Fundraising for a Diabetes Dog for my niece

[Kami Allen]

My four year old niece was diagnosed with Diabetes 1 this year.  They are struggling daily to get everything under control.  She has to have her blood level checked every 2 hours and her and her husband take turns sleeping 4 hours at a time while the other checks her level. 

We found that if she was to get a Diabetes Service Dog it would alert her parents if her level rose or dropped, and would even allow them to sleep peacefully at night, and help tremendously!!

My daughter wrote a letter that is on the link I will put below as well as their personal story, they are trying to raise $17K to get a diabetes service dog - and i"m hoping they will be able to get a Doodle as many of these dogs are!  If anyone wants to do a fundraiser at work, church, or would like to personally donate or pass along to others - every little bit helps.  I hate asking for help or reach out, but my niece is so precious and I wanted to reach out to my doodle familys!!

If they don't reach the goal in a years time, or find it's not feasible - all donations will be donated to Diabetes research.  Let me know if you have any quesitons.

http://letsgetdelilahherservicedog.chipin.com/lets-get-delilah-a-se...

 

Kami and Meggie Doodle

 

[Kami Allen]

Thank you, my sister has been talking to a place near her.....if you could tell me where your friend got his dog that would be greatly appreciated too!

[Katie and Sophie]

Actually, his mom did a lot of research and learning and scent trained their Weimaraner Blue to detect his sugar levels by herself!  She did an amazing job.  After Blue got lots of training he was tested and became a certified assistance dog.  So if purchasing one doesn't work out, the training can definitely be done!  It takes a lot of time, research, and work, but it was beyond worth it.  He has the type of freedom that he could have never had otherwise.  

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Thanks for the updated link. I contributed and would love to hear how the fundraising goes. You can try to edit your discussion by re inserting the link and see if it works better.