Why You Should Use an Animal Glucose Meter for Your Pets When Lucy was diagnosed with diabetes in 2015 I bought an animal meter so I could test her blood glucose levels, but test strips were expensive
PetTest Products on the Horizon!(Post)PetTest Products on the Horizon! PETTEST PRODUCTS ON THE HORIZON! I am always excited when PetTest announces on their website that they have new products, and they have some great new prod
Types of Blood Glucose Curves, Part 1(Post)Types of Blood Glucose Curves, Part 1 Over the years I ran many blood glucose curves on Lucy, I was lucky enough to have an AAHA accredited vet that encouraged home testing and running curves at h
PetTest Product Spotlight(Post)PetTest Product Spotlight Today I want to go through several of the PetTest products that are new and products that are essential to have in your diabetes arsenal. Grab a cup of your favorite caf
A Quick Guide to Reading Pet Glucose Meters(Post)A Quick Guide to Reading Pet Glucose Monitors After Lucy was diagnosed with diabetes I ordered a meter and quickly set it up. I didn’t really understand much about canine diabetes at that point bu
Desensitization for You and Kitty(Post)Desensitization for You and Kitty Desensitization entails getting Kitty “used to” being touched in different ways in order to reduce stress and struggle during blood glucose testing and insu
Types of Blood Glucose Curves: Part 2(Post)Types of Blood Glucose Curves: Part 2 Successfully managing canine diabetes can take work, many times we need to change food to something lower in carbohydrates and fat. We also need to ensure tha
Product Spotlight! Glucose SOS Energy Boost for Pets(Post)Product Spotlight! Glucose SOS Energy Boost for Pets When our dogs are diagnosed with diabetes there is a lot we need to learn and knowing how to treat a hypoglycemic event is extremely important. T
The Importance of The Painless Lancing Device for Pets(Post)The Importance of The Painless Lancing Device for Pets Why is it so important to make sure that our diabetic dogs and cats are comfortable when we test blood glucose levels? Because we need to be
Glucose: What Is It, How It's Made and Why It's Needed(Post)Glucose: What Is It, How It's Made and Why It's Needed Today we are going to talk about how glucose is produced in our dog's bodies, not to be confused with glucose that is a form of simple sugars
Tips for New Diabetic Fur Parents(Post)Tips for New Diabetic Fur Parents Being told your dog is diabetic can be a very overwhelming diagnosis. We are told we must give injections, food may need to be changed, treats are a no-no. Typically
Testimonial of a Diabetic Dog Dad(Post)Testimonial of a Diabetic Dog Dad We have talked about testing many, many times. I saw this post from a dedicated Diabetic Dog Dad in my "community" last week and it was so good, I reached out to h