The importance of this topic becomes apparent when we consider that epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease in dogs and has a genetic component. In so-called "werewolf syndrome," ...

Sienna, a 4-year-old labradoodle-pit bull mix with no special training, is being praised for helping alert others to a man's oncoming seizure.

Moments later, the man's wife approached and recognized he was having early warning signs of an oncoming myoclonic seizure. "Sienna knew. Before any human saw the signs, she knew," the shelter wrote.

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a type of epilepsy that starts in in childhood or the teen years. People who have it wake up from sleep with quick, jerking movements of their arms and legs.

The importance of this topic becomes apparent when we consider that epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease in dogs and has a genetic component.In so-called "werewolf syndrome ...