Dogs. Still men, womens, and just about anyones friend!
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Well, I had a dog that could sense seizures too. She was the dim wittetest tho gentlest of dogs. And I always figured it was her sensitivity which led to that.
Canadian researchers writing in the journal Neurology in June reported that 18 of 122 dogs belonging to epileptic children were able to sense, minutes ahead of time, when a child was about to have a seizure, and about 30 others showed unique reactions to a seizure event (including in some cases trying to protect the child from danger). Also in June, researchers at Germany's Max Planck Institute reported that Rico, a border collie they have studied for several years, can distinguish by name more than 200 objects and can even figure out the names of unfamiliar objects associated with familiar ones (attributed, as in the epilepsy cases, to the dog's high sensitivity to sight, sound and motion). [Detroit Free Press, 6-22- 04] [Reuters, 6-10-04]
Scampi full of get up and go!
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