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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/IrisCoyote on 2025-10-07 18:30:45+00:00.

TL;DR at end

I have a heart condition and seizures. I also have a service dog trained to alert me for when either I’m going to faint/blackout, or have a seizure. I’ve had him for almost five years now, and he and I are usually on the same level of “all right, if shit goes down, we got this.”

The main way my dog alerts me to an oncoming seizure or faint if I’m standing up is by hopping at me, but not on me. He’s also been trained to bring me down to the ground if need be, so I don’t ragdoll and potentially injure myself because I fainted.

Knowing all that… I was running through his training with him earlier today because he was bored, and frankly so was I. Just simple training(Sit, down, stay, retrieve an object, wait in place, etc.)

He suddenly just stopped listening to my commands and instead hopped. I thought “okay, he’s eager and wants treats because we haven’t run through his basics for so long.”

Wrong. He hopped again. And again. Ignoring my commands, ignoring treats. My brain was just not understanding why in the world my service dog would not listen, and was instead just hopping up and down at me like a happy idiot.

He finally just decided to take me down to the floor forcefully, and do pressure therapy on me immediately. That lowered my heartrate, steadied my blood pressure, and I finally realized “OH. He was alerting to me.”

He looked at me like I was a fool. Which, I was.

After many apologies to him, many treats and thanks, I remembered the very first thing he taught me: The dog is always right. Listen to the dog.

TL;DR My cardiac/seizure alert dog was trying desperately to tell me that I was experiencing a genuine medical problem in the middle of practice training, and I didn’t even think to listen to him. So he did what he was trained and made me remember the dog is always right.

Many treats and apologies were given. Dog exposed me for the idiot I was to not listen to him.