Hi, I want to say thank you for letting me join this forum. A lot of the information has been a big help in letting me understand glucose curves, normal levels, types of insulin, and curves. My dog has been diabetic for a few years now and for the most part at has been smooth sailing after the rough initial moment he was diagnosed with diabetes.
However, 2020-2021 along with covid has been really rough on my dog. For some reason we haven't been able to balance his glucose curve in awhile. He is an old dog about 15 years of age now. We tried changing his diet, gave him supplements to help with his awareness and limbs. Yesterday I felt we were coming close to a normal curve but today his blood sugar levels had a harsh drop in the morning. I'm assuming that my dog's food is not keeping up with the onset hours so we gave him kibble the past few days which helped but today it strangely didn't? I have a few assumptions about this.
First I'd like to provide my dog's diet and insulin.
https://myuntangledlife.com/homemade...diabetic-dogs/
There's a few modifications in that I used twice the amount of chicken for this batch. We added two pounds of chicken liver mixed in there. An extra pound of turkey. Initially we assumed that kibble was the reason his bsl has been inconsistent so we decided to boost the amount of protein provided in the home made recipe. I also pureed all the veggies before putting it in the stew pot. I find it helps him eat the veggies easier since his teeth arent very good anymore. Anyway we decided this week to give him back kibble because it appears the food takes too long to start on sugar.
As of now we give him 5tbs of this.
A tbs of ketona chicken kibble as of this week.
Supplements:
Primova 15-1 vitamin. Primova Advanced Hip and Joint Vitamin. Dr.Bill's Cognitive Powder.
U-100 NPH Insulin Novolin N
He is approximately 12 pounds
Right now I'll provide how's he been the past few daysP
9/15:
At roughly 9:30 am - 378
Gave 5.2 Injection
Checked at 7:30 pm- bsl : was 628
Night
9pm - High
Gave 5.5 Injection
7am bsl check: 338
9/16
Morning at 9 am:
351
Used 5.6 m/l
Mid day check --
1pm: 140
2pm: 120
3pm: 106
4pm: 144
7:30 pm - 542
9:00 pm - High
We decided to give him 6m/l
9/17
Morning at 9am- 315
Gave 6m/l
1:00 pm 328/329
1:30 pm 266
2:00 pm: 221
4:00 pm: 127
5:00 pm 183
9:00 pm 310 (It's been a long time since we got something balanced but yeah I didn't feel we were in the clear and I was right)
9/18
9:00 Am- 205 (So I'm going to assume my dog's insulin rate is much higher at night than the mornings but not sure)
We decided to give him 6 m/l anyway
I was worried and an hour later it was
9:30 am - 217 - 226
10:00 am - 166-126. I somewhat panicked and gave him some sugar because I didnt want him to rebound which happened a few days ago. I also gave him food
11:00 - 93-103
11:30 - 77
12:00 - 91
1 - 140's
Anyway that's the gist of it. I'd like to understand anybody here's input regarding trying to get a balanced curve. Either way thanks a lot for the existing info it has been a lot of help in letting me try to find a balance for my dog. Maybe I jumped too much in conclusion at 10 am reading? I don't know but I just found it strange that my dog's bsl was 350 in the fourth hour yesterday. I assumed the food was going to spike his blood sugar as he was eating when he was 205 - should I have waited and then took a reading to give him the injection?
Thank you for any feedback. As for my vet, I'll be honest most of my family comes from a different country with different ideologies. It's really hard to convince them to take my dog to the vet unless they clearly see it as an emergency. Even so, it'll take awhile before I get an appointment ready. I hope you understand this if not that's okay. At the very least, I would like some feedback on what I can do myself to help give my dog a curve that he can be comfortable with. He means the world to me so thanks again.
However, 2020-2021 along with covid has been really rough on my dog. For some reason we haven't been able to balance his glucose curve in awhile. He is an old dog about 15 years of age now. We tried changing his diet, gave him supplements to help with his awareness and limbs. Yesterday I felt we were coming close to a normal curve but today his blood sugar levels had a harsh drop in the morning. I'm assuming that my dog's food is not keeping up with the onset hours so we gave him kibble the past few days which helped but today it strangely didn't? I have a few assumptions about this.
First I'd like to provide my dog's diet and insulin.
https://myuntangledlife.com/homemade...diabetic-dogs/
There's a few modifications in that I used twice the amount of chicken for this batch. We added two pounds of chicken liver mixed in there. An extra pound of turkey. Initially we assumed that kibble was the reason his bsl has been inconsistent so we decided to boost the amount of protein provided in the home made recipe. I also pureed all the veggies before putting it in the stew pot. I find it helps him eat the veggies easier since his teeth arent very good anymore. Anyway we decided this week to give him back kibble because it appears the food takes too long to start on sugar.
As of now we give him 5tbs of this.
A tbs of ketona chicken kibble as of this week.
Supplements:
Primova 15-1 vitamin. Primova Advanced Hip and Joint Vitamin. Dr.Bill's Cognitive Powder.
U-100 NPH Insulin Novolin N
He is approximately 12 pounds
Right now I'll provide how's he been the past few daysP
9/15:
At roughly 9:30 am - 378
Gave 5.2 Injection
Checked at 7:30 pm- bsl : was 628
Night
9pm - High
Gave 5.5 Injection
7am bsl check: 338
9/16
Morning at 9 am:
351
Used 5.6 m/l
Mid day check --
1pm: 140
2pm: 120
3pm: 106
4pm: 144
7:30 pm - 542
9:00 pm - High
We decided to give him 6m/l
9/17
Morning at 9am- 315
Gave 6m/l
1:00 pm 328/329
1:30 pm 266
2:00 pm: 221
4:00 pm: 127
5:00 pm 183
9:00 pm 310 (It's been a long time since we got something balanced but yeah I didn't feel we were in the clear and I was right)
9/18
9:00 Am- 205 (So I'm going to assume my dog's insulin rate is much higher at night than the mornings but not sure)
We decided to give him 6 m/l anyway
I was worried and an hour later it was
9:30 am - 217 - 226
10:00 am - 166-126. I somewhat panicked and gave him some sugar because I didnt want him to rebound which happened a few days ago. I also gave him food
11:00 - 93-103
11:30 - 77
12:00 - 91
1 - 140's
Anyway that's the gist of it. I'd like to understand anybody here's input regarding trying to get a balanced curve. Either way thanks a lot for the existing info it has been a lot of help in letting me try to find a balance for my dog. Maybe I jumped too much in conclusion at 10 am reading? I don't know but I just found it strange that my dog's bsl was 350 in the fourth hour yesterday. I assumed the food was going to spike his blood sugar as he was eating when he was 205 - should I have waited and then took a reading to give him the injection?
Thank you for any feedback. As for my vet, I'll be honest most of my family comes from a different country with different ideologies. It's really hard to convince them to take my dog to the vet unless they clearly see it as an emergency. Even so, it'll take awhile before I get an appointment ready. I hope you understand this if not that's okay. At the very least, I would like some feedback on what I can do myself to help give my dog a curve that he can be comfortable with. He means the world to me so thanks again.
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