Pit Bull and Lab mix to recognize when he has seizures coming on, and to help him cope with PTSD. "I don't think I could operate in the everyday world without him right now," McGlade says. The veteran is doing well after spending a night in the hospital. - Watch it at CNN
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Major knew exactly how to help when his owner started having a seizure. The service dog pulled veteran Terry McGlade's smart phone from Terry's pocket and stepped on the screen. The phone is set up to dial 911 when Major does this for several seconds. He called multiple times, so the dispatchers could tell something was wrong. Major then waited in the front yard of his Zanesville, Ohio, home for police. When help arrived, he took them to the backyard, where they found McGlade unconscious, and got him to a hospital. The Marine had served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan before being injured by a roadside bomb. He got the Pit Bull and Lab mix to recognize when he has seizures coming on, and to help him cope with PTSD. "I don't think I could operate in the everyday world without him right now," McGlade says. The veteran is doing well after spending a night in the hospital. - Watch it at CNN
Major knew exactly how to help when his owner started having a seizure. The service dog pulled veteran Terry McGlade's smart phone from Terry's pocket and stepped on the screen. The phone is set up to dial 911 when Major does this for several seconds. He called multiple times, so the dispatchers could tell something was wrong. Major then waited in the front yard of his Zanesville, Ohio, home for police. When help arrived, he took them to the backyard, where they found McGlade unconscious, and got him to a hospital. The Marine had served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan before being injured by a roadside bomb. He got the Pit Bull and Lab mix to recognize when he has seizures coming on, and to help him cope with PTSD. "I don't think I could operate in the everyday world without him right now," McGlade says. The veteran is doing well after spending a night in the hospital. - Watch it at CNN
