By quickly recognizing his owner's physical discomfort, a service dog has shown incredible insight. Five-year-old Australian Bailey hurried to assist his owner when he detected an approaching episode of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a disorder that causes an abnormal rise in heart rate when standing and can result in dizziness, tiredness, and fainting. See the video below, Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The sentence that appears at the start of the film reads, "My dog prevents a dangerous fainting episode." The woman is shown in the video working in her kitchen when Bailey unexpectedly walks up to her, seemingly sensing a shift in her health. Bailey's instincts are narrated by overlay text in the video: "Mom, something is wrong. Your heart beats too quickly. Too lopsided. With you, I sense a shift. Stop, Mom. Please take a seat.
The woman promptly sits down after seeing the symptoms, and Bailey acts right away. After giving her a consoling embrace, he quickly goes to the refrigerator, gets out a bottle of water, and brings it to her. Bailey's thoughts are implied by the captions: "I'm right here. It's frightening, I know. I will see to it that you are well. To take your medication, which keeps you here with me, you need water.
After that, Bailey looks for her prescription. "Your medicine is not visible to me. I have to find it fast. Oh, hold on. It's there. He gets it and stays with her, making sure she has all she needs. He encourages her to lie low and breathe as her symptoms get worse. "It is deteriorating. You must lie flat, yet I'm right here. Simply take a breath. I will not be leaving. You're safe.
The audience had been captivated by the dog's prompt reaction.
One instagram user wrote: "Dogs are simply incredible. We're not worthy of dogs.
"I don't have any animals, but I will say we don't deserve dogs, this made me tear up and now I want one," someone else remarked.
"Dogs are angels without wings," one commenter said.