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  • A service dog for LEMS?

    Posted by Ashley on October 29, 2021 at 9:14 am

    In her most recent column, “A Service Dog for When Mom’s Not Around Every Day ” @lorildunham shares that she is looking into getting a brace and mobility support dog for her daughter, Grace, who has LEMS.

    I had never heard of a service dog that specialized in mobility assistance, but I thought it was really cool. These dogs are also trained to call 911 if you need medical assitance along with many other tasks including

    • Burrowing under an unconscious handler’s legs or lying across their body to elevate their blood pressure
    • Nosing their handler over onto their side or into a recovery position
    • Dragging a handler who has fallen to a safe spot, or dragging a heavy piece of medical gear to the handler
    • Supporting an unsteady or injured handler as they struggle back to their feet or into their wheelchair
    • Standing over a fallen and unresponsive handler so that the handler does not get stepped on
    • Barking to alert bystanders of the emergency situation and continuing to bark at people and attempting to lead them back to the handler until someone accompanies the Brace and Mobility Support Dog back to their unconscious, unresponsive or symptomatic partner
    • Retrieving an emergency-only medicine that’s stored in the fridge
    • Running to wake up another person who resides or works in the home and return with them to the disabled individual, if their handler is unresponsive, or if their medical equipment is alarming
    • Calling an emergency response team on a special phone if the handler is  unconscious, or if the handler’s medical equipment has been alarming for a set time period without being turned off
    • Helping someone who has fallen and cannot breathe in the position they’re in (for example, on their back) to turn over or shift positions, or even regain their footing or access to their chair
    • Helping someone with severely limited mobility or a significantly decreased level of alertness maneuver into a safer or more stable position
    • Covering someone who is prone to radical drops in body temperature with a blanket
    • Tugging to remove coats or sweaters from a handler whose body temperature spikes, and then bringing and placing cold packs around them, and then either performing additional tasks or remaining with their partner until additional help arrives”

    (According to Anything Pawsable)

    Do you think this is something you could benefit from as well?

    I would love to hear your thoughts!

     

    Ashley replied 2 years, 5 months ago 0 Member · 0 Replies
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