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 ...
​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 ...
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 ...
TESTING, TESTING, TESTING! Blood Glucose Testing Videos(Post)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 ...
​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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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Testing Techniques and Your Diabetic Dog(Post)Testing Techniques and Your Diabetic Dog Today we will talk about developing your own testing technique. You now have a Diabetic pup, have made the wise decision to test your pup at home, (a de ...
​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, ...