I just read this article from the Health on the Net Foundation about dogs helping people with diabetes detect hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).  Many people have heard of the ways dogs are being used to help people with medical issues.  The ubiquitous seeing eye dog being the most obvious but now they have cancer sniffing dogs, some limited success with seizure alerting dogs and many other forms of assistance.Fortunately for me, I haven’t had any hypoglycemic issues.  This past month on the Velocity Diet definitely pushed the envelope.  I know I had a couple of instances when I tested and found myself in the 60’s (typically the target range before eating is 70-130) so it’s something I need to stay aware of as I exercise more and do a better job controlling my diet.  Funny, it could be a negative aspect of “success”.
At the moment, I have two cats.  Not sure how much (especially the old man) they’d appreciate a rambunctious puppy in the house.  Given the special training required for the hypoglycemic detecting dogs, I suppose the real/best reason to get one (besides the companionship) would be the exercise.  I don’t think I’ll be picking one up in the near future buy you never know.