An Irish woman has used her phone to film her best friend, a Labrador named Poppy, saving her life during an epileptic fit.

Shannon Locke, 23, from County Down in Northern Ireland suffers from Epilepsy and has posted a video to YouTube of her disability dog saving her life as she experienced a seizure.

“Poppy gave her owner Shannon 15 mins warning of this seizure starting,” her brother Ryan Locke wrote on the YouTube video.

The warning gives Shannon enough time to find a safe place to lay down before the seizure begins.

Before Poppy, Shannon had no warning of when an epileptic fit would start and has fallen down stairs, in bathtubs, hurting herself due to the lack of notice.

It would sometimes take two hours for Shannon to regain consciousness.

In the footage Poppy can be seen licking Shannon’s face during the seizure.

“Poppy licks her mouth excessively for 2 reasons,” Mr Locke said.

“1, to help Shannon come around quicker and 2, to lick away excess saliva to help prevent her choking.”