day 841. about Sasha.
and the importance of listening.
Occasionally, Sasha starts barking for no reason. Recently, it has been happening at completely random times and nothing was helping in such situations. A couple of days ago I went to see a friend who has a lot of dogs and decades of experience with them in general. we discussed the problem - and couldn't find a solution together. in the end, he just said "I don't know” ¯\(ツ)/¯
I messaged that friend:
*Sasha and I were just walking down the street and we stopped at a 24/7 newsagents shop because I needed to charge up my phone for my glucose sensor to work. at some point he suddenly started barking again and I couldn't calm him down. I tried to give him a bit of food - that didn't help. He didn't want water either.*
*Nothing helped. I was like - OK, fine, we need to go then. He doesn't bark for no reason, he's a very intelligent dog. I took the phone back from the newsagents shop guys who were helping me to charge my phone and guess what I saw on the screen?*
"Urgent Low Blood Sugar Soon" alert.
"3.3 mmol/l ⬇️ (3.1 mmol/l within 20 min).
It's not Sasha the Dog who needs to be trained not to bark.
It's Alona the Human who needs to make sure I have a spare power bank on me next time I go out.
If I do, I'll be able to see my hypoglycaemia earlier next time. Which means he won't have to bark at me:)
Dogs can literally smell changes in human blood sugar levels.
Sasha could smell that my blood sugar was dropping too low and tried to warn me about it when he was sensing it.
And I couldn't understand why he kept suddenly barking from time to time. I'm so fucking stupid 😭
