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Last updated 10:08 am CT February 09, 2010.
Seizure Detecting Canine
"He had his first seizure when he was 3-months-old, and from that time he's gotten worse," said Weasel.
Weasel says at one point, Bryant was having up to 5 seizures a day. He couldn't be left alone, even for a minute.
"I was hoping to get some type of monitor system to go in his bed, so if he was to have a seizure it would alert us in the middle of the night," she said. "But I couldn't find anything, so the next best thing was a dog that would hopefully detect seizures at night."
Weasel says she learned about seizure dogs from the family of a little girl with the same disease, and last summer the Weasel's brought home Theo.
"He has let us know Bryant is having a seizure in a variety of different ways," Weasel explained. "Typically he barks."
Weasel says it is important that they find out immediately when a seizure starts.
"When he has a seizure, you have to give him medication so he will come out of the seizure," she said. "If you don't, he'll go into a prolonged seizure, which is a life threatening seizure."
Bryant and Theo now go everywhere together--proof that this little guy is truly a boys best friend.
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