When we started looking for a puppy to help with my cardiac bigeminy (an irregular heart rhythm), we spent months researching breeds. We decided on a BERNEDOODLE because they are non-shedding and hypoallergenic for travel. After speaking with several breeders who didn't quite seem to listen to what I was looking for, I found Harmony View Puppies in Owenton, KY. I explained my medical needs, and they told me they had an incredibly smart puppy named Tinkerbelle.I know what you're thinking... a "Princess" puppy who is perfect for exactly what I need? What are the odds? They just want to sell a puppy, right? But they convinced me she was the one. After several video calls, my husband and I drove out to Owenton (which was amazing--we visited the Ark Encounter and local breweries!).When we met Tinkerbelle, she was adorable, but I kept my poker face on. My husband sat with her and offered a treat. She sniffed it and walked away. A "smart" puppy turned down food? But then she walked over to me and gave me her paw. I held strong, but a few minutes later, she laid next to my husband, rolled onto her back, and used her paw to physically push his hand down to her belly for rubs. That was it--we melted and fell in love.We brought her home with EVERYTHING a puppy could need, including a crate. But we didn't get a puppy... we got a literal PRINCESS! She would play with her toys and then neatly tuck them back into her dog bed. Soon, she wanted on the couch, and out came the paw. I had to hold it. Then I noticed my heart. I was sitting there in bigeminy, having to hold this puppy's paw! She was supposed to be MY service dog, not the other way around!She refused to sleep in her crate. I called Harmony View Puppies, and they gave us wonderful training tips. She was perfect during the day, but at night, she'd demand to come out, and I'd have to hold her paw until she fell asleep. After two weeks, my husband gave up and bought a larger mattress so she could just sleep with us. Talk about tough parenting! We hired a trainer for basic obedience. Tinkerbelle was brilliant (mostly at manipulating us), but she would randomly freeze and demand we hold her paw. Then, at 8 months old, I woke up feeling terrible. She wouldn't stop pestering me with her paw. I had my husband crate her so I could call my doctor, and she went absolutely crazy--barking and biting at the wire. The doctor sent me to the hospital, where I stayed for five days for cardiac procedures. Tinkerbelle was a perfect angel for my husband while I was gone.When I got home, she immediately went right back to the paw. Every single time: hold my paw, my paw, my paw. Exhausted, I called our trainer. She told me to start tracking the exact moments Tinkerbelle did this and take an EKG on my smartwatch.That's when we found the pattern.Every single time she demanded I hold her paw, my heart was in bigeminy. Even when I couldn't feel it myself, she knew. She was waking me up at night to alert me before my own body registered the episode!Then we realized she does the same thing to my husband. He doesn't have a heart condition, but he does have diabetes. We started checking his blood sugar when she gave him the paw, and sure enough, she was accurately alerting to his highs and lows. We only trained her in basic obedience--she figured out how to save our lives completely on her own!So, did we get a service dog? Well, we got a spoiled, bed-hogging Princess who has her ears and teeth cleaners on auto-ship, goes to the groomer every 6 weeks, gets her nails done every Thursday, and wears matching pajamas to bed. We will never be able to give her one-tenth of what she gives us.If it wasn't for Harmony View Puppies, we would have never found our four-legged soulmate. Thank you for completing our family Harmony View Puppies!! read more