Dogs4Diabetics Summer Newsletter Cover Vote

Dogs4Diabetics Summer Newsletter OFFICIAL Voting presented by our cherished community partner Sun Life Financial

Cast your vote on who should be featured on our next Dogs4Diabetics (D4D) Summer Newsletter which will be hot off the press in late August. Vote for your favorite D4D Medical-Alert Dogs-in-Training and let us know who you want to see in the spotlight.

You are allowed one vote for a Dogs4Diabetics dog-in-training below. Last day to cast your vote is on August 5th, 2018 at 11:59 pm (PST). Winner will be revealed when we release the D4D Quarterly Newsletter.

Dogs4Diabetics Recent Stories: 

  • Life-saving partnership from a Diabetic-Alert Dog. Read: Powerful Partnership
  • Read about D4D’s Founder, Mark Ruefenacht’s trusted Medical-Alert Service Dog and Best Friend, Hollis: Armstrong’s Dog House 
  • See our incredible local community partnership with Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) and how we are giving rescue dogs a new “leash” on life… creating truly “Homeless to Hero” stories for these sweet pups. Read: Partnership with ARF

Learn more about D4D’s Eligibility & Application Process for a D4D Diabetic Alert Dog.

Looking to volunteer? Open your home and heart and become a Canine Training Partner (CTP). Learn more about the CTP program and how our dogs will never experience a day of kennel stress thanks to our amazing CTP’s. Instead, they have fun with their loving foster families during their training at the D4D’s Nylabone Training Center.

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Voting is now closed. Total Votes: 3,388 

  • Rubina (female, yellow Lab): Recently career-changed from Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB), Rubina is in the early stages of her training at D4D. She is working on food find-it with her CTP. She is in training Phase B1.
  • Bandit (male, Terrier Mix): Sweet pup, Bandit, who rescued from ARF, is working on sharpening his skills in dumbbell and food find-it. Now, Bandit is in training Phase A1.
  • Newton (male, Terrier Mix): He started his first decoy in scent training at D4D and working on grabbing his bringsel. Like Bandit, Newton was also rescued from ARF. He is in training Phase A-1,3.
  • Eddie (male, black Lab): This awesome black lab in-training is working towards his bringsel test and kicking tail with his scent training. He was career-changed from GDB. Eddie moved into training Phase C-1,3.
  • Fitzgerald (male, yellow Lab): He is working on his dumbbell training and on blanks in scent training. Fitzgerald was career-changed from GDB. This sweet guy is now in training Phase B-1,2.
  • Hixson (male, yellow Lab): Hixson is at the same level as his buddy, Fitzgerald. He is also working on his dumbbell training and scent training. He was career-changed from GDB. Now in training Phase A-1,2.
  • Kemp (male, black Lab): This adorable lab is almost done with his training. He is polishing his skills and pairing the bringsel with scent on people. Kemp was career-changed from GDB. He is now in training Phase B-4.
  • Michelle (female, yellow Lab): She is right now working on blanks in her scent training and on grabbing a dumbbell. Michelle was career-changed from GDB. She is in training Phase B-1,2.
  • Prentice (male, black Lab): Working on blanks in scent training and on grabbing a dumbbell. He was career-changed from GDB. He is in training Phase B-1,2.
  • Rupa (female, yellow Lab): Rupa was career-changed from GDB. She is polishing her skills in-training and is waiting for placement with a D4D Client. Rupa is in training Phase C-6.
  • Salsa (female, Golden/Lab cross): Salsa is polishing her skills in-training and is waiting for placement with a D4D Client. Sweet Salsa was career-changed from GDB. She is in training Phase C-5.
  • Macho (male, black Lab): Macho was career-changed from GDB. He is sharpening his skills in-training at Dogs4Diabetics and is waiting for placement with a D4D Client. Macho is now in training Phase C-6.
  • Tucson (female, yellow Lab): Tucson is working her way through blanks in scent training and is in the early stages of grabbing her bringsel. She was career-changed from GDB. Now in training Phase B-1,2.

* All 13 dogs selected in the “Dogs4Diabetics Summer Newsletter Cover Vote” were in-training at the time, as of Friday, July 20th. No new dog-in-training can be added during the duration of the contest.