The Diabetes Friendly Foundation will place three “diabetes-alert” pooches with children this year, says founder Cole Egger in a DogChannel.com article. Next year, the foundation is aiming to place more than 10.
The dogs are trained to sniff out dangerously high and low blood sugar levels. But there are only about 100 in the United States. Training costs range from $3,000 to $15,000, Egger says.
DFF is holding a fundraiser Nov. 12 in Dallas, and it is soliciting requests for adoptions. Recipients must be type 1 diabetics under the age of 12. Apply here.
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