Hello and I'm happy to have stumbled upon this forum!
We have a 9 year old cairn terrier, Shadow and gonna give a parent brag he is the best behaved, loving and wonderful dog we have owned. He is our second cairn and as much as we loved the first, this little guy takes the cake for being a great pet! We adopted him from a family when he was 3 and he has never given us a day of trouble. Our kids are grown with their own lives, so Shadow is our 3rd son still living at home While we/he knows he is a dog, he is still a tad spoiled
2 days ago, after watching symptoms rather worsening, we took him to vet and he was diagnosed with diabetes. This is new to us as we have never had to treat a dog with real health issues before. The vet assured us it was nothing we have done wrong, it just happens just like we as humans get diseases.
I was overwhelmed with it all, but after he spent a night at the vets for monitering, getting back up to speed and starting his insulin, he came home last night and seems to have a bit of his spunk back.
Now we and he will learn to live with this, as the vet assured us his quality of life will be fine. He goes back in 2 wks for the day to test blood etc and get him where he needs to be. The expense has been somewhat of a worry, but we will figure that out as we have too. He is worth every dollar spent to keep him healthy.
Don't want to go overboard on a first post but will read this forum for tips and support on living with a diabetic dog. Who knew this would happen to our little fella, but we are doing the best we can to accept and move forward.
We have a 9 year old cairn terrier, Shadow and gonna give a parent brag he is the best behaved, loving and wonderful dog we have owned. He is our second cairn and as much as we loved the first, this little guy takes the cake for being a great pet! We adopted him from a family when he was 3 and he has never given us a day of trouble. Our kids are grown with their own lives, so Shadow is our 3rd son still living at home While we/he knows he is a dog, he is still a tad spoiled
2 days ago, after watching symptoms rather worsening, we took him to vet and he was diagnosed with diabetes. This is new to us as we have never had to treat a dog with real health issues before. The vet assured us it was nothing we have done wrong, it just happens just like we as humans get diseases.
I was overwhelmed with it all, but after he spent a night at the vets for monitering, getting back up to speed and starting his insulin, he came home last night and seems to have a bit of his spunk back.
Now we and he will learn to live with this, as the vet assured us his quality of life will be fine. He goes back in 2 wks for the day to test blood etc and get him where he needs to be. The expense has been somewhat of a worry, but we will figure that out as we have too. He is worth every dollar spent to keep him healthy.
Don't want to go overboard on a first post but will read this forum for tips and support on living with a diabetic dog. Who knew this would happen to our little fella, but we are doing the best we can to accept and move forward.
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