the case of the squeely chihuahua is solved. and its aboslutly nothign to do with her body...
let me explain.
i have seizures. but my seizures arnt like those most peple have, there is no convlsing or muscular clamping.
instead during a large seizure i completly freeze and balck out...its happend a few times where ill be crossing a road and the world will go black and ive been told its as if time stopped, i just dont move at all, these episodes can last seconds or minutes, and as you can see, can be very dangerous.
now officially i qualify for a seizure alert or seizure aide dogs, but these dogs are very hard to train as alerting to a seizure is something a dog must naturaly do (only 2% of dogs alert to the change of chemicals) any dog however can be trained how to awake a freeze seizure patient, but are very difficult to find. and very expensive)
now i shall continue, i also have minor seizures, in which my either my body or a part of my body will start to shake these can be as unnoticable as if im shivering. however its a good sighn that a freeze will follow in the next 24 hrs. and the shakes arnt something you notice unless you actually see the body shaking (ie hands)
well i was just this past hour sitting on the couch and my leg started shaking, i didnt notice, vixie doveup onto the couch like a jackrabbit and jumped on my leg, she started digging and whining at my leg untill she got frustrated and uneasy, she climbed on me and this is when i noticed my leg shaking, ahse was squealing and crying and this time lay on my chest and kept rolling over and licking my face, nipping my fingers and pulling my clothes. and as soon as my leg stopped shaking...she was back to her normal playfull self.
im AMAZED. this very truly looks like seizure alret behaviour. she was acting a little uneasy for id say around 15 mins before she dove on me so obviously senced it comming (the chemical change happens aprox 15-20 mins before a seizure)
see what amazes me is that one this behaviour is still conisdered rare. and usually an alert dog doesnt realy show drastic alerts untill there aprox 2 yrs old. and the bond between the dog and its person has to be extreem because the dog must be very familiar wiht the chemical scent of its person in order to pick up the very subtle changes in chemical levels.
again this bond usually takes years to form ( a seizure alert dog must be trained by the seizure patient so this bond forms) and its not uncommon to see 2 and 3 yr old dogs just starting to show sighns after being wiht their person for those years of its life...vixie has been in my homefor only 4 months now... and has had no prompting...but when i asked my sister she said my hand loked a little shakey this morning....
so ladies and gentlemen, we might have a chi prodegy on our hands, and i might have the seizure dog ive always needed! ontop of the little fury girl i love so much!
ill keep you updated...
im so excited.
let me explain.
i have seizures. but my seizures arnt like those most peple have, there is no convlsing or muscular clamping.
instead during a large seizure i completly freeze and balck out...its happend a few times where ill be crossing a road and the world will go black and ive been told its as if time stopped, i just dont move at all, these episodes can last seconds or minutes, and as you can see, can be very dangerous.
now officially i qualify for a seizure alert or seizure aide dogs, but these dogs are very hard to train as alerting to a seizure is something a dog must naturaly do (only 2% of dogs alert to the change of chemicals) any dog however can be trained how to awake a freeze seizure patient, but are very difficult to find. and very expensive)
now i shall continue, i also have minor seizures, in which my either my body or a part of my body will start to shake these can be as unnoticable as if im shivering. however its a good sighn that a freeze will follow in the next 24 hrs. and the shakes arnt something you notice unless you actually see the body shaking (ie hands)
well i was just this past hour sitting on the couch and my leg started shaking, i didnt notice, vixie doveup onto the couch like a jackrabbit and jumped on my leg, she started digging and whining at my leg untill she got frustrated and uneasy, she climbed on me and this is when i noticed my leg shaking, ahse was squealing and crying and this time lay on my chest and kept rolling over and licking my face, nipping my fingers and pulling my clothes. and as soon as my leg stopped shaking...she was back to her normal playfull self.
im AMAZED. this very truly looks like seizure alret behaviour. she was acting a little uneasy for id say around 15 mins before she dove on me so obviously senced it comming (the chemical change happens aprox 15-20 mins before a seizure)
see what amazes me is that one this behaviour is still conisdered rare. and usually an alert dog doesnt realy show drastic alerts untill there aprox 2 yrs old. and the bond between the dog and its person has to be extreem because the dog must be very familiar wiht the chemical scent of its person in order to pick up the very subtle changes in chemical levels.
again this bond usually takes years to form ( a seizure alert dog must be trained by the seizure patient so this bond forms) and its not uncommon to see 2 and 3 yr old dogs just starting to show sighns after being wiht their person for those years of its life...vixie has been in my homefor only 4 months now... and has had no prompting...but when i asked my sister she said my hand loked a little shakey this morning....
so ladies and gentlemen, we might have a chi prodegy on our hands, and i might have the seizure dog ive always needed! ontop of the little fury girl i love so much!
ill keep you updated...
im so excited.
