Me, my dog and some background info

Im Jeannie and in my early 70s. I live at the seaside in the SE of England. Nr Brighton & Hove ish .
I go to the local church with my Sound Support dog and hubby. i am severely deaf, hence the dog. Loki.
Quirky, happy cum sad. Peaceful with my dog
Android phone but like a PC best
Tennis is my fav, Used to follow Andy Murray
Diabetes makes me irritable and snappy at times
I like Gospel and the songs of the 50s 60s not the 80-90s
Hubby likes to travel so we have been to most W European countries , some Eastern European , African 4x , US x 2 and the Carribean
TV - The Chase, Fr Brown, Minder , the Meridean local news but dont enjoy much mod TV
I studied 7 o levels and 3 A levels and went to College in Winchester Hants
I like puzzles, word puzzles , brain puzzles and jig saw puzzles, walking the country, woods , beach , Downs (chalk hills and cliffs ) ; I volunteer with Foodbank Cafe at our church, I love talking with the customers
Deafness cuts out a lot of activities , but we like meeting friends and have started to go with some to art shows, exhibitions and charity events

EllieM said:

A sound support dog sounds a brilliant idea (Our dog died last year but if/when we get a new dog I'd love to be able to train him/her to be a support dog for hypos).

I think there is a lot to be said for teaching dogs to understand hand signals as well as voice ones, though, as so many dogs go deaf later in life.

Welcome to the forums @Jenny 105 .

What breed of dog is Loki (Or is he a mix ?)

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Hi Ellie . My dog and I may take a final test so that my dog can be a FULL Hearing Dog with full jacket , and in lead certificate. We in theory should be able to go anywhere. My hearing deteriorates every 3 years. So I qualify. My Dog is a black lab retriever. Gentle nature, big. Hearing Dogs have spaniels, cockapoos and one other breed. One cant choose ones dog. They choose on compatability. They are already named and are trained in house for around 2 yrs. They work til they are 10-11yrs. Crunch time.
Today in the park I wondered if and how dogs were trained to detect lows. I take one insulin a day. I'll maybe look into it. BUT responding to sounds egg door bell fire alarm, alarm clock (with treats) is somewhat different to detecting a change in my body.

A query about exercise dogs and diabetes. ive never had very much professional help with diabetes eg Eat normally - what is normally in my case. Exercise was never mentioned. So? A rule of Hearing Dogs is that their dogs in your charge must be free to exercise everyday, off lead in safe environments. I do this in one lump usually pm after a rest. We do the forest , hills,, park or woods - or beach, sometimes swim, Off lead i need to keep up, play ball, jog a bit usually about 1/2 k. = 1 hour.
Is that enough or the right type of exercise ? Is there an exercise page on site ? Thanks

Pipp said:

Hello, @Jenny 105 , or do we call you Jeannie?

I‘ve never met a sound support dog. A deaf person I once worked with told me that they would only have one if it learned BSL to help with communication. Obviously that person didn’t know what he was missing!

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The actions to go with commands are in BSL. Profoundly deaf people will go out with a dog , the dog indicates a disability, and gives the deaf person confidence and compay , the jacket mentions Hearing Dogs. I find most people have nt herd of Hearing dogs for the deaf charity

And impressive to watchers