The recent snow has not been good for my epilepsy. This has led to Colliedog demonstrating just how tuned in he really is. This morning, as an example, DH had gotten up and left me to sleep in for half an hour, as I was unwell yesterday. DH then forgot all about waking me in time for my medication (alarm clocks are useless as I sleep throught them). Colliedog came upstairs, let himself into the bedroom, pulled back the quilt and woke me up by licking my face. Then he went further: he wriggled under my arm, curled round my back and shoved me up into a sitting position! From there, he kept pawing my shoulder and licking my face until I got up, whereupon he accompanied me to the bathroom, and watched me take my medication. Then he just trotted back downstairs and started playing with his toy again!
He also senses when I am about to have a seizure, and alerts me and anyone else present to this by running to and from me and other people, whining and trying to make me get up and walk about if I am sitting down. And here is the thing: no one has ever trained him to do any of this: he is totally self taught and more reliable than DH
Does anyone else have a dog with a self appointed job?