Paula has been training Poodles to alert as diabetic alert dogs since she was 10 years old and in the third grade. (Her dad trained police dogs.) Below is a photo of Paula and Mademoiselle Fifi Dempsey (call name “Fifi”) taken in 1967.
Fifi, a black miniature female Poodle, was the first Sugar Dog. Paula was in the 5th grade in this photo. Angel, another black miniature female Poodle was the second Sugar Dog. Angel was followed by her daughter, Lady of the Golden Wood (call name “Lady”) and later by Rhett Butler of Charleston (call name “Rhett”), another black miniature Poodle, male. Rhett was followed by Paula’s Peaches & Cream (call name “Peachie”), who was joined about a year later by Sugar Boy. (see photos below.)
Get a Poodle & train Your Poodle to alert for YOU!
Contact Paula: MySugarDogs@gmail.com
For more information, please e-mail. Please reference “Sugar Dogs” in your subject line. Application forms are available on this website under the Application tab.
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The Chopra Center is the global source for mind-body wellness programs and retreats that feature meditation as a core practice to achieve true, optimal wellbeing. Paula is a Chopra Center Certified Instructor of Primordial Sound Meditation, Perfect Health Ayurvedic Lifestyle and Sun Salutations Chair Yoga. Being aware of your body, mind and spirit is an integral part of the Sugar Dogs International GOLD STANDARD training method.
The two Poodles shown below were Paula’s personal Sugar Dogs from 2006 to 2020. They worked as a team. Peaches crossed the Rainbow Bridge on December 17, 2019 from congestive heart failure and Sugar Boy followed on April 14, 2020 after he was attacked by another animal.
Paula’s Peaches & Cream, “Peachie,” an apricot toy Poodle
Our Bonnie Prince “Sugar Boy,” a rescued white miniature Poodle
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Our Sugar Dogs Headquarters is in Florida but we work in a global environment as training is via email, with Facetime and telephone conferences by appointment only.
We vacation: EVERYWHERE! Sugar Dogs are world travelers. Invite us to visit you.
Our favorite books: Go Dog Go! by P.D. Eastman, Poodlena by E.B. McHenry, Your Dog is Your Mirror by Kevin Behan, Perfect Health by Deepak Chopra, M.D. (the world’s best known endocrinologist), and The Wisdom of Healing by David Simon, M.D. and Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Our favorite movies: FORKS OVER KNIVES, Best in Show, Shaggy Dog, Lady & the Tramp, 101 Dalmations, Cruella, Brave, and anything funny!
Paula, Peaches and Sugar Boy
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In 2022, Sugar Dogs International, Inc., was honored by the State of Florida for excellency in community support for service dogs as an independent non-profit. As a non-profit, we couldn’t raise capital like a regular business. People who needed our assistance recognizing when their own canines were alerting often had no funds to donate toward our keeping the educational information flowing.
Our successful launch of Sugar Dogs International, Inc. in 2009 was only possible with the financial backing of Jim C., Tony M., Dan C., Jack K., Wilma W.D., Paul D.D., Darla W., Jim W., Ted C., Virginia C., Minerva S., and supporters like you.
While many donated to help others, we helped thousands who never donated one brown penny! Mostly, we funded our important projects that benefited Sugar Dog teams for years out of our own pockets. This is no longer sustainable. Therefore, we are working with the State of Florida to convert our corporation to a for profit corporation, with an online educational format.
You may continue to support Sugar Dogs International by purchasing our educational lessons online, following the instructions and training your own service dog in your own home as provided by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). You’re investing in YOUR own Sugar Dog team. We will continue to manage a staff of professional people who volunteer with us and who are deeply committed to our mission. You’re investing in an entrepreneurially oriented for profit enterprise with a proven track record of successful Sugar Dog teams. 100% of the teams who follow our training method exactly have improved A1c lab results!!! Great results.
For further information, please contact MySugarDogs@gmail.com with “Sugar Dogs” in the reference or subject line. Thank you!
Disclosure: We recommend that you seek medical care from a board certified endocrinologist if you are a diabetic, or your physician of choice. We recommend that you seek tax advice from a certified public accountant or a board certified tax lawyer. We also recommend that you seek legal advice from a board certified attorney as nothing contained on this website is offered as medical advice, tax advice or legal advice.
Sugar Dogs International, Inc. is an all volunteer Florida corporation. Our federal tax ID number is available upon request. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Florida Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, the Florida Division of Agriculture and the Florida Division of Consumer Services by calling 1-800-435-7352 within the State of Florida. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the State. CH44762
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