The story of a boy living with Type 1 and his family's journey to raise and train a diabetic alert dog.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

A Listening Dog

The other day I was reminded that Bo is a listening dog. Austin had just finished checking his blood sugar after a low alert from Bo. I asked Austin if he wanted to take glucose tablets or if he wanted me to get a juice. I was already on my way to the kitchen when Austin replied he wanted juice. I turned around to see Bo was behind me carrying a juice box. He had retrieved it from Austin’s nightstand where we always keep a juice box.

 Bo has the 'get juice' command under good stimulus control — only retrieving a juice from the nightstand when given the command. When I had asked Austin if he wanted me to get a juice, Bo heard his command 'get juice' and responded as he has been trained. 

 Related Video Posts: Retrieving a Juice Box on Command (from 10-19-2014)
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2 comments:

  1. No StoppingJanuary 18, 2017 at 10:14 AM

    Hope you threw Bo a huge puppy party! Great job!

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  2. Jenn DearbornJanuary 18, 2017 at 10:57 AM

    No Stopping you've been following Raising Bo since the beginning. Thank you for your interest and support in our journey with Bo. As far as a puppy party... Bo got lots of praise and high value food for his work. :)

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