Pit bull takes care of actress Moore

Actress Mary Tyler Moore has a pit bull named Spanky who alerts her when her blood sugar gets too low.

She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes around the time she began "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the 1970s.

Here is the article from PeoplePets.com.

"He helps me with my diabetes —he can sense when something's not right," Moore told PEOPLEPets.com at Broadway Barks. "He will come and sit and stare at me until I do something about it."

Moore and her husband also share their home with Shadow, a 12-year-old golden retriever; Shana, an 11-year-old miniature schnauzer; and Bond, James Bond, a 9-year-old Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen. They each have wonderful vocabularies, she says.

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