Table 1. Details of the clients and data each provided.
| Client number | Age (years) | Dog owned by clientand trained in situ (O) or trained and placedby MDD (T) | Time since acquisition(in years) | Dog qualified attime of study | Routine/alert comparison | Pre/postdog routinecomparison | HB1c data | Reported alerting behaviours |
| 1 | 52 | O | 0.75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | stare, paw & sometimes grunts |
| 2 | 35 | O | 1.17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | yawn, tap me & stay with me |
| 3a* | 41 | T | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | pushing hand & lick, focused & intense, making a fuss jumping up |
| 3b* | 8 | T | as above | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | as above |
| 4 | 59 | O | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | looking, licking & climbing up |
| 5 | 55 | O | 0.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | agitated then stares |
| 6 | 44 | O | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | squeak & sit next to me, if other person present alerts them though not trained to |
| 7 | 7 | T | 1.42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | licking & not leaving me |
| 8 | 17 | T | 0.75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | licks hard or stares, squeak, whines & gets blood checking kit on instruction |
| 9 | 49 | O | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | starts licking & sniffing, anxious, circles, goes to treat drawer and comes back, if don’t respond stares & barks |
| 10 | 66 | O | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | jumps up, licks sits next to |
| 11 | 43 | T | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | jumps up & barks, hits emergency button, if pass out or if I tell him “touch” |
| 12 | 5 | T | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | goes to mum & puts head on her, if she ignores nudge & climb up & paws. If asleep licks 7 climbs on mum |
| 13 | 50 | O | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | bring test kit, then sniffs mouths & face, if ignore, climbs up, licks & barks |
| 14 | 31 | T | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | licks hands & now trained to jump up |
| 15 | 41 | T | 0.34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | jumps up |
| 16 | 29 | T | 0.75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | sits, licks, sniffs, paws my leg. At night lies on the bed & brings testing kit |
*
two family members both using same alert dog.