Ashoton and Scooby

Another Amazing Friday Story from a wonderful family, Heather Chesnut , Thank you for sharing Heather !

This dog has changed Ashton’s life (and ours too). Ashton’s blood sugar is under control for the first time ever. (He was always in the 200s before – when he bothered to check at all – and 300, 400, and even 500s were not unusual). His doctor was amazed to see his A1C in the “excellent” range, and signed off on his driver’s license. He now has a license for the first time – he is almost 20 years old. Despite spending several hours a day training Scooby, his grades are better. He is socially “thawing out”, and he is much easier to live with to boot. I had hoped that, little by little, Scooby would help Ashton improve these aspects of his life. But, it wasn’t little by little, it was immediate. I could write a book about all this.
All this, despite the fact that dog training has not come easy for us, and we have had to learn a lot. (We’ve never had a dog before, and I think we’re not very naturally gifted with animals).
I’m sure you have heard this many, many times. I just wanted you to know what a miracle it is in yet another family’s lives.
Thanks, Heather

Scooby is a Diabetic Alert Dog from Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers.

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