Sheltering in Place With Your Diabetic Dog Here we are in uncharted territory and a pretty scary time. I’m sure like most all of you, I’ve read that this virus can’t be transmitted by our pets. W ...
Caregiver Check-In(Post)Caregiver Check-In Well, 2021 is almost over. It certainly has been another crazy year with ongoing Covid-19 protocol, but the good news is that our kids are back in school, businesses are opened ...
How Food and Insulin Work Together(Post)How Food and Insulin Work Together Today we will talk about how insulin and food work together. I think of it as a dance because that’s how my brain works. Some call it a race, but to me that means ...
My Cat Ate What? (Post)My Cat Ate What? I am not just a weird cat lady. I am a weird dog lady too, and lately my most senior dog, Raven, started eating grass constantly and licking the metal on her cage at night. She ...
Celebrating Milestones(Post)Celebrating Milestones Having a diabetic dog is a lot of work, from insulin injections to food to testing to learning how to manage this disease. There is a lot to learn! Today I want to talk abo ...
Cats Just Get It(Post)Cats Just Get It I have been absent and in quarantine and still managed to get pneumonia again – this time with a cracked rib to boot (from coughing). I don’t even have to be upright and moving in ...
Injection Sites for Your Diabetic Dog(Post)So far this week we have covered Syringes and How to inject your pup. That brings us to our last entry of the series which is where should you inject your pup for the best absorption. There are sever ...
Puppies with Diabetes(Post)Puppies with Diabetes Puppies with diabetes…we often hear from the veterinary world that it is rare but we have seen more puppies diagnosed with diabetes mellitus over the past couple years. When ...
Your Stress and Your Diabetic Dog(Post)Your Stress and Your Diabetic Dog Today we talk about a topic that I wish I had been more aware of when my Max was diagnosed. That topic is stress and how it relates to your pup. What do we kno ...
Never Chase High Numbers in Your Diabetic Dog(Post)Never Chase High Numbers in Your Diabetic Dog I know that it’s disconcerting to see high numbers in our pups. Today we talk about how to deal with them without over reacting or freaking out. We ...
What Foods to Avoid with Your Diabetic Cat(Post)What Foods to Avoid with Your Diabetic Cat Kitty has been diagnosed with diabetes so life as we know it needs to change. Insulin injections are now required, testing blood glucose levels are neces ...
Rotation Stimulation(Post)Rotation Stimulation I get bored after a while with my car. I knit for a few months then move on to something else for a time. Many crafters out there have several different projects going on at o ...