Ah !!   But maybe he was just showing off to impress us at the Demo....since
he knew he wouldn't get any Kibble if he didn't perform.  And if they didn't
have some way to Simulate a seizure, how would they train pups (mostly
terriers and collies?)  what a seizure looked like?
  Another one (same school) I saw on a TV show here (we did some posts
about at the time),  would wait a period of time, and if the person who
collapsed didn't return to consciousness,  it would run over and 'butt' a
wall button (about 3 inches/ 7cm in diameter, above the baseboards) with his
nose.   That would summon the staff at this particular Seniors Home who
would come to check on the status of the person.
   As well as seizure alert, some of these were used for Panic Attacks, and
people with Heart or other conditions that might lead to their losing
consciousness.      /G. >

But if you couldn't fake at seizure,  how would you go about training a
seizure alert dog exactly?  If you had to take them to places where people
with Epilepsy Live in order to have them see a real one from a fake one that
would likely take extra time and make them more costly than they are
already.
  The intention (I think) of the training was to get the dog to help if
someone appeared to be having a health crisis-  not to determine if they
were faking it or not.    /G.

From the websiteof the UK seizure alert from dogs site.

For some people their dog can be so much more than just a pet. Man's best
friend can be literally life saving, providing assistance in a variety of
situations.
Guide dogs for the blind are probably the best known assistance dogs. Many
readers may also have heard of hearing dogs for deaf people or may know
about PAT dogs, which are taken into hospitals and hospices to visit
patients. Have you also heard of support dogs?

Support Dogs is a charity established in 1992 by dog trainer Val Strong. The
charity has pioneered the training of seizure alert dogs - the charity's
main focus today. It is the only organisation in the world that undertakes
training for this purpose.

The philosophy behind Support Dogs is 'to improve the quality of life for
people with epilepsy, physical disabilities and other medical conditions by
training and educating dogs to act as safe and efficient assistants'.

Funded entirely by donations and sponsorship, and with no cost to the
client, the cost of training and aftercare is around £5,000 for each dog.

Seizure alert dogs are trained to detect the signs of an imminent seizure
and to warn their owners, giving them enough time to get to a place of
safety. The dogs can give their owners an accurate warning of between 20-45
minutes. The type and length of warning each dog can give remains consistent
so that the person knows exactly how long they have before the seizure
happens.

The way in which the dogs warn their owner varies from one dog to another.
The warning may be a bark or whine, or the dog may jump up or paw the owner.
Dogs that are in seizure alert training must not have seen a seizure
previously, so Support Dogs will not train the owner's pet dog. Instead,
dogs are selected from rescue centres. Each dog is carefully selected to
ensure they are of the appropriate temperament and are 'people orientated'.
They need to be confident and sociable as well as being able to undertake
the work of a support dog.

Most breeds can be trained, given the right temperament. Support Dogs has
identified traits in some dogs that make them more suitable for this type of
work; these dogs are more responsive to seizure activity.

Each dog is trained with its new owner so that they can learn to identify
the owner's specific seizure activity. It is not clear how the dogs can
identify when a seizure is about to occur, but it is thought they may be
picking up on unique signs of seizures: physiological or behavioural changes
that the people themselves and those around them are not aware of. This
could include pupils dilating or changes in facial expressions or colour.

The first step for each dog on its road to becoming a seizure alert dog is
to live with a foster carer for around three to six months. During this time
the foster carer helps to socialise the dog and teaches them obedience
training and social skills.

Once this socialisation is complete each dog is trained for at least another
170 hours, including using their obedience skills in a variety of settings
outside of the home. During this time the dog wears a red training jacket.

While being trained at the Support Dogs training centre, each dog is placed
with a prospective owner. The dog and its new owner are then trained
together at the centre's residential facility, to teach the dog 'to assist
and support owners with their specific disability'. Training then continues
at the client's home.

The last stage of the training is the final assessment. After passing this
assessment they are given full 'assistance dog' status. Now they are
qualified to wear the distinctive yellow jacket that gives them instant
recognition as an assistance dog. This will have the words Support Dog on
it.

But the support does not end there. Trainers from Support Dogs will visit
the client and their dog on a regular basis to see how the partnership is
getting along and to ensure that everything is working.

So far Support Dogs have trained over 125 dogs of which around 25 are
seizure alert dogs.

Support Dogs also train dogs to provide assistance to their owners in other
ways.

Medical assistance dogs are trained to meet the needs of people with medical
conditions such as hypoglycaemia (diabetes), agoraphobia and Meniere's
disease. The dogs can help by bringing the person their medication or by
getting help or pressing an alarm if the person becomes ill.

Disability assistance dogs are often the client's own pet dogs who are
trained to help their owner with everyday activities. From the beginning of
the training the dog and client work together to teach the dogs tasks such
as opening and closing doors, switching lights on and off, loading and
unloading the washing machine, picking up, fetching and carrying objects.
They can also be trained to help their owner to dress and provide stability
to people when walking.

No matter which discipline they are trained in, all assistance dogs have the
authorisation of the Department of Health and Environment for access to all
areas including shops, on public transport and areas serving food such as
cafes and restaurants.

Support Dogs are a member of Assistance Dogs UK, which also include Guide
Dogs for the Blind and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.