julesluvscavs Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 (edited) Hey Jules, they know all perfectly well when you have a hypo coming on, because your smell alters. They don't alert you to it, because it is not something that you get terribly stressed about, you are calm and take preventative action. Diabetic alert dogs are often not trained as such, they just learn to alert their owners - this seems to happen more often with Type 1 diabetics and especially with children. You could perhaps try keeping a special sort of treat only for use when you are on the verge of a hypo, and give them both one before you take your glucose. If you are consistent with that then possibly the alert will start to happen as they rush to remind you that one of the special treats is due! good idea RP :) Im not always calm when im going into one especially if they have come on quickly, then i do get stressed out pretty badly im type 1.5 Edited October 10, 2013 by Jules❤3Cavs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 [she closes her eyes in bliss. [ All those banana smellers/hearers/eaters know something. Owner of greyhounds next door swears by bananas as great racing fuel for his dogs. ( One of his greys was a Qld sprint champion.) The greys just think they're damn good tucker! :) Exhibit A. Two bananas left on the bench whilst I ducked to the Post Office. I was quite impressed with the peeling skills and the fact that they were still joined at the top. I suspect piggy boy scoffed them and Maddie was left to suck the skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 @ exhibit A ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbie_tabbie Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Aw Mita - do cute they help each other :) Minimax -yep, no eating them off the ground, but then he didn't even attempt to, too busy giving me stink eye! AND it was meatballs and freshly cooked liver which are his fav's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph M Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Loving the banana fiends! We have two of those too! Also Tibbies are such cool dudes. Hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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