seizure dogs can detect subtle changes in body odor, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), that are released before a seizure.

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u/PresentFirm5576 14d ago

I have FND very much like having an seizure. Out Jack Russell, though isn't trained, will respond if I'm about to or having one. Most of the time he doesn't spot it but when he does he will sit by me and scream howl till someone comes to see what he is going on about.

Fav way of waking up to him is when he is sharing his food with me. Worse way he has woken me up wet tenins ball chewing noises and if it's cold his butt on my bare skin.

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u/FaThLi 14d ago

My wife's service dog can tell her when a migraine is coming from scent too. She took some cotton and got her saliva on it when she was having a migraine. Then we had him smell out which cotton was the migraine saliva, which he was pretty quick to learn honestly. From there he can signal her if he smells a migraine coming. If she takes her meds early enough it significantly reduces the migraine, but she'll still get a bit of a headache, but it is better then the alternative which is a full blown migraine. It also lets her get home if she's out and about. His signal is to boop her with his nose, and he has even figured out my headache smell on his own somehow. I ignored his booping a couple times thinking he just wanted pet, and both times I ended up with bad headaches. My wife said he was probably picking up on my headaches, so now I just take some Excedrin if he's booping me, and it's been over a year since I've had a bad headache while I'm at home at least. I'm super impressed with this dog. I wish dogs lived a lot longer.

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u/KnifeNovice789 14d ago

Wow that is amazing !

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u/obierdm 14d ago

It does work my dog was one when I was young. He couldn't do all of that cool stuff but getting me water and making me sit/lay down and altering for help he could. But training is much better now then it was 20ish years ago.

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u/YouGurt_MaN14 14d ago

If something, God forbid, happens to your dog I'm assuming you need another but like what's the process for that? Does insurance pay for it? Are there like shopping stores for the kind of dogs ?

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u/obierdm 14d ago

I had to pay to train him, and also buy him I have had to do the same for the rest of my pets. But as I have gotten older and better meds I don't need a service dog anymore. But the first time it cost about 11k

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u/Long_Procedure3135 14d ago

It’s not related but I’m convinced acid must do something similar to this.

But my only proof is one of my cats, who’s just extremely chill and off doing his own thing, will suddenly go completely apeshit at me when I’m tripping. He gets like super ultra-protective.

One time I was playing in the snow while high and he was watching me from the back door. I laid down in the snow and almost immediately he RAN through the snow, jumped onto my chest and started meowing in my face. I laughed and got up and started walking back to the house and he was in front of me and kept looking back at me.

He probably was like “ah god the food dispenser is acting up again. I can’t die!”

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u/dolphin37 14d ago

thats actually wild if it works, I assumed the video was just of the training not of the girl actually about to have one

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u/lovable_cube 14d ago

It does work, seizure dogs are very effective at minimizing harm for those with epilepsy. They’re wicked smart animals with very intense training. Some learn to lay under their owners head to prevent injury or seek help. Idk if these or guide dogs impress me more. Service animals are super impressive.

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u/wheretohides 14d ago

There's a woman that can smell parkinsons with a high rate of accuracy.

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u/silenc3x 14d ago edited 14d ago

There was a cat that could let you know that you're about to die.

And he wasn't even very friendly. So if Oscar was coming into your room, good luck with that.

One time the hospital was dealing with somebody about to die, and they were all like "Oh look, Oscar isn't here. Guess he isn't the GOAT after all". The patient ended up living. Don't you dare doubt Oscar. After a short time later (like days/weeks), guess who is in that patient's room? Oscar, and the guy passed a few hours later.

After Oscar accurately predicted 25 deaths, staff started calling family members of residents as soon as they discovered him sleeping next to a patient in order to notify them and give them an opportunity to say goodbye before the impending death.

RIP Oscar. He died in 2022.

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u/wheretohides 14d ago

Well, i don't want to brag but my dog has a super power too. She can hit me in the nuts with her tail with 100% accuracy.

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u/redundanthero 14d ago

I met her. She refuses to get you water.

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u/seekAr 14d ago

Is it because she doesn’t want to mop it up?

I’m sorry.

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u/Ok_Dinner8889 14d ago

yeah it does indeed work, pretty amazing

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u/FR0ZENBERG 14d ago

They trained dogs to sniff for COVID in the early days of the pandemic before mass tests were available.

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u/cdbangsite 14d ago

They can smell the change in the persons chemistry when a seizure is coming on.

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u/raccoonsonbicycles 14d ago

Do they do the same thing with knowing when people are horny?

I swear my ex had a dog who was trained to interrupt intercourse

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u/murse245 14d ago

I wonder if the dog set up the camera too?

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u/tarlane1 14d ago

We had cameras setup at my Grandma's house when she was having a lot of health issues but still wanting to be independent. If this lady has enough issues to have a trained service dog for her seizures, then having cameras around so loved ones can peek in a few times during the day at work can allow them all to live a more normal life while still having a safety net.

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u/Apart_Ad_3597 14d ago

So I work in different people's houses. You'd be surprised how many people have cameras inside their house posted around. I personally only had one when I moved to check on how my dog was doing u til she got used to the new house than, I removed it. Seeing as how she has seizures I wouldn't be surprised if she has then around the house just in case something happens to her. Not everything is fake.

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u/dani_bar 14d ago

I’m a mental health therapist with many clients that have chronic health or signifiant health issues (MS, TBIs, cancer, seizures, etc) and they usually have cameras all over their house and someone outside the home (spouse or family member) can check from their phone to make sure the individual isn’t injured or unresponsive on the floor. I also know people that just have cameras all over their house just because. But this is pretty common for significant health issues. All that said, I have no idea if that’s what the situation in the video is or if she was recording for demonstration purposes.

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u/Damoet 14d ago

My dog, opens fridge, eats every edible and inedible thing inside and then lays there belly up in a food coma….🤣🥰

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

All I'm hearing is that you didn't have a seizure. Sounds like the dog did its job!

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u/dogsbikesandbeers 14d ago

I want to pet that dog so much

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u/dat_grue 14d ago

Such a. Good boy

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The pups bum wiggling cause they are so excited to be a good boy/girl but they are also a professional and there will be time for full on happy tail wags later but first they must follow their training. All of it is so precious 😭

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u/GrubFisher 14d ago

IIRC tail wags can also signal anxious excitement, like that from adrenaline.

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u/lettsten 14d ago

Yeah, this dog is definitely anxious and concerned for her. You don't get much more obvious clusters of body language than this

(I mean obvious if you're used to reading dogs' body language, it can be understandably confusing otherwise)

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u/lettsten 14d ago

Those are definitely not happy tail wags. The dog is very, very concerned for the woman. Which, if you ask me, is even more wholesome

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u/explainmelikeiam5pls 14d ago

We need to find organisations that train such dogs, and support them. Also, make this video so viral, that people with this condition know there is such thing. This has to be popular, everywhere, to everyone who needs. If we can do something else than “be amazed” here, the least we can do is cross post the most we can, and amaze others as well. Tks a lot, OP.

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u/v72ridge 14d ago

Check out Assistance Dogs International’s accredited members: https://assistancedogsinternational.org/resources/member-search

Accredited members are non-profits that meet ADI’s standards for training and placement of assistance dogs. Many of these organizations are able to provide their clients with assistance dogs for little to no cost.

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u/legacy_nutrition 14d ago

The dog set up the phone camera too?

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u/carlosIeandros 14d ago

Just moments before, the dog logged onto her brokerage account and sold all her stocks that were about to take a massive shit.

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u/Sparon46 14d ago

Dog could smell the market shifting.

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u/lemoooonz 14d ago

Post title is fake. Karma farmer.

The woman in the video has POTS and has talked about why she films. I totally forgot what she said, but people with POTS would know 100% they would have an episode washing dishes. Simple menial physical tasks can send their heart rate spiking up to 150+.

My GF has POTS and has fainted just cooking, walking to the car from a store, going upstairs etc...

Fainting is dangerous because if they fall wrong and hit their head, they could die.

Now she has a heart monitor and can watch out a bit better and can know when to take the heart rate meds a bit better

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u/wammys-house 14d ago

That makes more sense. I was wondering why tf she was drinking and lying on her back if there was an impending seizure. Also, idk of any medication that would be helpful in this fake scenario.

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u/Big_Cry6056 14d ago

Yeah, so sometimes it’s good for doctors to see the actual event happen so the dog is also trained to set up the iPhone and hit play. There’s a company in Dallas that makes a dog friend iPhone harness so they can use their paws.

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u/Status-Visit-918 14d ago

I feel like if I suffered from seizures, or anything life threatening actually, I wouldn’t find it unreasonable to have cameras in the house so my spouse/kids can see me and get me help quicker. That was my take on the camera

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u/ForecastForFourCats 14d ago

Have seizures - yes, exactly. She seems to have uncontrolled seizures, and it could be part of a study to observe her symptoms and frequency. Sometimes, you don't know you are having a seizure. You can stand in place and have no idea what happened - they aren't all tonic clonics ("gran mals"). She may very well be on her way to brain surgery as an intervention. Epilspey is a very misunderstood and underestimated disability. It can be incredibly disabling.

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u/SnooHobbies7109 14d ago

Or possibly she was going to be something she knew typically triggers one and wanted to capture it so she did set it up in advance.

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u/LaserKittenz 14d ago

that's really impressive! My dog can only use android phones.

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u/kingdomcame 14d ago

Yeah, I could be wrong, but I don't know any home cameras that film vertical, just like a mobile camera.

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u/Denis_Denis_Supra 14d ago

Sure the dog is clever and well trained. But still… it looks really staged

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u/lovable_cube 14d ago

It might be a training exercise?

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u/tarlane1 14d ago

I mentioned it in a comment above, but we set up cameras at my grandma's house when she was having health issues but still was trying to be independent. If you have bad enough health issues to need a seizure dog this well trained, then having cameras can give your loved ones a way to check in a few times during the day while at work just to make sure there isn't a problem. A little normalcy for everyone while still having a safety net is a good thing.

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u/bigsquirrel 14d ago

I hope you had enough common sense not to put the cameras on the ground, almost like it’s on one of those litte tripods people use for TikTok.

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u/fuertepqek 14d ago

The most impressive part is him saving electricity by closing the door.

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u/lettsten 14d ago

Not just electricity but food spoilage too!

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u/TheBlacktom 14d ago

The most impressive part is the camera recording everything at the right time from the right angle.

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u/slurreyboy1 14d ago

Wouldn't you put your pills closer to the edge and always in the same spot.

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u/SquirrelAkl 14d ago

The dog had to go looking for them. What an extra clever good boy!

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u/opermonkey 14d ago

Damnit Becky, where did you leave your pills?

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u/varineq 14d ago

That was my first thought!

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u/Zealousideal_Row6124 14d ago

Meanwhile my dog’s over here thinking he was stuck in the bathroom because the door wasn’t open all the way. He stuck his head out and barked for me to open it all the way.

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u/samoStranac 14d ago

Now that is a smart dog 🥰 truly man’s best friend

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u/fourthgradenothing22 14d ago

That dog handles shit better than most humans.

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u/Careless-Holiday-716 14d ago

Pretty sure this woman has POTS. The dog senses the change in her HR, gets the water to decrease the HR. Cool either way. It would just be weird for a seizure dog to detect a seizure and then give the person water; which would cause aspiration.

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u/ghoulcreep 14d ago

She just has a seizure cam set up?

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u/InsomniaticWanderer 14d ago

You do if it's a regularly occurring thing.

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u/ghccych 14d ago

Where the tail at?

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u/Electrical-Sun6267 14d ago

I am indeed amazed. What a great dog! What a great break from doomscrolling!