What’s Better than a Blood Glucose Measuring Tattoo? A Blood Glucose Sniffing Dog!
Posted on: Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 2:36 pmRan across this the other day, this is definitely a new one for me but perhaps this is old news.
In the middle of the night in a “typical” family home in Florida, a 12 year old girl, named Hunter, sleeps, while her German Shepherd, Diva, lies close by, snoozing on her own bed. All is well with the world…or is it? You see, several times during the night, Diva will get up and check Hunter’s scent. If Diva doesn’t like what she smells, she will alert Hunter’s parents…starting with a nudge, escalating to turning circles or to jumping, whatever it takes to get her job done.
A German Shepherd that can alert you of a dangerous BG, how cool is that?
Find the full story here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carrie-pollare/doggies-rule-the-story-of_b_185379.html
While you could get a tattoo which measures your blood glucose, I can see the benefits having a blood glucose sensor you can pet (even if it isn’t as accurate) 
Doggies rule indeed.
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Be aware that the attorney general in Missouri in the process of dealing with an outfit in his state who has questionable business practices in selling glucose detecting dogs.
When dealing with a service dog, the dog should come to the patient for free, and that all fund raising should be done by the outfit itself, not by the patient or friends of the patient.