A Bromley Labradoodle is up for an award for ensuring a five-year-old girl is able to control her diabetes.

Donna Williams, of Erickson Gardens, has nominated her dog Rosie as a thank you for looking after her five-year-old daughter Alessandra, who has suffered with type 1 diabetes since February last year.

Whenever Alessandra's blood sugar levels become too low or too high, ten-month-old Rosie alerts her mum of the situation by either tapping or licking her leg.

Ms Williams said: “Blood sugar levels sit between four and five, while Alessandra’s can go from two to 28.

"Anything above 14 makes you feel like you have the worst hangover in the world.

"It is very comforting that we know she can do that every time, even though she still has a year left of her training.”

The mother and daughter are hoping their pooch can make it to the final of the Kennel Club’s Eukanaba Friends for Life competition at Crufts 2017.

Ms Williams, who works as a paramedic for the London Ambulance Service, has said the pair “have a great connection and are completely inseparable” and hopes the story of how Rosie helps Alessandra will alert people to the disease.

She said: “It would be a big thank you if Rosie was successful, and it would help to raise awareness for diabetes.

“Most people think only elderly old men who don’t eat properly get the disease but it is young children too.”

Along with the great work Rosie does for Alessandra, Ms Williams admits that “it is also very nice to have a friend around because when you are feeling rotten you just want to sit and cuddle.”

Rosie was nominated in the Extraordinary Life of a Working Dog category.

The final for the category takes place on March 12 at Birmingham's NEC arena.