Someone on the insulin pumpers list claimed to relay a post from the woman on DLife with the detection dogs.
The post claims they use clothing worn by one of the children when they went low and didn’t induce lows. It’s certainly not proof enough for me.
I still think raising 5 children and training 16 dogs are too much for any small group of people (I am assuming 2, but she may have some help).
I still think it was horrible that the kid was recorded for a TV show going low and that they showed the dog’s alert. I have certainly been left with a very negative impression of everyone involved.
I still stand by my earlier blog entry. I was certified both as a detection dog handler and as a trainer.
We don’t know enough about what is going on in diabetics to develop training methods to produce reliable dogs. Anyone selling such a dog is doing the public a diservice.