tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300632912009-07-13T17:05:29.374-07:00A dotting blog about life as Miss Dottie, the dot women extraordinaireGoofy Girlnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30063291.post-1157075904105685422006-08-31T18:58:00.000-07:002006-10-13T20:04:45.383-07:00Get the template <a href="http://design.goofygirl.org/Templates/">here</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30063291-115707590410568542?l=missdottiedotsontesting.blogspot.com'/></div>Goofy Girlnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30063291.post-1150925411255195722006-06-21T14:29:00.000-07:002006-06-21T14:30:11.266-07:00<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_on_fe_st/hero_dog&printer=1;_ylt=Ah6MGfQQhQAMohcddm5SS9YuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-">A 17-pound beagle</a> named Belle is more than man's best friend. She's a lifesaver. Belle was in Washington, D.C., on Monday to receive an award for biting onto owner Kevin Weaver's cell phone to call 911 after the diabetic Ocoee man had a seizure and collapsed.</p> <p>"There is no doubt in my mind that I'd be dead if I didn't have Belle," said Weaver, 34, whose blood sugar had dropped dangerously low. Belle had been trained to summon help in just those circumstances.</p> <p>She was the first canine recipient to win the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award, given to someone who used a cell phone to save a life, prevent a crime or help in an emergency, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.</p> <p>Weaver first heard about service dogs while he was working as a flight attendant after befriending a frequent passenger who taught dogs to help diabetic patients. Using their keen sense of smell, the animals can detect abnormalities in a person's blood-sugar levels.</p> <p>The dog periodically licks Weaver's nose to take her own reading of his blood-sugar level. If something seems off to her, she will paw and whine at him.</p> <p>"Every time she paws at me like that I grab my meter and test myself," Weaver said. "She's never been wrong."</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30063291-115092541125519572?l=missdottiedotsontesting.blogspot.com'/></div>Goofy Girlnoreply@blogger.com1