Simply Superb Dog
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Hi this is Simply Superb Dog 
What started me training is bitter sweet. I have two boys who have T1 diabetes ages 5 and 18. I heard dogs could sense high and low blood sugars and alert you. This was very hopeful to me as my teenage son had some really bad low episodes in the middle of the night where he would not wake up and we had to call ambulance. My biggest need was to be alerted in the middle of the night before blood glucose became dangerously low. Anyway found and organization...long story short raised money but not all money, got a Diabetic Alert Dog (puppy in training much I had to do myself) about 6months later they took him back took him from my baby boy 
We really miss her!!! There are people working to shut them down now because others are not happy. Anyway so I learned that I could do it myself. Went to a local animal shelter and have been working on his alerts and obedience. My shelter dog is doing just as well with alerts as the one from that organization.Totally into the positive reinforcement training that this academy teaches!! Thank you Jean Cote as you are going to be very helpful to us!!
What started me training is bitter sweet. I have two boys who have T1 diabetes ages 5 and 18. I heard dogs could sense high and low blood sugars and alert you. This was very hopeful to me as my teenage son had some really bad low episodes in the middle of the night where he would not wake up and we had to call ambulance. My biggest need was to be alerted in the middle of the night before blood glucose became dangerously low. Anyway found and organization...long story short raised money but not all money, got a Diabetic Alert Dog (puppy in training much I had to do myself) about 6months later they took him back took him from my baby boy We really miss her!!! There are people working to shut them down now because others are not happy. Anyway so I learned that I could do it myself. Went to a local animal shelter and have been working on his alerts and obedience. My shelter dog is doing just as well with alerts as the one from that organization.Totally into the positive reinforcement training that this academy teaches!! Thank you Jean Cote as you are going to be very helpful to us!!
Some times you have to learn the hard way thankfully I didn't finish paying before they took the dog and was not out that much. Did learn a valuable lesson though...Now that I have been on both sides I don't have to wonder would it have been easier or better? It was not easier with an organization because I still trained by myself basically and they were puppies so they were still "in training". I did learn many were teaching their dogs on their own and were very successful and also that there are a lot more breeds that could do the job than I thought. I didn't set out to get a Maltese, we just saw him at the shelter and spent some time with him and just new he was for my son. It amazes me from day one Frosty bonded with my 5 year old son and became very attached to my son. Just the very thing we needed, frosty to stay close with him and bond with him so he would be very mindful or noseful 
of him and his blood glucose changes. Another thing I learned is you don't have to have a pup to develop a bond. The bonding happened instantly from a adult dog from the shelter 
Can wait to hear more! 
And as stated before, please feel free to post any training questions, as there are loads of talented people on the forum who can help. And kudos to you for taking matters into your own hands, finding Frosty, and moving ahead! 