Dogs that have a job enjoy their life so much…. When you give them a job they feel that they have purpose in their life. Just like people, we also enjoy having a job, and if we have a job that we are good at it makes our life that much more fulfilling. When I see any of the diabetic alert dogs that I have trained working you can literally see there focus and enjoyment. When I say enjoyment I mean that they are calm but happy. It is a very different emotion than when a crazy lab comes to greet you after you have been gone all day. This is more even the way the dog should naturally experience that emotion. Now some of you may think well I dont have a diabetic alert dog nor do I have diabetes so then what. Well then the game or job changes from hunting for the scent of falling blood sugar to finding toy that you have hid or make it functional and hide your keys or you child. If you start hiding your son or daughter you will have your very own search and rescue dog 
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