Alpha Schalk is his name and he gets up every morning with one purpose and that purpose is to make sure Andrew Schalk safe throughout the day. Andrew Schalk is a high school junior at Stafford High School in Falmouth, Virginia.
Andrew needs Alpha because the student has type 1 diabetes and the service dog helps control 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,” Schalk said. “He is a huge help in controlling my blood sugar levels.”
Alpha is so beloved throughout the school that when it came down to school pictures it was unanimous!
"I just brought him with me when I got my yearbook picture taken," Schalk said. "The only thing they changed was the camera height. They just had to lower it a little haha."
Just check out the pictures, it will make you smile from ear to ear!