Posted AT 2:02 AM EDT on 04/02/06
Annals of canine medicine
Fergie, a black Lab, knows when the teenager she loves is about to suffer an epileptic seizure. The dog stares at Denise Morrissey for 30 minutes to an hour. Fergie's unrelenting gaze prompts the 16-year-old to get down on the ground where she will be safe.
Ms. Morrissey has had several seizures a day since she was 7, and Fergie was trained by the Lions Foundation of Canada to alert her mother or father when she did. The dog joined the family at their home on Conception Bay, Nfld.
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