[RKDinOKC]

Watched some videos last night. Found instructions for training a Diabetic Alert Dog.
All I could find before were 2 week classes that were expensive that I could take her to and train myself and her.
Or buying a trained dog for $20K to $30K.
Now I can train her myself. They provide forms I can use if challenged since there is no certification.
If you want you can get your dog certificed with them once you have trained it for about $600, but is not necessary.

Someone asked me the other day about the new patch thing they have that you can get your Blood Sugar reading over bluetooth with you phone. You only have to change the patch every couple of weeks. The problem with it is that it measures your tissue not your blood. It can be up to 4 hours behind on your blood sugar levels.

I've discovered the finger sticking meters can be slow to respond by around 20 mintes.. I've felt my blood sugar is low and the meter showed it normal. Then 20-30 minutes later it dropped.

They claim the dogs are around 20 minutes ahead of the finger sticking meters. That sounds like a great way to keep your blood sugar in a more normal range.
There are a couple of studies going on right now trying to discover what the dogs are sensing. By the training it has something to do with their nose and scent.

Said they have been training dogs and have someone come into their shop. The dogs go nuts and they find the person that came in inquiring about alert dogs was diabetic, and was experiencing low blood sugar at the time.

Pretty interesting.