There are four main breeds of dog picked for seizure response work: Labradors, Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds, and Border Collies.  The first three are all completely out of the question for me simply because they’re too big.  Parker isn’t into big dogs, they freak him out.  I don’t mind large breeds, that whole Staffie thing [...]

I am epileptic.  I was diagnosed when I was 20 and haven’t had many problems with it until recently.  My main seizure type has always been generalised absence seizures, a type of seizure that is so mild most people don’t recognise they’re even having one.  Essentially my brain shuts down for a few seconds/minutes so [...]