Study confirms pet dogs can predict epileptic seizures

There have been anecdotal accounts of pet dogs predicting their owner's epileptic seizures by becoming attentive and demonstrating attention-seeking behaviours

Dogs can predict epileptic seizures, offering a warning sign to owners that has the potential to save lives, new research has found.

Epileptic seizures are associated with a specific smell that is detectable by pet dogs. Scientists at Queen's University Belfast analysed the reaction of dogs to odours and found they could predict when a seizure was imminent.