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I think I am going to try that, giving her maybe a 1/2 a unit more at night. This morning she was at 320bg, lower than the normal 400 plus.

She is doing really good with the eating, we are on a tight schedule here. You know what is weird, she still seems very weak in her back legs, it really worries me sometimes, if she lays for long periods of time, she will really have to struggle getting up, and usually limps around for a minute or two, but she does fine on her walks, very energetic and trots the whole way. I think it's from laying for so long, I know if I lay around all day I kinda limp around too!!

Another weird thing I have noticed is that Mandy seems to be twitching a little, it's hard to explain, but I had talked to the Vet about this last time I took her in, she can be just laying there, and her whole body will twitch, like a nerve or as we would call it, a nervous tick or twitch. We though this may have to do with the Thyroid, high thyroid can cause nervous system weirdness. She has been on her new thyroid dose for about 3 weeks now, maybe I will give it more time. Just another thing to worry about.

I haven't done a 24 hour curve yet, I have been testing her about 3 times a day, she hates that poking so bad, and you know what I have noticed? it seems that she twitches when I poke her, I wonder if I have hit or damaged a nerve by the constant poking?? hmmmmm I poke her in the callus on her leg, usually on the same one because she always lays the same way. She doesn't mind the shot of insulin, but the BG testing, man, she hates it.

Other than this, she is doing really good, no sign of a UTI at all, thank goodness!! She eats like clock work for the most part, every now and again we see a little fussiness in the morning, if she eats half of her food I give her the entire 13.5 units and she does fine, she will drop lower in the evening for sure, but I watch her pretty close and sometimes will have to give her a little treat before dinner, but very rarely.

I have 2 friends that have diabetic dogs, I really see how some are not willing to make the commitment. I have a friend in Ohio who told me they are cutting their dogs insulin in half to save money, I e-mailed her this morning to let her know that this is not the answer and what kind of problems could arise from cutting the insulin, I am waiting to hear back as I am curious if they are using Vetsulin, if they are I will need some help to assist her in switching over to Novolin N from Walmart. From what I have researched, you will most likely give close to the same amounts you were giving with vetsulin, of course with the difference between u-40 and u-100, she will actually use less and only pay 23.00 instead of 45.00. I do know when I switched, I had to start out lower, I think I started with 5 units twice per day and within a week or so I was up to 10 units and then increased by 1/2 units until I hit 13.

My other friend thinks she is a bad pet mom, they don't test their dog and they both work all day, the dog has gone into shock several times and as of the last few days has been really high, she is using Vetsulin too. I have tried to get them on the forum, I will keep trying. I have another friend in Denver who just found out her dog is diabetic and she has already put her dog to sleep, she said he went blind within a week so she thought it was for the best.

I know we are different, but honestly, I would rather see someone put the dog down than cut their insulin to save money, that poor dog will suffer, and what is the point? if you can't do it right, don't do it at all. Maybe I am wrong.