WATCH: Dog saves another dog who was having seizure, Connecticut couple says

MILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A Connecticut couple says one of their dogs is only alive because of the actions of their other dog.In surveillance video Sarah McCardle posted on Facebook, it may look like her two dogs are playing, but what is happening with the smaller dog, Yogi, is very serious.Watch Video Here

“I came home to him being blue in the face and having a really hard time walking and breathing,” McCardle said.

She checked a camera she had installed for the dogs, and saw that little Yogi had suffered multiple seizures. Yogi has been having seizures since he was about 1 year old.“He never liked being in a crate like we had, so he was in our bed,” McCardle’s husband, Craig Strilka, said. “So that’s when he first had the first one, and I didn’t even know what it was.”

Yogi is now 7. His epilepsy was one reason McCardle and Strilka were hesitant to get another dog, but once Reggie, the boxer, was in the house, Yogi showed improvement.“He got him going and moving, turned him back into a pup again,” McCardle said. “He has saved his life in more than one way.”This includes this past Tuesday. French bulldogs like Yogi have small snouts that make it easy for them to aspirate — or breathe in their own saliva — especially during a seizure. In the video, Reggie senses Yogi is in trouble.“He rolled him around so that he would get up and cough, to not aspirate, to get the fluid and stuff out and be able to clear his throat,” McCardle said.

They got Yogi to the vet. He’s good now, but McCardle and Strilka know what could have happened.“If it wasn’t for Reggie moving him all around and being here, I would have come home to him not being alive,” McCardle said.The video made a big impact on Facebook, where people said it gave them chills, goosebumps, or tears in their eyes.As for Reggie, he got a nice steak for dinner as a reward for helping his brother.

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