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Posts: 1681 07/12/09 03:04 PM Owner /Administrator	Tags : diabetes, dog, insulin, blood, glucose, diet, rebound, pancreatitis, ketoacidosis, dogs, testing, strips, canine diabetes, drawing, glucose strips, home, hypo, meter, peanut, pet, puppy, pzi forti flora, tapeworms, tonsillitis, ulcer, urine testing, vegetables, feeding, home test, diabetic, worried, scared, weight, hypohelp We realize when you come on the board your scared and worried.... And just needing help ASAP. But you also must realize that with out all the important questions answered it will be hard to help you as fast as we would like. So It would help us and you greatly if you included the answer to as many as these questions as possible with your post. How long has your dog been Diabetic How much does your dog weigh? How much insulin are you using? What type of insulin are you using? What times are you giving insulin? What are you feeding your dog? How often and how much are you feeding? What type of dog do you have? Do you home test? If you can answer some or all of these questions with your first post it will help us help you quickly. Last Edited By: Johanna13 01/15/10 03:14 PM. Edited 11 times.
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Posts: 4 12/01/09 09:41 PM	My miniature schnauzer, Gunther was diagnose - May 22, 2009. He weights 28 lbs, we are feeding him 1 1/2 c, Science Diet W/D dry, at 7 & 6 and is currently getting 8 units of Vetsulin 2x day after each meal. I purchased an I-Pet glucose monitor ($59), right after he was diagnosed. but did not have any success in testing him. My vet at the time was not encouraging home testing. I have just recently changed vets due to the former being unable to do a 12-hr curves (and the fact, that I learn that Vetsulin was no longer available thru my supplier, I knew it would be needed). With the 1st meeting with the new vet we discussed the 12 hr curve and home testing. So I did my 1st at home curve on 11/27/09. I meet with the vet today and brought my meter so we could compare my meter with the vets. The number variance was 150+. I now feel the meter I have is worthless. And am trying to figure at what meter to try now. Also I would like to know whether I should be doing urine testing as well. In general, Gunther is doing well. He does not have any other medical problems, his eyesight is good. The food does tend to give him gas, (which he does not care for). And as for the Vetsulin, my vet does not seem to worry about moving him off at this point. They stock up when they were notified of the product alert.
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Administrator Posts: 7346 12/01/09 10:09 PM Administrator & Owner	Hello and welcome... You posted in the wrong place... no one will find you here.... I'm going to move this post into your own thread.... Please come back on and reply so I know you found it... Welcome...
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