A seizure response dog (SRD) (also known as seizure dog) is a dog demonstrating specific assisting behaviour during or immediately after a person's epileptic seizure or other seizure.
[1][2] When reliably trained such dogs can serve as service dogs for people with epilepsy.
[3] Tasks for seizure dogs may include, but are not limited to:[4][5][6][7] A dog demonstrating specific behaviour prior to a person's epileptic seizure is also referred to as seizure alert dog (SAD).
[2][8][9] Reports suggest that some dogs can be trained to anticipate epileptic seizures.
[10][11][12] Seizure response and seizure alerting behaviour may spontaneously develop in dogs living with children and adults with epilepsy.