Thank you for the kind replies! I like the idea of using fruit juice and asking the rabbi if I could use his office. I bet I could even leave juice and small bits of food there so I don’t have to carry them with me.
Typically, dogs that can alert for diabetes cannot be trained – they either have the “skill” or don’t. There was a great article in Diabetic Forecast regarding this a few years back.
I realized that my pup was able to alert me about 4 years ago (I wasn’t diabetic when I first got him about 6 1/2 years ago) when he jumped in my lap, looked into my eyes with intent and I noticed he was smelling my breath. He jumped off my lap and began barking at me. When I didn’t get up quick enough for him – I didn’t realize why he was barking at me so intensely – he started to run between where I was and where my medicine was and wouldn’t stop until I got up, went to where he was going and realized I had forgotten to take my meds that morning!
I feel very blessed that HaShem had arranged for Milo (I didn’t pick his name) to come into my life.