A hero puppy called Moose saved the life of his owner by snapping her out of a deadly seizure - by licking her nose and face.<br /><br />Moose, a nine-month-old red labrador, found owner Leeanne Reed "blue in the face" after she had stopped breathing due to a non-epileptic seizure.<br /><br />The pup, a trainee assistance dog, knew exactly what to do and began licking her nose and face to trigger a breath response and get her breathing again.<br /><br />Leeanne, 22, who experiences non-epileptic seizures multiple times a day, said she could have died had he not come to her aid.<br /><br />The woman from Milton Keynes, Bucks, said: "This seizure was a big one. <br /><br />"It lasted about two or three minutes and I wasn’t breathing for all that time.<br /><br />"When I came round I was blue from lack of oxygen. And all I could see was Moose’s big doofy face on top of mine. <br /><br />"He was licking my nose, my mouth and even the inside of my mouth – which is exactly what he’s trained to do to get me breathing.<br /><br />"He saved my life – there is no doubt.”<br /><br />Non-epileptic seizures don't have a physical cause like electrical brain misfirings but often look similar to an epileptic seizure. <br /><br />This can include body convulsions, tongue biting, a blank stare or expression and losing control of your bladder or bowels.<br /><br />Despite experiencing multiple seizures a day, Leeanne has trained Moose by herself.<br /><br />She gave him scent swabs of frozen saliva to smell, taken when she was close to having a seizure.<br /><br />Leeanne then rewarded him when he gave his paw when smelling the seizure swab, and rewarded him for inaction when given a plain swab.<br /><br />She did the same strategy to teach him to respond when she has excessively high heart rates.<br /><br />Moose now boops Leeanne's leg with his nose to tell her to sit down if she's in danger of passing out or going into a seizure.<br /><br />The perky fox-red dog then lies across her legs to help bring her heart rate down.<br /><br />Leeanne decided to train a dog herself after discovering she could not afford a professionally trained service dog. <br /><br />Training her own dog means Moose can support her with her various needs as a 'multi-purpose assistance dog', rather than just being trained for one medical condition.<br /><br />The young dog is learning to help her with everything from seizures to her anxiety and self-harming 'stims' (stimulations) that are side effects of her autism.<br /><br />Leeanne has trained him to support her through "meltdowns" and indicate when she's close to a panic attack, too.<br /><br />But that's not all the clever dog can do. <br /><br />Leeanne, who lives alone and doesn't work due to her medical conditions, said: "He can bring me my medication, my phone or a bottle of water. <br /><br />"He can close doors and even turn lights off – he’s just like a human helper."<br /><br />The handsome hound was adopted from a breeder from a line of working labradors. <br /><br />Leeanne said: "He's still learning so doesn't always do everything perfectly, but he's a dog, not a machine.<br /><br />"I wouldn't be here without him. I just want him to get the recognition he deserves."
