Service Dogs for Diabetics

You’ve probably seen specialized service dogs that assist those with disabilities; helping them to have some sense of normalcy in their lives. Southland Dog Training can help you or a loved one by training a specialized Diabetic Alert Dog that can help in the detection of low or high blood sugar for type-1 diabetes.

Diabetic alert dogs provide invaluable assistance. We can help train a pet to alert you or your love one to the onset of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).

Diabetes detection dogs can be trained to:

• Alert you when your blood sugar starts to drop not after it has plummeted.
• Provide an active alert by barking, nudging, pawing or nibbling body parts
• Continue the active alert until the proper action has been taken (Going into the fridge for juice)
• Accompany you anywhere you go during the day and sleep in your room at night providing 24 hour protection

A diabetic service dog can even be trained to watch over children who suffer from juvenile diabetes. Parents of juvenile diabetics have to wake up 3 or 4 times a night to check in on their children. Once a diabetic alert dog has been trained to watch over a child a parent can have peace of mind and sleep better knowing their dog will alert them if their child’s blood sugar starts to drop.

Contact Southland today so you can learn more about training a Diabetic Alert Dog. Please fill out the request for evaluation form for details. >>