Jennifer Shaw, a reporter for the Contra Costa Times, recently wrote an article about Early Alert Canines. Here’s an excerpt of her story:

Four women and a child can now move through their days with a little less angst because of the prompts they now get, be they a gentle nudge, or a more boisterous pawing.

Photo by Dan Honda, CCT staff photographer

The nonprofit, Concord-based Early Alert Canines recently trained and matched these Type 1 diabetics with dogs that can detect the subtle scents of low blood sugars.

“We can’t smell it … It gets down to a molecular level,” says organization executive director Carol Edwards, noting the detection of a “cocktail of chemicals,” such as acetone, adrenaline and endorphins, which are released into the bloodstream as a diabetic’s glucose is dropping.

Read Jennifer’s full post.

Two of Early Alert’s hypoglycemia alert dogs in training were in the East Bay today to get the word out about EAC. Hoops and Leslie worked our booth at the 19th Annual Lafayette Reservoir Run to help spread the word about EAC’s medical alert assistance dogs for type 1 diabetics.

Leslie (front) and Hoops

Early Alert Canines volunteers and these two soon-to-be diabetic alert dogs met with runners and other members of the East Bay community to talk about the life-saving impact these dogs can have in the lives of diabetics.

Leslie says hello to a baby at the event