IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD A DOG,YOU KNOW HOW MUCH JOY THEY BRING.THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WAGGING TAIL AND HAPPY LICKS WHEN YOU RETURN FROM A HARD DAY AT WORK TO MAKE EVERYTHING SEEM A LITTLE BETTER.BUT,THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THEY DO FOR US.
IN HER NEW BOOK "DOCTOR DOGS:HOW OUR BEST FRIENDS ARE BECOMING OUR BEST MEDICINE".SANFRANCISCO AUTHOR MARIA GOODAVAGE WRITES ABOUT THE MANY WAYS THAT DOGS ARE SAVING AND IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH THEIR ABILITIES TO DETECT DISEASE AND AID PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
RECENTLY,GOODAVAGE,HER VOICE RASPY FROM TOO MANY TALKS IN TOO SHORT A TIME,SPOKE ABOUT 'DOCTOR DOGS' BEFORE A GROUP OF INTERESTED PEOPLE,INCLUDING ME,AT A BOOK SIGNING SPONSORED BY SFDOG AT THE SF/SPCA.
GOODAVAGE,WHOSE PREVIOUS BOOKS ON DOGS IN THE MILITARY AND THE SECRET SERVICE HAVE BEEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS,RECOUNTED STORIES FROM HER NEW BOOK ABOUT DOGS WHO 'WORK' IN MEDICINE.SOME DOGS WARN PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO HAVE AN EPILEPTIC SEIZURE GIVING THEM DON'T HURT THEMSELVES DURING THE EVENT.OTHER DOGS WARN PEOPLE IN ADVANCE OF MIGRAINES OR NARCOLEPTIC ATTACKS.DOGS CAN DETECT WHEN A DIABETIC'S BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL STARTS TO DROP,LONG BEFORE THE PERSON FEELS ANYTHING IS WRONG INDEED,KIM DENTON WAS AT THE BOOK SIGNING WITH HER DIABETIC ALERT DOG TROY.
AS WE WERE WAITING FOR THE TALK TO START,TROY ALERTED DENTON THAT HER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL WAS DROPPING.ANOTHER DIABETIC ALERT DOG WHO WAS THERE WITH HIS OWNER ALSO ALERTED TO DENTON.SHE TOOK A GLUCOSE PILL, AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN HER BLOOD LEVELS IMPROVED THAT BOTH DOGS RELAXED.
"HE SAVES MY LIFE EVERY DAY",DENTON SAID,AFFECTIONATELY PETTING TROY'S GOLDEN HEAD.IN HER BOOK,GOODAVAGE NOTES THAT 'DOCTOR DOGS' RELY ON THEIR INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE NOSES TO DO THEIR JOBS.DOGS SMELL IN PARTS PER TRILLION.GOODAVAGE SAID A DOG COULD DETECT A PACKET OF SUGAR DISSOLVED IN TWO OLYMPICSIZED SWIMMING POOLS OF WATER.THEY HAVE UP TO 300 MILLION OLFACTORY RECEPTORS IN THEIR NOSES;HUMANS HAVE ABOUT 6 MILLION.AND BECAUSE EACH NOSTRILL SAMPLES THE AIR SEPARATELY,DOGS SNIFF IN 3-D,USING INFORMATION FROM EACH NOSTRIL TO TRIANGULATE A SCENT'S LOCATION.
SO,'DOCTOR DOGS' IS VERY USEFUL FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
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