TESTING, TESTING, TESTING! Blood Glucose Testing Videos After Lucy was diagnosed with diabetes and I got my blood glucose meter I initially had a very hard time getting a blood sample. I cried an ...
Fructosamine Tests(Post)Fructosamine Tests After Lucy was diagnosed with diabetes and had healed from acute pancreatitis and a tooth extraction I started working on getting blood glucose down to a better range. The firs ...
The Importance of Home Testing(Post)The Importance of Home Testing WHY DO WE PROMOTE TESTING AT HOME? Because it is one of the best defenses we have against diabetes, besides insulin therapy! AAHA recommends testing of blo ...
Why It’s Important to Test at Home(Post)Why It’s Important to Test at Home Why is it important to test at home and what tests do you recommend? We encourage testing at home because they are VERY important when managing canine diabete ...
How to Read Urine Test Strips(Post)How to Read Urine Test Strips After Lucy was diagnosed with diabetes I tested blood glucose levels faithfully and I also tested urine for ketones whenever her blood glucose was over 300 mg/dL (16 ...
​The Benefits of At-Home Pet Health Tests(Post)The Benefits of At-Home Pet Health Tests After Lucy was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and diabetes my goal was for her to live her best and healthiest life possible. Once she healed from pancreat ...
Diagnostics Part 3: Add-On Tests(Post)Diagnostics Part 3: Add-On Tests In March, I started a diagnostics series, part one is all about blood work and part two is about urinalysis. Both blogs break down specific tests and functions.
When and Why You Need To Test for Ketones in Urine(Post)Ketones in a diabetic dog’s urine are always a concern when blood glucose levels are uncontrolled, so whenever BG is over 300 (16.16) we suggest that urine is tested for ketone levels at home. The AA ...
​Filling PetTest Blood Glucose Test Strips(Post)Filling PetTest Blood Glucose Test Strips When Lucy was first diagnosed with canine diabetes and I started testing blood glucose levels I got error readings. What I quickly learned was that I was ...
​The Difficult Dog – Tips on Testing & Injecting(Post)The Difficult Dog – Tips on Testing and Injecting I was lucky enough to have a dog that had no issue with testing or injecting. Lucy was a very laid-back dog when it came to all things diabetes, ...
Fructosamine Testing My Diabetic Dog(Post)Fructosamine Testing My Diabetic Dog Your vet recommends that you have a Fructosamine Test done on your diabetic pup… hmmmmm. Besides being a mouthful, what is that test? Here’s one definition: ...
Ketone Testing My Diabetic Dog(Post)Ketone Testing My Diabetic Dog Interestingly, not many vets recommend ketone testing in our diabetic dogs. It’s sad really, especially in the beginning when BG (Blood Glucose) is running high, ...