[nagdu] In question please

[Julie J.]

Yes, there are dogs that can alert to changes in blood sugar levels.  
There is even a program that trains this type of dog.  I'm remembering 
it's in the northwest, Washington or Oregon?  Of course the dog wouldn't 
have had to come from this or any program to be trained to alert to the 
guy's medical condition.

It is kind of odd that he changed his story about the dog over the 
course of the weekend.  Perhaps the guy is uncomfortable talking about 
his medical issues and was trying to evade what he perceived as 
intrusive questions?  I don't know.  I do know that sometimes I give 
people answers that aren't 100% honest because I am simply tired of 
talking about it and would like to end the conversation.  Or it could be 
that he was a bit insecure about having trained the dog himself.  I went 
through that in the beginning.  People would ask how long I had my dog 
and I would answer with how long the dog had been working, which of 
course was shorter than the time I had the dog.  You can get a lot of 
brutal comments from people when you announce training your own dog. 
Sometimes I am just not in the mood to have that conversation, so I 
avoid it.

When you say that several dogs took a disliking to this dog, do you mean 
that the other guide dogs were acting inappropriately or the diabetic 
alert Saint Bernard?  Because if the other guide dogs were acting up but 
the Saint  Bernard was not, then that is not the Saint  Bernard's 
handlers issue.  That would be up to the guide dog handler's to control 
their dogs.

Julie



On 11/4/2012 10:21 PM, d m gina wrote:
> hi there,
> Over the weekend we did get to our convention that was a success.
> Looking back on it, and conversations we had with a gentleman who 
> claims his dog was first a seeing eye dog but not a seeing eye dog, 
> but now a diabetic dog, but the dog knows how to walk on the left.
> That was when I went into wonder mode.
> This dog is a saint branard.
> Sorry I don't know how to spell the name.
> The question was asked if he was a type one or two diabetic, this was 
> not done by staff just you and I visiting.
> There was no harness on the dog just a collar.
> Are there dogs out there doing this, and it was the first time I saw 
> it happen?
> The guy i guess is blind/ I don't know the person at all.
> What I do know, is there were dogs who took a dislike to this dog, and 
> they wanted to start a dog fight.
> The groweling was truly out of place.
> They did't take issue with any other dog that was there, just this one.
> I am guessing that this person does this kind of thing allot.
> Everyone questioned if this was really a service dog.
> then the same person gave another guy a different story, that was why 
> I was wondering what was happening.
> I felt I was doing well to keep my dog in control.
> Thanks again, I just needed to know if this was something out of 
> control, or really a dog out there who would let you know if you were 
> having a problem.
>