Thrown into the street by the owners, a tiny terrier named Tiny turned out to be a terrible sweet tooth, he knows how to find sweets anywhere, because he smells the sugar incredibly sharply. And this ability was used to teach people to diagnose diabetes
The tiny puppy, dying of hunger and cold, was picked up by passers-by along a busy road. Obviously, the animal had been thrown out of some passing car. The Jack Russell Terrier was taken to an orphanage where he received assistance. The veterinarians did not expect the puppy to handle this stress, but Tiny was on the mend.
He soon surprised the staff of the Blue Cross shelter in Burford when he was able to smell the sugar-containing treat from a distance of 15 meters. Veterinarians began to notice that Tiny was becoming anxious and barking whenever someone brought sugar-laden food to the shelter.
Now terrier moved from the shelter to the Center for dog training, recognizing diabetes (Diabetes Detection Dog). Soon he will be able to determine better than any glucometer when the sugar level in the human body drops too low.
“Tiny is very sensitive to food,” says veterinarian Laura Jeffers. - He will definitely sniff all your pockets and start barking if it contains anything sweet, like chocolate. Once he barked for a very long time, and we could not understand why. And only then they found a bar of chocolate, which was 15 meters from his cage. This is an extraordinary gift."
Medical Detection Dogs is training dogs that can distinguish different diseases in humans by smell. Veterinarians from the shelter brought in company employees who tested Tiny's abilities. In a few days they will take him to make him a dog that can really save his owner's life.
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