Shelter Dog Senses Man's Seizure at Adoption Event: 'Sienna Knew. Before Any Human Saw the Signs'

How a shelter pet's dogged persistence rescued what could have been an awful day

At a recent adoption event, Sienna — a 3-year-old lab and pit bull mix — made a beeline for a man she’d never met and gently placed her paw on...

At adoption event, shelter dog alerts man he's about to have seizure

At a recent adoption event, Sienna - a 3-year-old lab and pit bull mix - made a beeline for a man she'd never met and gently placed her paw on his leg.

Shelter dog senses man's seizure at adoption event: 'Sienna knew. Before any human saw the signs'

A routine pet adoption event at a Virginia church took an extraordinary turn when one of the foster dogs instinctively reacted to an oncoming medical crisis in a stranger — and in doing so, rescued him. Sienna, a 4-year-old labradoodle-pit bull mix and one of the shelter’s “sweetest dogs,” was found as a stray in a neighboring town, said Barbe Shackelford, vice president and director of Friends of Campbell County Animal Control in Rustburg. Sien…

Shelter Dog Alerts Man He Is About to Have a Seizure at Adoption Event - Gazette Review

At a recent adoption event, a three-year-old Lab and Pit Bull mix named Sienna made a beeline for a man she had never met and placed her paw gently on his leg. Jackie Poppe, a volunteer with Friends of Campbell County Animal Control, said Sienna suddenly pulled hard on her leash the moment she saw him, something she had never done before. The event, held at a local church alongside a yard sale, was filled with several vendors. Sienna had been ca…