A LITTLE girl’s dog is more than just her best friend — she also has a sixth sense for detecting when her blood sugar is dropping.
The medical alert pooch can even notify her in advance of her life-saving glucose monitoring device.
In a now-viral TikTok video, the mom behind the @theboggs_family account shared how their dog has become vital to her daughter’s health and safety.
“This yellow Lab is an angel in disguise. She will always be watching her girl’s back!” she said.
She playfully narrated the video from the pooch’s perspective.
“My name is Spy and I’m a trained medical alert dog for my girl Raelynn,” she said.
The dog “explained” how the child suffers from Type 1 diabetes, and she is trained to “sniff out” her high and low blood sugars.
The family was shopping inside a store when the dog demonstrated how she paws at the little girl to let her know when her blood sugar is getting too low.
“Usually I can smell it way before her Dexcom,” she said.
To prove her point, the monitor didn’t begin beeping until after the girl had already treated the problem.
“I am such a good girl,” she said.
“The nose always knows, and I can smell it.”
The dog takes her job ensuring the girl’s safety seriously — and it shows.
The child ate some sugar-filled Nerds to combat the issue, with the canine staying by her side the whole time.
“I really love working and I love going everywhere with her,” she said.
Spy especially appreciated receiving her treats as a reward for utilizing her senses.
The best part for her, however, is being told that she is the girl’s “best friend” on a regular basis.
Even as the girl and her sister meandered around the store, the pooch shared how she never “let her out of my sight.”
She was also well aware that the girl’s mother was right behind her, standing guard over both of them until the girls came back.
All the while, she knew to “keep her nose in check,” to ensure everything was going well.
And it was a good thing she was there because it didn’t take her long to realize that the girl’s sugars were leveling off again.
This time, she made sure to alert her sister before “telling” the girl herself so that she knew it was time to eat something else.
This dog-turned-doctor didn’t “trust” that her sugars were rising fast enough, and got back to work, jumping up and down on her.
The signal was immediately understood, and the girl knew what she had to do.
The canine got another well-deserved treat as a form of compensation.
“I should be being paid for my job, you know,” she said.
Despite her best efforts, she could tell her human still wasn’t feeling great.
She was well aware that the insulin was hitting her hard and making her legs shaky.
To make her feel better, she sat next to her so that she could monitor the situation carefully until things started to improve.
“I don’t ever want to leave her side,” she said.
Even though instances like this “stress her out,” she takes comfort in knowing that eventually she’ll get back to herself.
Her job is to make sure she knows that isn’t going anywhere until she’s stabilized — after all, she’s her life-saving friend.
As a reminder to stay vigilant of the situation, she gave her another reminder — her paw — until the girl felt well enough to go to the checkout and exit the store.
The video has been viewed a whopping 20.4 million times and has received more than 10,000 comments.
Many fans were in awe of Spy’s senses.
“Diabetic alert dogs are incredible. I’m a vet tech, and one time we had a client’s diabetic alert dog begin to alert on another dog,” said a viewer.
“I just adore these videos! I’ve always been amazed by service dogs and their abilities! I also have a lab that I just adore! Spy, you’re a good girl,” another commented.
“Every time I see a video about service dogs, it ends with me in tears thinking ‘how did we survive without these animals,'” a third chimed in.
“Service dogs will never cease to amaze me. My brain always goes straight to ‘this isn’t real’ obviously I know it is. It’s just so dang impressive,” someone else remarked.
