Medical Alert Corgi
My corgi-x, Henry has occasionally alerted me to the fact that my blood sugar was dropping. I’m an uncontrolled diabetic, and I thought this was the most wonderful trait! Yesterday, Henry lost his number one position when it comes to diabetics.
Imagine a corgi helper dog! I met a woman yesterday that had a Cardi as a helper dog. Because the dog was not working I was able to talk to her about her dog (and of course admire the cute girl). The dog is her second corgi used as a helper dog. She said her older dog (retired and staying home) was self taught just like my Henry. But even better her older dog helped train her newer dog.
She said she was sure this dog would never pick up the trait, but getting older and past that wonderful puppy stage eased her mind. Her dog now goes with her to classes and all and warns her when her blood sugar is out of whack.
. Henry probably would have been more accurate if I would have caught on, but he would flop on my chest about ½ an hour before I knew I was having issues. Now I’m paying much more to Henry’s actions; digging at the carpet, crazy barking and other irritating actions, and in two days I’ve noticed a correlation between his acting out and my pending blood sugar. WOW what a great boy! Maybe I should get his service dog and start bringing him to work!
Imagine a corgi helper dog! I met a woman yesterday that had a Cardi as a helper dog. Because the dog was not working I was able to talk to her about her dog (and of course admire the cute girl). The dog is her second corgi used as a helper dog. She said her older dog (retired and staying home) was self taught just like my Henry. But even better her older dog helped train her newer dog.
She said she was sure this dog would never pick up the trait, but getting older and past that wonderful puppy stage eased her mind. Her dog now goes with her to classes and all and warns her when her blood sugar is out of whack.
. Henry probably would have been more accurate if I would have caught on, but he would flop on my chest about ½ an hour before I knew I was having issues. Now I’m paying much more to Henry’s actions; digging at the carpet, crazy barking and other irritating actions, and in two days I’ve noticed a correlation between his acting out and my pending blood sugar. WOW what a great boy! Maybe I should get his service dog and start bringing him to work!
Comment
-
Comment by Geri & Sidney on October 15, 2009 at 11:33am
-
Suzanne, Sidney is a therapy dog with Love on a Leash. These are the dogs that go visit people in hospitals, schools & nursing homes. I'm not sure if this is what you are asking about, but here is the info for the Oregon contact:
OREGON: Portland
Kathy Schwabe
kathyschwabe@verizon.net
Even if you mean something different, they can most likely refer you to what you need. Hope it's helpful!
-
Comment by Suzanne on October 15, 2009 at 9:51am
-
So, does anyone know how to get a dog 'certified' in Oregon to be a therapy dog? I haven't had time to really research this, but I would like to get Henry's tells down and hope he can pass it on to a puppy.
-
Comment by Kristen on October 14, 2009 at 5:18pm
-
This is amazing. Just another way these wonderful companions give back.
-
-
There is one training site for assistant dogs for diabetics. I talked with them a little and they suggested treating Henry each time he alerts me, and is correct. Well, Henry is at least 10 minutes ahead of my blood glucose monitor that it's almost impossible to know when he's being a pest or alerting me.
Yesterday, I was sick and each time he started his irritating behavior I checked my sugar. Darn if he wasn't correct!
Now, how do I know when he wants to pee? ;-}
-
Comment by Jane Christensen on October 14, 2009 at 3:22pm
-
I'm not surprised either as my Wynn picks up on things but that is great to know another thing that corgis can do....
-
Comment by Bev Levy on October 14, 2009 at 2:57pm
-
I am not surprised at all! Sparty has made himself our hearing assistance dog even though we are not hearing impaired! If my cell phone rings or even vibrates in my purse he races back and forth barking where ever I am and if I ignore him, he will tap me with his paw until I respond. He does the same thing with the doorbell. I have convinced him that I don't have to hear about the washer and dryer going off! That is great with the diabetes. I will have to watch as my husband is diabetic.
-
Comment by Alice on October 14, 2009 at 2:44pm
-
That's amazing. I don't know how dogs do these things. How can you possibly train them to watch for things like this? The ones that really amaze me are the cancer sniffing dogs. How can you train for that? It's truly amazing.
My brother has two labs who are very nice dogs. My Dad saw them all the time over the years and they got along. Starting a couple years back one of them starting acting weird around him. She would back away from him and bark and act scared. No one understood. A few months ago my Dad was diagnosed with cancer that is pretty advanced which would mean it was there for quite a while and now we wonder if maybe that's what his lab was picking up on.
-
-
How cool! I'm type 2, and it's usually under control but sometimes gets too low. I'll pay attention to Sidney's behavior and see if it correlates. It's amazing how attuned and smart these dogs are. Let us know if you find out what it takes to get him certified as a service dog, if it's even avaliable for diabetics.
Rescue Store
Stay Connected
FDA Recall
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Recall
Groups
We support...
Badge
© 2024 Created by Sam Tsang.
Powered by
You need to be a member of MyCorgi.com to add comments!
Join MyCorgi.com