Paw Print

Most dog owners know that “dog is man’s best friend” but this is just another example of how dogs can not only enhance out lives but save our lives.
There are many great reports on this but the one included from USA Today includes the actual 911 call made by Buddy, the German shepherd when his owner, Stalnaker,  had a seizure.  Police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but that Stalnaker’s address was flagged in Scottsdale’s system with the fact that an assistance dog dials 911 when the owner cannot. Buddy made two other 911 calls when Stalnaker was having seizures, the first last August.

Stalnaker’s seizures are the result of a head injury he sustained about 10 years ago during a training exercise in the U.S. military.

Stalnaker adopted Buddy when he was 8 weeks old and trained him to get the phone if he began to have seizure symptoms.
Buddy, now 18 months old, also is trained to press programmed buttons until a 911 operator is on the line.

Stalnaker got Buddy through Michigan-based Paws with a Cause, which trains assistance dogs nationwide for people with disabilities.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/09/bow-wow-wow-dog.html