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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Every year in the United States, around 15,000 children are diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. It's an autoimmune disease where the Pancreas stops producing Insulin, the hormone that allows us to get energy from food. Doctors say the onset has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There's nothing we can do to prevent and and right now, there's no cure.
Aside from technology, a specially-trained Diabetes Alert Dog is one way to know when blood sugar levels are too high or too low.
One Sioux Falls family made the investment and met their new dog, last October. Already, 'Clover' has done wonders to change their lives for the better.
At just 1.5 years old, Clover McKenzie, the fluffly Goldendoodle, does some pretty remarkable work.
http://www.ksfy.com/home/headlines/Clover-McKenzie-the-Diabetes-Alert-Dog-292135271.html
Aside from technology, a specially-trained Diabetes Alert Dog is one way to know when blood sugar levels are too high or too low.
One Sioux Falls family made the investment and met their new dog, last October. Already, 'Clover' has done wonders to change their lives for the better.
At just 1.5 years old, Clover McKenzie, the fluffly Goldendoodle, does some pretty remarkable work.
http://www.ksfy.com/home/headlines/Clover-McKenzie-the-Diabetes-Alert-Dog-292135271.html