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Life-saving dog alerts girl to diabetes crash

Seeded on Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:59 AM EDT
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Shirley is one of ten dogs in the UK that are trained to alert their owners to a change in their blood sugar levels before a diabetes crash.

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anonymous-1077600

This is pretty cool, what a fun invention and what a young inventor!!

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Reply#1 - Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:35 AM EDT
Darreth01

Shirley is a BEAUTIFUL golden lab! And when dogs get a sense that there is SOMETHING WRONG they WILL let you know... I have a sister that has had problems with her health (She passed out once because she had gotten SEVERELY dehydrated) after that her lab one day stepped IN FRONT OF HER and would NOT let her MOVE! She thought it was kind of STRANGE at first... but she said once she STOPPED and thought about it she needed to DRINK something...

DOGS are a LOT smarter than people know... and they WILL tell you what's wrong!! It's just learning to READ that warning!

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Reply#2 - Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:36 PM EDT
backroads

Not a cat, cartooncat.

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Reply#3 - Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:49 PM EDT
cartooncat

Cats are conducting vital genetic research to find a complete cure for diabetes ...

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#3.1 - Thu Jul 1, 2010 1:59 AM EDT
backroads

I did not know that.

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#3.2 - Thu Jul 1, 2010 7:56 PM EDT
cartooncat

It's something they keep secret. My cat is currently busy researching hard in the patch of sunlight on the patio... I think he may have a breakthrough in the next six or seven hours.

  • 4 votes
#3.3 - Fri Jul 2, 2010 2:10 AM EDT
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Holly-348328

What a beautiful seed! Thanks for posting this about Shirley and Rebecca. It is so nice to hear there is hope for a young person suffering from Diabetes.

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Reply#4 - Thu Jul 1, 2010 2:56 PM EDT
anonymous-1077600

I collapsed my own comment, thought I was commenting to another article. Sorry cartoon cat.

Enjoyed this article too! Guide dogs are great and the many things they do for people are fantastic.

PS hope your cat has a break through soon! :)

  • 2 votes
Reply#5 - Fri Jul 2, 2010 11:23 PM EDT
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