Diabetic Alert Dog Workshop This Week-end At Talaris



This week-end, Dogs for Cures, a Gig Harbor-based nonprofit dedicated to training medical service dogs for those living with diabetes, is holding a Diabetic Alert Dog Workshop, at Talaris Conference Center.
 

The weekend-long event will feature a series of workshops and presentations, led by well-known diabetes educators and master dog trainers, who will educate patients and caretakes of those with diabetes on the benefits of working with a diabetic alert dogs, ranging from How to Avoid Hypoglycemia: Prevention and Treatment to Rights and Responsibilities of a Service Dog Owner/Handler. 
 

Here is the agenda:
 

 Saturday Workshops

·How to Avoid Hypoglycemia: Prevention and Treatment

·Post-Meal Management: How to Strike the Spike

·CGM/Sensor Data: What Our Dogs May Be Telling Us

·What are the Rights and Responsibilities of a Service Dog Owner/Handler

·How to do Proper Scent Collection and Storage

·How to Chain a Powerful Alert

·How to Train Effective High and Low Alerts

·How to Use Graphs to Track Curves and Alert Patterns

 

 SundayWorkshop

·All Day Hands-on Diabetic Alert Dog Training

 

Workshop registration is $450.00.  For more information go here.