Students at Stafford High School in Falmouth, Virginia, were pleasantly surprised when a classmate’s service dog appeared in their yearbook’s pages.
Andrew Schalk, a high school junior with type 1 diabetes, and his dog, Alpha, go everywhere together — including school.
Alpha helps Schalk manage his blood sugar levels.
“Alpha’s job is to alert me to my blood sugar through smell 20 to 40 minutes sooner than I know anything is wrong,”