Training Your Diabetic Alert Dog - Sue Barns Ph.d. - Books - Susan Barns - 9780988850811 - February 22, 2013
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Training Your Diabetic Alert Dog 1st edition

Sue Barns Ph.d.

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Training Your Diabetic Alert Dog 1st edition

The Scent of Safety You can harness dogs? amazing sense of smell to manage your diabetes. Many dogs can perform this life-saving task, but they must be trained if you are to produce a reliable diabetic alert service dog (DAD). The authors bring to this book extensive experience in training for diabetic alert and assistance dog work in particular, and over half a century of training dogs for search & rescue, obedience, and therapy in general. They will guide you through this process step by step. This book helps diabetics train their own dog with the help of a professional trainer, and explains how to: o Select a great dog for alert work o Find and work with a qualified trainer o Understand how dogs detect changes in diabetic blood sugar levels o Train alerts and low/high blood sugar signals o Teach your dog to alert at night and in the car o Train other helpful skills such as Go for Help, trailing the diabetic, and retrieving useful items (glucometer, juice box, etc.) o Troubleshoot training difficulties o Locate additional resources on training and assistance dogs And when you are done, you will experience the freedom that comes from knowing a canine friend is looking out for you.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 22, 2013
ISBN13 9780988850811
Publishers Susan Barns
Pages 94
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 6 mm   ·   136 g
Language English