Jbird + Beri

[jbird]

Hi..I"m new to this forum so sorry if I have not posted this correctly, but I think it was another forum in the past but I have not visited in over a year. Beri, my 14 year old babygirl dachshund was diagnosed 3 years ago. I am really struggling now with hi BG counts. I'm FINALLY monitoring at home (it is much easier than I was expecting, though it took some time and sometimes I still get weird readings or errors and have to "poke" again), so now I know, but sometimes it makes it worse when I see those high numbers. I won't go into all the details of the past couple of months, but we are now trying 4-4.5 units 2x/day. I am looking for a good canned food that I can use for both of my girls (Sera 15 year old dachshund, not diabetic) to supplement the Solid Gold Holistic formula I just started them on. I have been using low fat Natural Balance dry, but it did not seem to set with with their digestion. I usually add some chicken or some low fat meat and some veggies to each meal. Today she started the day at 380, at 9:30 296, 12:30 187, 3:30 317, I'll do it once more before dinner at 6:30. These are a bit lower than the past week, but still seem really high to me. I'm now really working on getting a good balance of food that works with her insulin. I use the Walmart brand Novolin N. I know there are tons of different varieties of food combinations that you all use, but wondering if anybody has had any luck with the Solid Gold dry and what possibly you use for canned. I usually give more canned than kibble.

[CraigM]

Re: Diabetic Veterinary Diets: Which Do/Have You Used?

Hi..I"m new to this forum so sorry if I have not posted this correctly, but I think it was another forum in the past but I have not visited in over a year. Beri, my 14 year old babygirl dachshund was diagnosed 3 years ago. I am really struggling now with hi BG counts. I'm FINALLY monitoring at home (it is much easier than I was expecting, though it took some time and sometimes I still get weird readings or errors and have to "poke" again), so now I know, but sometimes it makes it worse when I see those high numbers. I won't go into all the details of the past couple of months, but we are now trying 4-4.5 units 2x/day. I am looking for a good canned food that I can use for both of my girls (Sera 15 year old dachshund, not diabetic) to supplement the Solid Gold Holistic formula I just started them on. I have been using low fat Natural Balance dry, but it did not seem to set with with their digestion. I usually add some chicken or some low fat meat and some veggies to each meal. Today she started the day at 380, at 9:30 296, 12:30 187, 3:30 317, I'll do it once more before dinner at 6:30. These are a bit lower than the past week, but still seem really high to me. I'm now really working on getting a good balance of food that works with her insulin. I use the Walmart brand Novolin N. I know there are tons of different varieties of food combinations that you all use, but wondering if anybody has had any luck with the Solid Gold dry and what possibly you use for canned. I usually give more canned than kibble.

I'm going to copy this post into a new thread named "Jbird + Beri" so that you will have your very own thread! Welcome!!

[jesse girl]

Re: Diabetic Veterinary Diets: Which Do/Have You Used?

the numbers you posted are not terrible and not extremely high

for me high blood sugar is blood sugar that remains above 300 or higher and stays there for the entire day

what you would like to find is a food that can work with the early drop and slow that down and flatten out or interrupt the drop it is quite significant and maybe causing the higher fasting

i have no experience with food you described but for jesse kibbles were slow for her to digest and a wet food was faster we are on a homemade diet which she has been on for some time

as dogs get older digestion may not be what it used to be so i am no expert but you may want less fiber so to move the digestion a bit faster

[Patty]

Re: Jbird + Beri

Hi and welcome to you!

Sandy rotates some canned foods with her Tiggy since she's been a picky eater. Then she adds to the canned food. Here's an old post from her thread that might offer some ideas http://www.k9diabetes.com/forum/show...nned#post46336

Take care,
Patty

[Judi]

Re: Jbird + Beri

we use the Purina OM canned food that you have to buy from the vet. Jenny's eye doctor recommends it for her diabetic patients and Jenny likes it. Since my other dog needs to lose weight he gets it too.

He IS losing weight. and it does help with Jenny's stabalization since it has more fiber. Judi

[jbird]

Re: Diabetic Veterinary Diets: Which Do/Have You Used?

the numbers you posted are not terrible and not extremely high

for me high blood sugar is blood sugar that remains above 300 or higher and stays there for the entire day

what you would like to find is a food that can work with the early drop and slow that down and flatten out or interrupt the drop it is quite significant and maybe causing the higher fasting

i have no experience with food you described but for jesse kibbles were slow for her to digest and a wet food was faster we are on a homemade diet which she has been on for some time

as dogs get older digestion may not be what it used to be so i am no expert but you may want less fiber so to move the digestion a bit faster

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Thanks..yes, those were actually not terrible. Last night she was at 5 and 600 before bed time. So maybe I should not be so concerned if she has 300 -400readings but not consistently all day? I just struggle so much and just want to get her regulated. Thanks for the advice on the fiber. I usually put some sweet potato and green beans in both of their food for both meals. I started out with WD and we have changed over the years. It just seems the last 6 months I've had more trouble keeping her what I think is regulated...I guess I need to know it's ok if she goes up to 300 or a bit more at times..she never really seems to get below 180. My vet whom I love really thinks she was compensating for low which is why I was getting over 500 at morning fasting so she decreased her insulin from 5.5 to 4-4.5.

[jbird]

Re: Jbird + Beri

Hi and welcome to you!

Sandy rotates some canned foods with her Tiggy since she's been a picky eater. Then she adds to the canned food. Here's an old post from her thread that might offer some ideas http://www.k9diabetes.com/forum/show...nned#post46336

Take care,
Patty

Thank you so much!!!

[amydunn19]

Re: Jbird + Beri

Hi! I was wondering when you changed to Solid Gold and how long ago you lowered insulin dosage. Anytime you change food, it takes a while to see the effect of the change. And even if it seems like a better alternative, it may cause your numbers to be higher and may require you to go back up on insulin. It is a matter of how your dog reacts to the combo of that particular food and insulin. Also, if you bring in a new canned food, this may cause you to change insulin again. Good thing that you are monitoring at home - so you should be able to make adjustments- I give a new food at least five days to settle in before I change anything else. I like the Merrick grain free cans as a topper.