There is a member of my pack who lives as a service dog with a guy and 2 other dogs. All 3 of them, the dogs, are service dogs. They are with him constantly.
My packmate monitors this guy for anxiety and meltdowns. She is trained to detect slight changes in his scent when his emotional state starts to take a plummet. He has PTSD from Iraq.
One of the others monitors him for diabetes. He is trained to detect when this guy's blood sugar declines. She smells it in his scent.
The 3rd dog was his dog in Iraq. She also has PTSD. The Army allowed the guy to adopt her when they retired her. Her purpose? He says, "She's got my 6."
All 3 dogs wear blue Service Dog vests and go everywhere with this guy. My packmate misses a lot of meetings. But since she goes everywhere with this guy she is able to do things and get unique accesses.
She does not get out with us very often. But she made it to a pack meeting recently. After the meeting, when everyone was hanging around drinking and eating raw beef, she shared something with us that is very interesting: the concept of competing corruptions.
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