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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Three dogs will graduate in November after being trained to sniff out low blood sugar levels in diabetics who don?t experience the typical signals.
Nettle is a friendly, high-energy yellow Labrador with an unusual set of skills.
The 14-month-old dog can sit, stay and walk nicely on a leash like other dogs, but she can also fetch juice boxes and phones and, if necessary, call for help.
She?s about to enter the final stage of her training: finding hidden ?scent pots.? The pots are filled with the scent of a diabetic person experiencing hypoglycemia, commonly known as low blood sugar.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...betic_alert_dogs_almost_ready_to_go_home.html
Nettle is a friendly, high-energy yellow Labrador with an unusual set of skills.
The 14-month-old dog can sit, stay and walk nicely on a leash like other dogs, but she can also fetch juice boxes and phones and, if necessary, call for help.
She?s about to enter the final stage of her training: finding hidden ?scent pots.? The pots are filled with the scent of a diabetic person experiencing hypoglycemia, commonly known as low blood sugar.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...betic_alert_dogs_almost_ready_to_go_home.html