Where care meets confidence - one heartbeat at a time.

Empowering independence through expertly trained medical alert dogs for epilepsy and other health conditions.

Life-Saving Partners, Expertly Trained

Medical alert dogs prepared for your specific condition and daily life.

A Trusted, Referral-Only Journey

We work with your medical team to match, train, and support, long term.

More Than Help - Peace of Mind

Early alerts, practical assistance, and the freedom to live on your terms.

credibility and connection.

Our Programs

At PulsePaws, we specialize in training dogs to detect and respond to medical emergencies, with a focus on epilepsy and related conditions. Our approach combines scientific training methods with deep compassion, ensuring that every dog becomes a reliable companion and life-saving partner.

Humanize the impact

Who We Help

At PulsePaws, we work exclusively with individuals who require medical alert dogs — trained to detect and respond to specific medical conditions such as epilepsy and other health-related episodes.Our process is built on trust, safety, and collaboration.
We only accept clients through medical referral, ensuring that every partnership between dog and handler is grounded in verified medical need and professional guidance.Once a referral is received, we tailor our training to the specific requirements of each individual’s condition, focusing on accurate alerts, appropriate response behaviours, and long-term reliability.

Every dog is trained to serve one purpose — safeguarding lives through medical detection, assistance, and companionship.

Our Expert Trainers

At PulsePaws, our team brings over 20 years of specialised experience in medical alert dog training across the United States. Our trainers are internationally recognised for their expertise in developing reliable, responsive, and highly skilled service dogs that transform lives.Each member of our team is certified in advanced medical scent detection and behaviour shaping, combining evidence-based techniques with a deep understanding of human health conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, and cardiac disorders.We work closely with medical professionals, behaviourists, and support networks to ensure every PulsePaws dog is trained to the highest standard of safety, accuracy, and public access compliance.

Specialised Training at PulsePaws

Our medical alert dogs are trained using evidence-based methods that combine scent detection, behavioural conditioning, and public-access preparation. Each dog’s programme is tailored to the handler’s unique medical profile and lifestyle.

Core areas of training:

Seizure Alert & Response: recognising pre-seizure scent or behavioural cues; alerting the handler or others; fetching emergency medication; activating alarms or buttons.
Diabetic Alert: detecting high and low blood-sugar levels through scent; alerting early to prevent severe episodes.
Cardiac Alert: responding to changes in heart rate or blood pressure; alerting before syncope or cardiac distress.
POTS / Fainting Response: recognising early postural changes and bracing the handler; providing physical support or alerting caregivers.
Medication Reminder: prompting handlers to take prescribed medication at scheduled times.
Emergency Assistance: trained to retrieve a phone, press a medical-alert button, or lead another person to the handler.
Grounding & Recovery Support: providing deep-pressure therapy or tactile grounding after a medical event to speed recovery.
Public Access & Obedience: ensuring calm, controlled behaviour in public spaces, transportation, and clinical environments.

Each PulsePaws dog is trained not just to perform tasks, but to understand the context — offering reliability, focus, and emotional reassurance when it matters most.

Contact & Involvement

We are a referral-only Medical Alert Service dog Training Organisation, so we only respond to volunteer puppy raiser info, donation or sponsorship opportunities and media and partnership inquiries.