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Southern Diabetic Retrievers

Jefferson-parish,

Louisiana,United-states - 70072

Detailed description is Welcome to Southern Diabetic Retrievers.
This page is dedicated to helping families obtain these amazing dogs.
Here is the story of how Southern Diabetic Retrievers was born.
About 3 years ago I read an article about Diabetic Alert Dogs online and found that dog to be fascinating, so I began to research further into the methods behind training them.
I was very familiar with clicker training and positive reinforcement so this was right in-line with those methods.
I had worked with many narcotics and search and rescue dogs over the years and loved the methods used for scent detection.
At the time, I was working for a public accounting firm and my dog training was a part time job.
The interest in Diabetic Alert Dogs grew, as did my understanding of them with further research.
I resigned from my position in public accounting in May of 2015 to go back to training full time.
Once I was back at it full time my interest in working with a Diabetic Alert Dog grew.
In Late May of 2015 I was training a Labrador for a client that had a daughter with Type 1 Diabetes and they inquired if I had ever trained a Diabetic Alert dog, they were looking into getting one for their daughter.
I explained that I had never trained one but I have researched them for the last few years and had an interest in them.
I explained to the family the intense commitment that was present with having a Diabetic Alert Dog in the home.
They decided after further consideration that it wasn't a fit for their family.
In June of 2015 we had a litter of puppies born out of our imported FTCH Leadburn Mist "Snoop" born and I decided to test the puppies for a hopeful to train as a Diabetic Alert prospect.
My neighbor’s daughter is a Type 1 and over the years has become like a little sister to me, so I approached her and her parents about the possibility of training an alert dog for her.
They thought about it for awhile; I knew that she was a great candidate for an alert dog.
Ever since I have known her she's been involved with animals and is on a track to attend LSU's School of Veterinary medicine.
We had many sit down meetings to discuss the demands of adding an alert dog to their already busy household.
They were up for the challenge and there wasn't anything to lose.
They wellunderstood that I had never trained one, so the puppy and my time was donated to this project with no cost to her or her parents.
The months flew by and her puppy (Talia) was excelling leaps and bounds through the program I had developed.
I quickly became more and more interested by the day and researched anything and everything I could get my hands on pertaining to Type 1 in generaland the effects of the disease and also training information on alert dogs.
I found my days and nightsconsumed by wanting to learn as much as I could.
I knew it was time to make a decision, so with thesupport of my wife and my family my project evolved.
I made the decision to put 3 more teams into my program.
I again did not want these families to be out any money for this, so I made the decision to donate my time to training these dogs free of all cost to the families.
These families have enough to deal with financially with fighting with insurance companies for the needed supplies for their children.
I also was new at this training discipline so I wanted to be able to learn and grow with thesefour dogs.
I well stated that there wasn't any guarantee that any of these dogs had what it took to complete the program and become successful working alert dogs.
The work continued throughout the fall months into the winter and the dogs and children were doing amazing.
These dogs opened my eyes to how much more they could do for the emotional support for these children not just alert low and high sugar.
I knew that this was something I would pursue with full steam ahead.
The second dog (Coal), again one of our puppies raised in our program, joined in September of 2015.
One of the children wanted to attempt this with a German Shepherd puppy, so I was up for a challenge and accepted.
This puppy unfortunately did not make the cut to fit as a working service dog and had to be repurposed as a family pet.
We then placed the child with a Black Labrador puppynamed Spike in February of 2016.
The fourth dog added to our program was a golden retriever (Apollo) hand selected from a litter of puppies from a great friend at Old Oak Retrievers in MN.
As our program began to evolve and the dogs and children began to learn, I knew we needed to start .
having group training outings to help these children learn to navigate public settings with their dogs.
Each of these dogs were going on daily public access training with myself and their families, but I feltit would be a neat twist to bring the group together to train once a week.
After a few weeks of these group sessions it was brought to my attention by a few of the parents that these meetings were doing much more for their children than just providing an opportunity to train with their dogs.
This group was becoming a support system for the children and their families to spend time with other families that have the same struggles on a daily basis that they do.
I have been told on more than one occasion by more than one child that what I have created is a place for them that they fit in.
As this program begin to grow I knew I needed to provide these children the best I could as a trainer and I needed to pursue further certifications in service work.
I had researched the options for years, long before this program had started on certification and or PHD programs for canines.
I made the decision to attend Bergin University of Canine Study to further my knowledge in the field of service canines and canine behavior in general.
I was accepted into their summer service dog seminar to start in June of 2016.
I accepted this invite, as it would allow our program to become more accredited.
As I have went through this journey and met some amazing people I have learned one thing, these families really need and want these dogs but cannot afford the cost of obtaining them.
Now that being said not everyone is a great match for a Diabetic Alert Dog and not every dog can make the cut.
I started researching the other options for these families and I quickly realized that most families had to either personally fund the purchase price of these dogs and their training or fundraise the cost for the training.
This burden of having the financial responsibility of obtaining a service dog for their child is something no family should have to endure.
I began my research on ways to help these families have the ability to share in all these amazing dogs have to offer and that’s where the discussion of starting a not- for - profit began.
I first discussed this with my group of families that were involved in our program currently and they were more than supportive.
Thus SOUTHERN DIABETIC RETRIEVERS was born.
We are currently in the process of going through the approval for 501.c.3 status with the IRS.
Team Wild Wings will always be here for your imported British Labrador Puppies, and Gun Dog Training, however the Diabetic Alert Dog program will be transferring over to Southern Diabetic Retrievers upon the approval of the IRS and my return from California.
My goal with this program is to give an opportunity to families to have these amazing dogs with no out of pocket expense to them.
Now that being said there will be an intensive application program to be accepted into our program due to the demands of having a Diabetic Alert Dog.
These dogs do make mistakes and they do miss alerts.
They are not perfect, they are animals.
Not every family is a fit for a Diabetic Alert Dog; they do not replace your current diabetic management practices.
In order for your dog to be the most successful, a strong system of Diabetes management needs to be in place prior to the introduction of the alert dog.
I strongly recommend theuse of a CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring system) along side of the alert dog.
I know one of the biggest fears to any parent with a child with type 1 is the nite time checks.
Too briefly touch on Night Alerting, not every dog is capable of doing this specific task and having a dog that does night alert does not mean you sleep more.
This actually means you sleep less.
Any family that has a successful night alerting dog will tell you, because of the dog, they sleep less and test more.
Now I know that sounds like I’m trying to discourage families from wanting a Diabetic Alert Dog, but I want them to understand the truths behind them.
They are an amazing addition to your present practices to manage you or your child's diabetes.
They become a part of your family and a strong team member to watch out for the crazy things diabetes throws on a daily basis.
This is our story of how we went from training solely gun dogs and family companions to the wonderful opportunity of working with these special children and their amazing dogs.
These kids are my heroes, what they go through in one day is more than anyone should have to endure in a lifetime.


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