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To: org.whodat

The scientist who is famous for work on conditioned reflex in dogs is Pavlov. Pavlova is a type of really tasty desert and a dancer.

Dogs are trained for and capable of doing many things. This happens to be an odd one (seizure prediction) that is relatively newly discovered. It’s rather like animals who detect earthquakes or serious storms before we do.

Dogs sensory capabilities are very different from ours. The dog doesn’t think in its head - oh my gracious, it’s a grand mal seizure - it just knows that its owner/handler has a physical change going on and becomes agitated. Not all dogs have the capability.

Once the capability is identified, the dog is trained (conditioned response) to do a specific motion - pawing at the owner/handler for instance - to let them know that they have detected signs preliminary to a seizure.


79 posted on 05/12/2008 5:21:45 PM PDT by Wicket (God bless and protect our troops and God bless America)
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To: Wicket

The next time you add an extra letter I will be watching to correct you. I will say one more time. This BS, I don’t believe it, have four are five scientist runs separate controlled test, then I will consider it. Until then it is nothing more than a personal opinion. And that person says you cannot train an animal for the specific purpose.


106 posted on 05/14/2008 2:31:20 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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