[Bonjoy]

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996047

[Bubba]

I thought this had been known for some time? I remember seeing a program on it. This woman's dog sussed out when she was going to have a siezure every time and it had even been trained to climb on to her and hold her arms down with it's paws to stop the thrashing about (though I thought this was what you weren't supposed to do)

See http://www.k9magazinefree.com/k9_perspective/iss4p4.shtml for an example.

Dogs can do some cool stuff - like sniffing out cancerous melanomas and things.

[dave]

is it just not the case that when a dog starts barking they flip out and have a seizure?

a bit like "rampaging tigers can predict my screaming fits".

[Bubba]

:D  Now you mention it - snorting, charging bulls always seem to predict my "panic running through hedges" episodes. Bizarre.

[Johnny Brown]

it had even been trained to climb on to her and hold her arms down with it's paws to stop the thrashing about

Well thats the story she gave to the police...
Was it Caligula who was killed when the scaffolding supporting the horse she was shagging collapsed? No wonder the empire didn't last...

[Scouse D]

Caligula was assassinated i think. He was the emperor who reportedly wanted to make his horse a senator or somthing.
The horse shagging thing was someone else but can't remember who

[dave]

i think the horse shagging thing was soem famous prominent historical female.  ...a quick google would find it i'm sure.

[a dense loner]

caligula was (ass)assinated, thats maybe where you get the horse story from johnny? he did make his horse senator n he married his sister, but that wasn't unusual in them days, or in glossop  :D