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My baby, who is going to turn 12 this year, was just diagnosed with Diabetes last Saturday (Mar 10/12). Teaka is a miniature pinscher, which we believe has something else in her as she takes after her dad who is 19 pounds in good physical shape. Teaka unfortunately is 29 lbs. She began drinking lots of water and peeing constantly. I feel guilty because at first I thought this was aging then she started to pee in her sleep which I thought coud be a urinary tract infection (which was the prompt to go to the vet).
In Canada we use mmol/L vs mg/dL the equivalent is mg/dl divided by 18 = mmol/L. My husband is a diabetic so we have glucometers and the insulins, Novo Rapid and Lantus. The vet told me that for a dog norm is 3.1 - 6.1 mmol/L
On Mar 10th her BG was 21.9 mmol/L at 3:00pm
At 7pm we gave her 5 units of NovoRapid mostly because we both know what out baby was probably feeling like and did not want it to be that high.
I gave her a bit of dog food (Royal Canin Med Aging 25) with a little bit of canned dog food to entice her to eat.
At 9:2pm her BG was 6.4, I fed her a wee bit more of food because we were concerned that she dropped so much in a couple of hours.
At 11pm it was back up to 24.7 (apprx 489 mg/dL) so we gave her 2 units of Novo Rapid. My husband was more panicked than I was due to his diabetes, I decided we were not doing anything til the vet called.
Mar 11th, Sun at 2:41pm her BG was 27.2, we gave 2 units of Novo Paid and 10 units of Lantus. Fed her some dry and wet food (my vet had called to check in, she discussed with another vet that Levemir was the way to go as Lantus does not regulate well in dogs due to the acidity). At 7:10pm she was still high at 23.4 at I gave her was a bit of cooked broccoli.
After doing research on the net I decided to use some cooked veggies.
Mar 12th 5:50 am gave her a little dry w/cooked broccoli
8:00am BG 15.9, fed 1/2c dry food with cooked broccoli
I picked up the Levemir from the vet and started her on 1.5 units of Levemir at 4:30pm. Schedule is 8am and 8pm feedings with 1.5 units each time.
5:00pm 1/8 c dry food with cooked beans (all the veggies I had left) she was acting more herself, playing a wee bit, gave her the same amt of food at 10:15pm.
Mar 13th we started her schedule: 1.5 units Levemir and I fed her 1/2 c dry food with cooked broccoli/cauliflower/carrots (pureed in magic bullet)
The vet told me that it can take a week or 2 for her to become stable with the insulin and there was no need to check her BG - but we have the equipment and I could not just leave her, I need to know where she was at.
2:10pm, BG 16.9 starting to come down.
8pm 1.5 units insulin 1/2 c dry food with 3 Tbl veggie puree
14th same insulin/feeding schedule 2:00pm BG 4.3
15th same insulin/feeding schedule 2:00pm BG 4.1
16th same insulin/feeding schedule 3:00pm BG 4.7
My vet called last night to check again and was very shocked and very pleased at the last 3 days results. We are going to do a curve tomorrow.
I am looking into possibly making homemade foods with added vitamins and whatever else dogs require. We are praying that this is not temporary and that we are lucky enough to get it controlled so quick. I have been giving her either a very small piece of carrot or broccoli as a treat once between feedings and I had 1 day where she was very hungry (acting very normal) and was banging her dish at 4pm so I fed her 1-2 TBL of the veggie puree.
Yesterday I tried adding pureed raw broccoli to the remaining cooked mix, but she is not a fan of the raw so I will have to go back to partially cooking and having the mixed veggies in it.
There are so many sites available for homemade recipes can anyone suggest one that works for their puppers?
Sherry
In Canada we use mmol/L vs mg/dL the equivalent is mg/dl divided by 18 = mmol/L. My husband is a diabetic so we have glucometers and the insulins, Novo Rapid and Lantus. The vet told me that for a dog norm is 3.1 - 6.1 mmol/L
On Mar 10th her BG was 21.9 mmol/L at 3:00pm
At 7pm we gave her 5 units of NovoRapid mostly because we both know what out baby was probably feeling like and did not want it to be that high.
I gave her a bit of dog food (Royal Canin Med Aging 25) with a little bit of canned dog food to entice her to eat.
At 9:2pm her BG was 6.4, I fed her a wee bit more of food because we were concerned that she dropped so much in a couple of hours.
At 11pm it was back up to 24.7 (apprx 489 mg/dL) so we gave her 2 units of Novo Rapid. My husband was more panicked than I was due to his diabetes, I decided we were not doing anything til the vet called.
Mar 11th, Sun at 2:41pm her BG was 27.2, we gave 2 units of Novo Paid and 10 units of Lantus. Fed her some dry and wet food (my vet had called to check in, she discussed with another vet that Levemir was the way to go as Lantus does not regulate well in dogs due to the acidity). At 7:10pm she was still high at 23.4 at I gave her was a bit of cooked broccoli.
After doing research on the net I decided to use some cooked veggies.
Mar 12th 5:50 am gave her a little dry w/cooked broccoli
8:00am BG 15.9, fed 1/2c dry food with cooked broccoli
I picked up the Levemir from the vet and started her on 1.5 units of Levemir at 4:30pm. Schedule is 8am and 8pm feedings with 1.5 units each time.
5:00pm 1/8 c dry food with cooked beans (all the veggies I had left) she was acting more herself, playing a wee bit, gave her the same amt of food at 10:15pm.
Mar 13th we started her schedule: 1.5 units Levemir and I fed her 1/2 c dry food with cooked broccoli/cauliflower/carrots (pureed in magic bullet)
The vet told me that it can take a week or 2 for her to become stable with the insulin and there was no need to check her BG - but we have the equipment and I could not just leave her, I need to know where she was at.
2:10pm, BG 16.9 starting to come down.
8pm 1.5 units insulin 1/2 c dry food with 3 Tbl veggie puree
14th same insulin/feeding schedule 2:00pm BG 4.3
15th same insulin/feeding schedule 2:00pm BG 4.1
16th same insulin/feeding schedule 3:00pm BG 4.7
My vet called last night to check again and was very shocked and very pleased at the last 3 days results. We are going to do a curve tomorrow.
I am looking into possibly making homemade foods with added vitamins and whatever else dogs require. We are praying that this is not temporary and that we are lucky enough to get it controlled so quick. I have been giving her either a very small piece of carrot or broccoli as a treat once between feedings and I had 1 day where she was very hungry (acting very normal) and was banging her dish at 4pm so I fed her 1-2 TBL of the veggie puree.
Yesterday I tried adding pureed raw broccoli to the remaining cooked mix, but she is not a fan of the raw so I will have to go back to partially cooking and having the mixed veggies in it.
There are so many sites available for homemade recipes can anyone suggest one that works for their puppers?
Sherry
. I've used Humalog at times with my dog and 1/8u can drop her 80 points at times.
(if I do say so myself!)
But you are taking action, so Teaka is doing better than before you began intervening. The process of "regulation" takes time, so we advocate "go slow." If you overshoot her maintenance dose, she will rebound and you have to back up and essentially start over because her body will overreact and overadjust.
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