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« on: July 30, 2013, 07:00:23 pm »Hero Dog phones for help in emergency
Ever been disgusted by the number of dog owners buying their pets cellphones these days? You may want to reconsider.
On Monday, 17-pound beagle Belle received an award for phoning 911 after her diabetic owner had a seizure and collapsed.
“There is no doubt in my mind that I’d be dead if I didn’t have Belle,” said Weaver, 34, whose blood sugar had dropped dangerously low. Belle had been trained to summon help in just those circumstances. She had been taught to bite down on the number 9 on his cell phone contacting 911.
Using their keen sense of smell, animals like Belle can detect abnormalities in a person’s blood-sugar levels. The dog periodically licks Weaver’s nose to take her own reading of his blood-sugar level. If something seems off to her, she will paw and whine at him.
“Every time she paws at me like that I grab my meter and test myself,” Weaver said. “She’s never been wrong.”
Though its not all good news, with reports Belle had been in therapy for months to help cure her of her addiction to hit game Angry Birds.