I have heard of it, but dont know anyone personally that has had one. Would be a good thing for those very brittle diabetics though I would think.
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Hey stripes, have you ever thought of getting a continuous glucose monitor (CGM)? It would alert you when you were going low. One of the moderators on this forum, Richard157 has a CGM and he says that it has really helped him out. I am sure there are dogs for alerting people with diabetes. Dogs are very smart and help many with handicaps.Hi everyone!
I first heard a few years ago about Diabetes Alert Dogs, who alert you when your glucose is high and/or low, and I found it very interesting.
In Australia, it hasn't yet become a big thing - we're still only getting assistance dogs for things other than blindness, so a Diabetes Alert Dog is a new thiing here in Australia.
I was on twitter today, and saw that the American Delta Society (dog training with positive reinforcement) posted a link about Diabetes Alert Dogs.
Service Dog Alerts To Low Blood Sugar - cbs4denver.com That's the link there if any of you want to have a loook.
So I googled to see if there were yet any organisations in Australia for alert dogs, and I found one! PAWS for Diabetics.
It sounds like it is very expensive (going up from $1000 initially!) but I am wondering if it would help me. I don't go low often at all, as my anxieties prevent me from getting my glucose into normal ranges, but I think maybe an Alert Dog would give me some piece of mind and help me to conquer these anxieties.
I'm actually a dog trainer myself, and I deal more with training for solving problems behaviours rather than general obedience training (although I do that too!) and I find this area very interesting.
Has anyone here got an Alert dog, knows someone who has one, or is interested in it? Thoughts?
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Never heard of them before!Hey stripes, have you ever thought of getting a continuous glucose monitor (CGM)? It would alert you when you were going low. One of the moderators on this forum, Richard157 has a CGM and he says that it has really helped him out. I am sure there are dogs for alerting people with diabetes. Dogs are very smart and help many with handicaps.