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Our pug Jables was diagnosed with diabetes in Jan. 2018.
The main problem we have had since then is that he suddenly went blind from cataracts in May. He was very sad and scared. He had cataract surgery on June 12th. He had now recovered his sight, though we still need to worry about glaucoma. He has another recheck in a couple of weeks. He still gets 3 sets of eye drops , 3 times a day, but thank goodness he is out of the cone. His sight improved during the weeks after surgery. and now his sight seems as good as it was before he got cataracts.
Anyway, around the time he was diagnosed with diabetes, or perhaps a bit before that, we noticed that his hind legs were getting weak. Our local vet says it is not related to diabetes and referred us to a neurologist (who he will be seeing in two weeks). His hind legs seem to gradually be getting a bit worse, though he is able to get around and even climb stairs. He has trouble on hard floors--his hind legs tend to slip, and he moves them a bit crookedly.
I'm wondering if any other diabetic dogs have had this problem. Could it be a rare side effect of diabetes? We had a diabetic cat whose hind legs got weak, but he improved greatly after we started giving him insulin.
Jables gets 9 units of Caninsulin twice a day but his legs aren't improving.
The main problem we have had since then is that he suddenly went blind from cataracts in May. He was very sad and scared. He had cataract surgery on June 12th. He had now recovered his sight, though we still need to worry about glaucoma. He has another recheck in a couple of weeks. He still gets 3 sets of eye drops , 3 times a day, but thank goodness he is out of the cone. His sight improved during the weeks after surgery. and now his sight seems as good as it was before he got cataracts.
Anyway, around the time he was diagnosed with diabetes, or perhaps a bit before that, we noticed that his hind legs were getting weak. Our local vet says it is not related to diabetes and referred us to a neurologist (who he will be seeing in two weeks). His hind legs seem to gradually be getting a bit worse, though he is able to get around and even climb stairs. He has trouble on hard floors--his hind legs tend to slip, and he moves them a bit crookedly.
I'm wondering if any other diabetic dogs have had this problem. Could it be a rare side effect of diabetes? We had a diabetic cat whose hind legs got weak, but he improved greatly after we started giving him insulin.
Jables gets 9 units of Caninsulin twice a day but his legs aren't improving.
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