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strangers not to touch her service dog
but it was too late
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service dogs are amazing creatures these
intelligent animals are able to take
care of people and in many cases they
save the lives of their owners if you
know anything about service dogs you
know that they cannot be treated like a
typical dog they cannot be pet by
strangers and they should not be fed
people food well the girl in this story
had a service dog and she warned
strangers not to stroke her service dog
despite the warning they didn't listen
to her Healy a Shore from Texas had a
service dog for a variety of reasons she
was suffering from epilepsy
ehlers-danlos syndrome postural
orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
reactive hypoglycemia and gastroparesis
she also had asthma and is allergic to
several things despite all of those
limitations hailey was still an active
student at her high school not only was
she a dancer on the varsity drill team
she was also a member of the student
council due to her deteriorating health
though she had to cut back on some
extracurricular activities due to her
medical flare-ups she had to take
classes online and that put a huge
damper on her social life in 2014 she
was given a service dog named Flynn he
was just 11 weeks old at the time when
Haley got him she was able to get around
much better outside the house her
service dog was adorable
however you couldn't really call her
lucky for having one in order for a
person to qualify for a service dog they
have to be disabled to a point where
it's impossible for them to function at
a normal quality of life without help
from the dog Healy had to spend
thousands of dollars on her service dog
and it took two years for the dog to be
trained Haley and Flynn have gone
everywhere to
there since she was brought home after
training he also plays a huge role in
her everyday life when Haley needs a
door opened Flynn does it for her if she
needs her parents he goes to get them
his most important job is to be a
medical alert dog that means that before
she has a seizure Flynn will alert her
so that she can prepare for it because
Flynn has so many life-saving
responsibilities he cannot get
distracted at all
unfortunately in 2015 a man distracted
Flynn when Haley needed him the most she
was at her father's workplace when a man
gave Flynn some unwanted attention when
the incident occurred
Flynn was only 7 months old and he was
still in service dog training school he
was wearing a vest at the time and the
vest had patches all over it to let
people know that he was a service dog
and that he should not be touched or
petted when Haley saw the man petting
Flynn she told him to stop but it was
too late the damage had already been
done
seizure alert dogs have a general time
frame between when they alert the owner
and when the seizure occurs Flynn often
gave Haley a 10-minute warning that
would give her enough time to get her
medication or to get to a safe place
so that she wasn't injured during the
seizure because the man took Flynn's
focus off of Haley though he missed the
first signs that she was in danger when
Haley spoke up and Flynn focused on her
it was too late she didn't have the ten
minutes that she thought she did she
quickly had a seizure and everything
went black which she finally woke up
Flynn was on top of her and her father
was holding her head when she fell she
got a rug burn on her face from the
carpet fortunately she wasn't seriously
injured during the incident things could
have been much worse though she could
have hit her head hard on the floor
resulting in brain damage while she
wasn't seriously injured this time it
did give her a chance to get her story
out there so that others would
understand that as much as they loved
animals they could not touch a service
animal just one simple temporary
distraction could mean the difference
between life and death Haley got lucky
this time however she cannot take the
chance of something like this happening
again she says that she understands
people think her dog is adorable in
sweet
but she can't afford to let the dog get
distracted one lighter distraction could
cost Healy her life she posted her story
on Facebook to help people understand
how important it is to leave a service
dog alone within the first few days of
her post it went viral Healy was happy
that she accomplished what she was
hoping to do she got the word out and
she was sure that she would not need to
worry about another person in her life
touching or distracting her service dog
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