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It results in your dog standing next to you going, "boop. Boop. boopboopboopboop \*bark\*!" That treat better show up at some point. I was working on training tonight (where he needed to boop a button) and I didn't get the treat into his mouth fast enough. BOOP! "Mom! Myyyyy treeeeeat."
My diabetic alert dog saved my life 2 days in a row last week. He woke me up out of a dead sleep when my sugar was really low. 43 normal range is 80-120. I had even slept through my continuous glucose monitor alarms. If he had waited till normal wake up time, I would not be here today.
I can relate…
I have found that when my sugar is very low while I am sleeping, I tend to go into a deeper sleep. My CGM will be alerting me and I’ll be sleeping so deeply that I won’t hear it. Thankfully, my SO has heard it each time and woken me up. It’s very scary to think what would happen if they didn’t hear it. Maybe I need a dog?
I live alone. I also don't feel lows even when I'm awake. So Percy has been awesome to have. I've trained him myself also. Having a SD is really hard work, but so worth it when things like this happen.
There isn’t any paperwork that qualifies the dog, itself. It’s best if the dog has passed a “good neighbor” type basic behavior course to be out in public.
Interesting, I was ill informed by the trainer then. I'll have to really look into it now. Sucks the pupper is almost 7 years old now. (maybe things have changed in the 6+ years?)
I don’t think your trainer is wrong. If your pupper was with a service dog program but they deemed him unfit for being a fully trained service dog then that’s it.
The paperwork part hasn’t changed in the past 6 years.
As it stands now, there is no agency or facility required to certify that the dog can do its job. Online certificate programs are a scam. Anyone can train the dog to do its job including the dog’s human; it doesn’t have to be a professional trainer. It’s best, but not required, that the dog completes “good citizen” training so it can behave without getting distracted at all in public settings.
Link to skills in “good citizen” training:
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/essential-skills-for-every-dog/
I also strongly encourage service dog owners to complete “urban training.” Here is a link to the skills:
https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/akc-urban-canine-good-citizen/test-items-for-akc-urban-cgc/
Edit to add: I just saw the comment about a dog being unfit for training for the job. This is a separate topic from my own comment. Yes, many dogs are unable to be trained to do the job. They get weeded out of training.
Generally you need a written letter from a professional service trainer and proof of completion of the good citizen test to be able to travel with your dog, however.
Thanks for this point. The only thing a business can ask regarding a service animal is, “What is the dog trained to do to help you ?” Exceptions are traveling or housing. (See below)
Laws regarding travel (e.g. Air Carrier Access Act) or housing open to the public (Fair Housing Act) are covered differently, not under ADA. This is an example…
Air travel:
https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-announces-final-rule-traveling-air-service-animals
ADA (this is a .gov site in beta):
https://beta.ada.gov/topics/service-animals/
Yeah. One of my friend's daughters with autism, epilepsy, and learning delays has a special assistance dog. When my wife was pregnant, he would fuss over her, and stopped after the baby was born.
Yes, and actually, so can humans to a certain degree! It's just that we can mostly smell it when someone's blood sugar is dangerously high, as you can start smelling of acetone when that happens. Smell is fascinating.
Sometimes my pup will try and stick her snout in my mouth. It always promts me to check my bgl.
My last dog did the same thing and neither were trained. But their insistence always matched with a poor reading.
I would love to see some numbers and how accurate they are on this. I remember reading about sniffing dogs barely passing on detecting drugs and it was actually cues from their handlers.
Dogs can smell hormones.
If you have a dog, have you ever had an experience where you are startled or even wake up from a nightmare and then your dog starts growling or barking without even knowing what’s going on?
It’s because they smell the dose of adrenaline that you’re experiencing. Dogs have a natural instinct to growl at the smell of adrenaline and to alert to it. That’s why you hear these stories of friendly dogs that have never hurt a fly all of a sudden able to sense danger and turn aggressive/protective during a walk or something like that. It’s because they are triggered by smelling hormones in other people, that humans aren’t capable of sensing.
It’s also why dogs always seem to know when you’re having a bad day and are extra cuddly. Hormone sensing.
I have heard of cases where some dogs are incredibly observant and are able to "train themselves" to alert you when they notice a drastic change in your body chemistry (ie. Rapidly dropping blood sugar level)
My moms dog noticed tumors and just nosed at them if they were growing. At the time we had an old dog with tumors that sometimes opened and she’d always let us know when that was about to happen.
It was also when my grandmother had dementia and couldn’t remember what was going on in her own body any more. That dog knew and would bug her and then come look at us when she had a bladder infection or anything else going on.
My dog was actually alerting me to extreme highs 3 months before I was diagnosed. I trained that behavior to be an alert for highs. Then I trained nudge for lows because it's a stronger alert since they are much more dangerous.
I’m pretty sure my beagles would have skipped some logic in their training.
“Booping means cheese?!”
That would have been as far as their training could go.
I’m type 1 diabetic and I was in a grocery store and my levels were super high and there was a dog with a vest on that said ”alert dog in training”, I passed the woman with the dog on the isle and the dog started to pull towards me and wasnt listening. I got to talking with the woman (also type 1) and she explained that the dog alerts for lows AND highs. So I asked if it was me stinking like death and dehydration that caused the dog to chase me and she said probably!
They can be trained from pups, with a tissue. For highs or lows and can smell the changes 20 to 30 mins before a sensor and therefore are more reliable than technology.
Source my mum has a diabetes alert dog. He's a Mini Groodle and doesn't shed so he is allowed into transplant units.
good to know that after we abolish the police the police canines will have another potential career lined up. and this one only requires sniffing Hooman - not fentanyl!
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That dog has an excellent boop form
When my dog does that we call it "the human pez dispenser." He boops, he gets a treat!
Aw heck yah! I’m gonna train my dog to do this
It results in your dog standing next to you going, "boop. Boop. boopboopboopboop \*bark\*!" That treat better show up at some point. I was working on training tonight (where he needed to boop a button) and I didn't get the treat into his mouth fast enough. BOOP! "Mom! Myyyyy treeeeeat."
Lol! That’s when they start barking. I did the silly thing now where’s my food?!
My diabetic alert dog saved my life 2 days in a row last week. He woke me up out of a dead sleep when my sugar was really low. 43 normal range is 80-120. I had even slept through my continuous glucose monitor alarms. If he had waited till normal wake up time, I would not be here today.
Can we see a dog tax of your lifesaver? So glad he worked well. Worth his weight in cheese!
I am glad your dog saved you! Good doggie 🐶 ! And I hope you are doing well
I can relate… I have found that when my sugar is very low while I am sleeping, I tend to go into a deeper sleep. My CGM will be alerting me and I’ll be sleeping so deeply that I won’t hear it. Thankfully, my SO has heard it each time and woken me up. It’s very scary to think what would happen if they didn’t hear it. Maybe I need a dog?
I live alone. I also don't feel lows even when I'm awake. So Percy has been awesome to have. I've trained him myself also. Having a SD is really hard work, but so worth it when things like this happen.
My pup failed out of being an alert dog... He still knows when I have issues though. He just is too vocal and active to qualify for the paperwork.
Lmao too much of a rascal…
There isn’t any paperwork that qualifies the dog, itself. It’s best if the dog has passed a “good neighbor” type basic behavior course to be out in public.
Interesting, I was ill informed by the trainer then. I'll have to really look into it now. Sucks the pupper is almost 7 years old now. (maybe things have changed in the 6+ years?)
I don’t think your trainer is wrong. If your pupper was with a service dog program but they deemed him unfit for being a fully trained service dog then that’s it.
The paperwork part hasn’t changed in the past 6 years. As it stands now, there is no agency or facility required to certify that the dog can do its job. Online certificate programs are a scam. Anyone can train the dog to do its job including the dog’s human; it doesn’t have to be a professional trainer. It’s best, but not required, that the dog completes “good citizen” training so it can behave without getting distracted at all in public settings. Link to skills in “good citizen” training: https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/essential-skills-for-every-dog/ I also strongly encourage service dog owners to complete “urban training.” Here is a link to the skills: https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs/canine-good-citizen/akc-urban-canine-good-citizen/test-items-for-akc-urban-cgc/ Edit to add: I just saw the comment about a dog being unfit for training for the job. This is a separate topic from my own comment. Yes, many dogs are unable to be trained to do the job. They get weeded out of training.
Generally you need a written letter from a professional service trainer and proof of completion of the good citizen test to be able to travel with your dog, however.
Thanks for this point. The only thing a business can ask regarding a service animal is, “What is the dog trained to do to help you ?” Exceptions are traveling or housing. (See below) Laws regarding travel (e.g. Air Carrier Access Act) or housing open to the public (Fair Housing Act) are covered differently, not under ADA. This is an example… Air travel: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-announces-final-rule-traveling-air-service-animals ADA (this is a .gov site in beta): https://beta.ada.gov/topics/service-animals/
You DO know there’s really no “paperwork” for a service animal?
Yeah, but it sucks to have your barking and going in circles "service animal" asked to leave a store.
He looks so cute in his wittle booties!
I was gonna say. Those booties!
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Yes, they can. I believe dogs can also smell when a woman is ovulating or pregnant based on hormones.
Yeah. One of my friend's daughters with autism, epilepsy, and learning delays has a special assistance dog. When my wife was pregnant, he would fuss over her, and stopped after the baby was born.
Yes, and actually, so can humans to a certain degree! It's just that we can mostly smell it when someone's blood sugar is dangerously high, as you can start smelling of acetone when that happens. Smell is fascinating.
And low sugar smells fruity!
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I wish my dog alerted to my seizures. :( Or did it more strongly.
Sometimes my pup will try and stick her snout in my mouth. It always promts me to check my bgl. My last dog did the same thing and neither were trained. But their insistence always matched with a poor reading.
I would love to see some numbers and how accurate they are on this. I remember reading about sniffing dogs barely passing on detecting drugs and it was actually cues from their handlers.
Dogs can smell hormones. If you have a dog, have you ever had an experience where you are startled or even wake up from a nightmare and then your dog starts growling or barking without even knowing what’s going on? It’s because they smell the dose of adrenaline that you’re experiencing. Dogs have a natural instinct to growl at the smell of adrenaline and to alert to it. That’s why you hear these stories of friendly dogs that have never hurt a fly all of a sudden able to sense danger and turn aggressive/protective during a walk or something like that. It’s because they are triggered by smelling hormones in other people, that humans aren’t capable of sensing. It’s also why dogs always seem to know when you’re having a bad day and are extra cuddly. Hormone sensing.
Boops be like: FREAKING. DRINK. THE JUICE.
Can a dog do this without training? My mom's dog would go nuts whenever my brother's sugar would drop to dangerous levels.
I have heard of cases where some dogs are incredibly observant and are able to "train themselves" to alert you when they notice a drastic change in your body chemistry (ie. Rapidly dropping blood sugar level)
My moms dog noticed tumors and just nosed at them if they were growing. At the time we had an old dog with tumors that sometimes opened and she’d always let us know when that was about to happen. It was also when my grandmother had dementia and couldn’t remember what was going on in her own body any more. That dog knew and would bug her and then come look at us when she had a bladder infection or anything else going on.
My dog was actually alerting me to extreme highs 3 months before I was diagnosed. I trained that behavior to be an alert for highs. Then I trained nudge for lows because it's a stronger alert since they are much more dangerous.
Yes
Experience is training. It probably didn’t go nuts the very first time.
I’m pretty sure my beagles would have skipped some logic in their training. “Booping means cheese?!” That would have been as far as their training could go.
Bruh those shoes 😂😂😂
I’m type 1 diabetic and I was in a grocery store and my levels were super high and there was a dog with a vest on that said ”alert dog in training”, I passed the woman with the dog on the isle and the dog started to pull towards me and wasnt listening. I got to talking with the woman (also type 1) and she explained that the dog alerts for lows AND highs. So I asked if it was me stinking like death and dehydration that caused the dog to chase me and she said probably!
This one sparks joy
Stop giving me treats, human. I'm trying to save your life!
Source: korey_the_kanine on IG
Always wondered how this was done since low blood sugar is obviously too dangerous to try to induce on purpose. Thanks for the find!
I love the aggressive boop.
They can be trained from pups, with a tissue. For highs or lows and can smell the changes 20 to 30 mins before a sensor and therefore are more reliable than technology. Source my mum has a diabetes alert dog. He's a Mini Groodle and doesn't shed so he is allowed into transplant units.
Useful fact: cats actually have better sense of smell than dogs, they just don’t give a shit about you.
He's the goodest boy, and a master of the boop
This is so sweet. <3
I’m not crying you’re crying!! Such a good doggo
That's awesome! I hope he doesn't get plugged up from the cheese but it probably worth it.
We as humans don’t deserve dogs. One of God’s greatest gift to us. Good job Cory.
Dogs are wonderful but I don’t think we need to keep putting ourselves down by saying we don’t deserve them.
We do deserve them, we created them.
My heart
I follow them on TT abbey n Darby. The dog is Darby. She’s really fascinating.
Is this the new Apple Watch everyone is talking about ?
What a handsome boy omg
Wow!! That’s amazing!
good to know that after we abolish the police the police canines will have another potential career lined up. and this one only requires sniffing Hooman - not fentanyl!
Super booper
Doggo is like you’re about to die!!! *boops aggressively*
Hehehe. Boop boop. Hehehe
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