Re: Dasani - Miniature Schnauzer - New to this
Hi Jesse,
That makes sense. I understand that the smaller the spread from the high and low of the day, the better they probably feel, too.
I guess what I'm confused about is how the insulin really works. Lets say a dog has a fasting number of 150 and it's time for food/injection. I would think that with the meal, the numbers will rise from 150. Is that what most people experience with their dogs? If so, how many points is an average rise from food.
Or, if you are at fasting 150, give food/normal injection, do you expect that there will be a minimal rise and not much of a low, because you have good regulation?
So over the 12 hour period, you might rise 50 points for a couple of hours and then drop until the nadir. With tight regulation, do you expect to not go much lower than the 150 for the day? What if at 12 hours you are still dropping?
I know I'm rambling. I'm just confused by this latest twist.
I guess that is what was new the last couple of days and nothing different. I know their little bodies are always doing different things, so just being OCD....
Thanks for taking the time to educate me on all this. I really appreciate it!!
Hi Jesse,
That makes sense. I understand that the smaller the spread from the high and low of the day, the better they probably feel, too.
I guess what I'm confused about is how the insulin really works. Lets say a dog has a fasting number of 150 and it's time for food/injection. I would think that with the meal, the numbers will rise from 150. Is that what most people experience with their dogs? If so, how many points is an average rise from food.
Or, if you are at fasting 150, give food/normal injection, do you expect that there will be a minimal rise and not much of a low, because you have good regulation?
So over the 12 hour period, you might rise 50 points for a couple of hours and then drop until the nadir. With tight regulation, do you expect to not go much lower than the 150 for the day? What if at 12 hours you are still dropping?
I know I'm rambling. I'm just confused by this latest twist.
I guess that is what was new the last couple of days and nothing different. I know their little bodies are always doing different things, so just being OCD....
Thanks for taking the time to educate me on all this. I really appreciate it!!
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