Re: Any advice and ideas for me to help my dog would be really appreciated.
Just to put things in perspective, you wrote this in March 2017:
Things can change and it doesn't have to be something scary. They just change. And some conditions that aren't particularly threatening can create periodic changes in blood sugar that last for weeks or months.
One of those things is high triglycerides (fats). It's a common problem in miniature Schnauzers and I've seen many of those dogs go months on one dose of insulin and then very abruptly it's too much or too little. So the dose is changed and they sail along on that for weeks or months and then it abruptly changes again.
Not fun! And sometimes quite scary because their blood sugar can go dangerously low when things shift and they need less insulin.
But it is a little easier knowing it's just the kind of thing that happens with those dogs and it doesn't mean anything is new or worrisome.
So sometimes more insulin is needed, forever or for a while.
Any time high blood sugar becomes a chronic problem and not a self-correcting few days, you want to look at your options and do what you can to correct the blood sugar. Something like Cushing's disease will start to raise the needed dose of insulin, thyroid problems, triglycerides.
So it's not wrong to increase the insulin to get better control when the blood sugar is staying high.
But your post about his allergy shot makes me think it has a pretty big effect on his blood sugar.
And at 12-13 pounds, 5 units is not a huge dose. I wouldn't be worried about increasing it if need be. You may find that you have to adjust his insulin dose in response to the allergy injection.
Just to put things in perspective, you wrote this in March 2017:
My dog Mochi's blood sugars have been pretty up and down the past few weeks and I'm still constantly worrying.
One of those things is high triglycerides (fats). It's a common problem in miniature Schnauzers and I've seen many of those dogs go months on one dose of insulin and then very abruptly it's too much or too little. So the dose is changed and they sail along on that for weeks or months and then it abruptly changes again.
Not fun! And sometimes quite scary because their blood sugar can go dangerously low when things shift and they need less insulin.
But it is a little easier knowing it's just the kind of thing that happens with those dogs and it doesn't mean anything is new or worrisome.
So sometimes more insulin is needed, forever or for a while.
Any time high blood sugar becomes a chronic problem and not a self-correcting few days, you want to look at your options and do what you can to correct the blood sugar. Something like Cushing's disease will start to raise the needed dose of insulin, thyroid problems, triglycerides.
So it's not wrong to increase the insulin to get better control when the blood sugar is staying high.
But your post about his allergy shot makes me think it has a pretty big effect on his blood sugar.
after weeks and weeks of high blood sugar between 300-400..I took him to the vet and my vet told me to monitor him and open up a new bottle of insulin to see if the old one has gone bad.
He also gave Mochi a allergy shot that’s suppose to help with his allergies better than taking allergy medication everyday.
A couple days later I took his blood sugar from 12-6 and the numbers we amazing..189-115. Then on Friday night Just before his meal I wanted to see if it’s still ok and it was at 112. I thought I got it back to being regulated..but somehow I noticed him drinking more water again the past couple of days. I took his blood sugar at 9am and it was 406..... I
He also gave Mochi a allergy shot that’s suppose to help with his allergies better than taking allergy medication everyday.
A couple days later I took his blood sugar from 12-6 and the numbers we amazing..189-115. Then on Friday night Just before his meal I wanted to see if it’s still ok and it was at 112. I thought I got it back to being regulated..but somehow I noticed him drinking more water again the past couple of days. I took his blood sugar at 9am and it was 406..... I
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