Sadly, and I hope no medics who care for Alix read this, when Alix has a hypo we now no longer run to the sweetie pile to get something to increase her blood sugar we run to the cabinet and get a cotton wool pad to run around her mouth and collect saliva which we now put in a tube in our freezer, for later use.
At a convenient time we then thaw it out wave it in Roo’s general direction and when she sniffs it we treat her lavishly to tasty morsels. We have done this several times a week for almost a month now. She has now associated this smell to the delivery of goodies and so gets quite excited when she smells a loaded swab.
We are trying to get her to nudge us with her head, when she smells it, before she gets any treats and trying to get her to associate the smell with our daughter, Alix. This latter task is proving more difficult. More to follow.