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Sniffing out diabetes
Dogs have been trained to warn diabetics of changes in their blood sugar.
Coby, the lab, nudges and pushes and bugs Bill Palmer until he gets his attention. That's how he warns that his blood sugar is dangerously low.
"He is able to smell when my blood sugar is low. And what we are training him with here is a sock that I wore while my blood sugar was low and mailed to Ann, his trainer."
Coby is a diabetes service dog. His warning gives Bill time to eat and raise his blood sugar before he has a seizure or goes into a diabetic coma.
"I woke up one morning to find him in a cold sweat with his limbs already jerking. And the only thing that I could do at that point was dribble honey into his mouth and that brought him out of it."
They hope Coby will help them avoid more crises like that. It takes three months of intensive work to train a dog like Coby. He's one of ten diabetes dogs trained by Betheden Kennels in Amarillo. More are in training.
"We train yellow labs, obviously, golden retrievers, German shepherds. We've trained one standard poodle. We train labradoodles."
"Good morning". "Good morning.."
Coby goes to work with Bill. Here Bill introduces him to each student in the class he teaches at Houston Community College.
"As you can see, Coby is a young dog and he's still in training. This is his first day of class. In fact Bill has only had it for two days. But eventually, he will lay still by Bill's desk without a trainer."
A little correction here and there from the trainer who accompanies him, but Coby is already a part of Bill's life and may someday end up saving his life.
Christi Myers, 13 Healthcheck
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Husky 哈士奇犬
Yorkshire Terrier 约克郡约克夏狗
Bichon Frise 卷毛比熊犬
Beagle 比格犬
Poodle 狮子狗;卷毛狗
Golden Retriever 金毛寻回犬
Labrador (lab) 拉布拉多犬
Labradoodle: A Labradoodle is a crossbred or hybrid dog created by crossing the Labrador Retriever and the Standard or Miniature Poodle.
