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Sniffing out diabetes

Dogs have been trained to warn diabetics of changes in their blood sugar.

Coby, the lab, nudges and pushes and bugs Bill Palmer until he gets his attention. That's how he warns that his blood sugar is dangerously low.

"He is able to smell when my blood sugar is low. And what we are training him with here is a sock that I wore while my blood sugar was low and mailed to Ann, his trainer."

Coby is a diabetes service dog. His warning gives Bill time to eat and raise his blood sugar before he has a seizure or goes into a diabetic coma.

"I woke up one morning to find him in a cold sweat with his limbs already jerking. And the only thing that I could do at that point was dribble honey into his mouth and that brought him out of it."

They hope Coby will help them avoid more crises like that. It takes three months of intensive work to train a dog like Coby. He's one of ten diabetes dogs trained by Betheden Kennels in Amarillo. More are in training.

"We train yellow labs, obviously, golden retrievers, German shepherds. We've trained one standard poodle. We train labradoodles."

"Good morning". "Good morning.."

Coby goes to work with Bill. Here Bill introduces him to each student in the class he teaches at Houston Community College.

"As you can see, Coby is a young dog and he's still in training. This is his first day of class. In fact Bill has only had it for two days. But eventually, he will lay still by Bill's desk without a trainer."

A little correction here and there from the trainer who accompanies him, but Coby is already a part of Bill's life and may someday end up saving his life.

Christi Myers, 13 Healthcheck

Note :

Husky 哈士奇犬

Yorkshire Terrier 约克郡约克夏狗

Bichon Frise 卷毛比熊犬

Beagle 比格犬

Poodle 狮子狗;卷毛狗

Golden Retriever 金毛寻回犬

Labrador (lab) 拉布拉多犬

Labradoodle: A Labradoodle is a crossbred or hybrid dog created by crossing the Labrador Retriever and the Standard or Miniature Poodle.

文本参考中文翻译

狗狗被训练来发现糖尿病患者血糖的变化。

Coby是一只拉布拉多犬，它一直碰撞干扰Bill Palmer直到引起他的注意。那时候他才知道他的血糖已经很低，非常危险。

“当我的血糖降低时他可以嗅的出来。我们用来训练他的是我的血糖降低时穿的一只短袜，当血糖降低时会向他的训练者发出邮件。”

Coby是专门用于糖尿病服务的狗狗。他的警告给Bill足够的时间来进食以提高血糖，以防昏迷。

“有一天早上醒来时，我发现他在冒冷汗，腿在不停的发抖。那时我能做的唯一一件事就是向他嘴中喂蜂蜜，这缓解了他的症状。”

他们希望Coby能够帮助他们避免更多类似的紧急情况。要训练Coby这样的一只狗需要三个月的集中训练。他是阿马里洛的Betheden Kennels训练的十只发现糖尿病的狗狗之一。更多的狗狗还在训练之中。

“我们训练黄色的拉布拉多犬，金色的猎狗，德国牧羊犬。我们已经训练出了一只标准的狮子狗。现在也在训练混血狗。”

“早上好。”“早上好。”

Coby跟随Bill一起去工作。在这里，Bill将他介绍给他在休斯敦大学教的每一个学生。

“你可以看到，Coby是一只年幼的小狗，现在还在接受训练。这是他来上课的第一天。实际上Bill刚刚拥有他两天的时间。但是，最终他会在没有训练人员的情况下乖乖的躺在Bill的书桌旁。”

陪伴他的训练人员会时不时地进行一些纠正，但是Coby已经成为Bill生命的一部分，可能也是拯救他生命的人。