Seizure response dog

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.

A Seizure Response Dog can be brought to restaurants or other businesses.
Service dog for a boy with autism and seizures calms him during hospital stay.