Hypo Hounds dog saves south Essex boy's life
A GRATEFUL mother says her diabetic son’s life was saved by their keen-nosed pup.
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A GRATEFUL mother says her diabetic son’s life was saved by their keen-nosed pup.
Poppy is trained to smell blood sugar levels and alerted a boy's parents to his plight.
An equestrian yard and a diabetic alert dog charity have been able to make the most of lockdown restrictions by using the downtime to socialise puppies around horses. The specialist charity Hypo Hounds needs to introduce its puppies to as many different environments as possible but had been struggling to find suitable public locations because of Covid. Social distancing poses a particular problem when training puppies as the dogs need to be free to investigate new environments. The dogs are usually encouraged to use their noses, as in medical environments they use scent to save lives. Hypo Ho...