Maybe the worst hypo alert dog ever?

Jaylee said:

I've had this dog for about 8 months..

Actually I've known him for 12/13 years. He was my mum's. Long story. She's elderly. Memory issues & I promised I'd give the hound a home if "anything" happened to her... She now resides with my sister & now, I have a dog...

So, the dog is a clean animal around my house. This dog will not even **** on his own doorstep.!
I'm up with the lark walk him. Back & feed then off to work. Within 20 minutes of home from work, I'm out with the dog, feed him a little. Then when my supper is done give a small somethingelse (dog food wise.) so he feels part of the pack... Two hours of quality time in total, in the nature doing what dogs do... Plus where ever I can go where dogs are permitted? He'll hang out with me.

Though recently I cut back on my basal by a couple of units due to the muggy weather. Bloods have been great.

Well, I say great. If I get the odd low around the hound he seems more "needy" than usual.. OK, that's my perception. I just ignore him & focus on the treatment.
But he's taken to wandering off & peeing against my computer chair leg during these events??!!
I can understand prior to a walk, but this happens after the mutt's bladder has been wrung dry on one of his "epics"..? It happened this evening. Yep I dropped to 3.6 after a ramble...
Lucky it is a laminate floor. But there is a correlation building up the last few months.

Some dogs have a natural ability. This one doesn't.

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Jaylee said:

But he's taken to wandering off & peeing against my computer chair leg during these events??!

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Jaylee said:

I'm passive & reserved when low.. Can't be that.
The "clean up"? There is no rebuke or fuss..

Though the dog's history before my mum got him... He was with a young couple the "boyfriend" wasn't nice to him. The girl's mother felt concerned about the hound at the hands of this bloke while her daughter was in hospital??
So much so she handed the dog over to my mum..

There was certainly evidence the dog was kicked & driven off it's food in the early days..
But he's gained a lot of confidence now..!

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Jaylee said:

I certainly don't find myself cleaning up after my wife when she susses a low.

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Jaylee said:

Don't worry. I didn't take your suggestion as such..it was a valid comment baring in mind the emotional accounts of others when low..

The odd thing was when I first went round & met this dog after a brief telephone conversation with my mum about "we've got a dog". My dad was alive then too.
When I'd let myself in & this dog saw me. He initially hated my guts. Lol

When my dad got ill as well as keeping an eye on my parents. I became more involved with this dog too.
Going back to my mum's with the dog to clear out the empty house since her relocation, he tends to lie down where my dad died. Only moving & dancing round my feet if he thinks I'm heading for the front door..?
My mum reckoned this dog knew I was coming over before I pulled up outside & my wife says he gets restless a good 20 before I get home too..

However the 2.5 turbo diesel van I've owned for the last 10 years does have a distinctive sound..

I wouldn't be without this animal. But I do wish he wouldn't complicate the lows.....

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Jaylee said:

Thanks. That's after a haircut.

Left to grow & he looks like Dougal from the magic roundabout..

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Jaylee said:

I'm passive & reserved when low.. Can't be that.
The "clean up"? There is no rebuke or fuss..

Though the dog's history before my mum got him... He was with a young couple the "boyfriend" wasn't nice to him. The girl's mother felt concerned about the hound at the hands of this bloke while her daughter was in hospital??
So much so she handed the dog over to my mum..

There was certainly evidence the dog was kicked & driven off it's food in the early days..
But he's gained a lot of confidence now..!

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