How Do I Safely Exercise My Diabetic Dog? A big thank you to Paul for suggesting this topic for today! As we have chatted about before, exercise is one of the “staples” of Canine Diabetes manage
Comparing Meter Readings on Your Diabetic Dog(Post)Comparing Meter Readings on Your Diabetic Dog I can’t tell you how often I see side by side pictures of two hand held meters and the numbers aren’t the same. That makes people untrusting of both
How To Tell if Your Pet Is Having a Blood Sugar Spike(Post)When Lucy was first diagnosed with diabetes and acute pancreatitis, I was so concerned about her that I quickly became a helicopter mom and watched her constantly. I noticed that after food and insuli
How Do I Treat Low Numbers in My Diabetic Dog?(Post)How Do I Treat Low Numbers in My Diabetic Dog? Happy Monday! Today we are going to talk about low BG (Blood Glucose) numbers. You know that its coming (: so here it is… How do we know that our
It’s A New Year with Your Diabetic Dog!(Post)It's A New Year with Your Diabetic Dog! Happy New Year one and all! Not only is it a new year, it’s the start of a new decade! We have a clean slate to “write” this year however we want. I’ll l
Blog Recap of Topics Covered or What Did I Miss?(Post)Blog Recap of Topics Covered or What Did I Miss? Today I’m going to recap for you all of the topics covered in previous posts in case you missed some or have a particular interest in a topic no
The Blog Library for Diabetic Dogs(Post)The Blog Library for Diabetic Dogs PetTest has an extensive library of blogs dedicated to diabetic dogs and today we are updating the blog library. You can peruse through this library and see that j
What is Cushing’s Disease (Hyperadrenocorticism)?(Post)What is Cushing's Disease (Hyperadrenocorticism) Being in a diabetic dog group we often see dogs that have both diabetes and Cushing’s Disease. Cushing’s symptoms can mimic diabetes and Cushing’s
Safety Lancets for Your Diabetic Dog(Post)Safety Lancets for Your Diabetic Dog We have looked at most of the other pieces of “equipment” that we use for our pups so today it is the safety lancet’s turn. We are all familiar with re
Hypoglycemia - What, Why, and What to Do(Post)Hypoglycemia - What, Why, and What to Do No matter how diligent a fur parent is with testing and the correct foods, hypoglycemia can happen. This is when blood sugar levels drop below 70 mg/dl on a
Lyme Disease and Your Diabetic Dog(Post)Lyme Disease and Your Diabetic Dog May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. So let’s be aware of what to look for, prevention, and treatment. Lyme is transmitted by ticks so knowing where ticks live wi
The Three Most Common Illnesses in Diabetic Dogs(Post)The Three Most Common Illnesses in Diabetic Dogs I am lucky that my diabetic dog Lucy did so well once she healed from acute pancreatitis, she never had another bout but I made sure she was eating pro