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11-13-2013, 01:46 PM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
Dog lays down, I stand over it's back (leg on each side), facing same direction as the dog.
Where - Inner top lip, right side, near canine teeth. Wipe lip first. Lancing device - One Touch Lancet - One Touch Ultrasoft, it doesn't say what gauge on the box Setting - 4 for Soaphie, 5 for Sydney (on scale of 1 to 9, 9 being the deepest) Meter - One Touch Ultra2
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Soaphie = 15 yr old Border/Berner mix dx 07/08. ~8.25 units a.m./p.m. vetsulin, blind/deaf. Ultra Senior, Vital Beef/Bison, Brown Rice and lots of loving. Soaphie passed on October 29, 2015. Sydney = 14.5 yr old Aussie/Shar Pei mix dx 11/10. NPH-varies w/ predinisone a.m./p.m., blind/deaf. Sydney passed on June 3, 2014. 
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01-25-2014, 06:43 PM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
Where: Elbow callus. She never flinches here.
Lancet: Relion Lancet Device: None - just use the lancet Setting: NA Meter: One Touch Ultra 2
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Denali: 13+ yr old spayed black lab female. Diagnosed Diabetic 02/06/13. Denali:One Dogs Journey With Canine Diabetes This little girl is the light of my life.
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03-19-2014, 10:09 AM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
Where: Elbow callus. He doesn't even notice it.
Lancet: OneTouch Delica 33 gauge Lancet Device: OneTouch Setting: 7 (it's such a fine gauge lancet and his callouses are so thick that I need that setting) Meter: OneTouch Verio IQ
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03-19-2014, 12:00 PM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
Where: Ear (and must have boiled chicken as a reward)
Lancet: AlphaTrak 26 gauge Lancet Device: N/A just use the lancet Meter: AlphaTrak 2
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My handsome boy is Colt. He's a 4 yr old 98 pound Husky Pyrenees mix. He was diagnosed on 2/14/14 and is currently on Novolin-N twice a day with meals and still working to find the ideal dosage and levels.
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#26
03-19-2014, 06:31 PM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
Elbow callouse, he does not even feel it.
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Ben wgt. 45 lbs. Puggle diagnosed 1/15/14 Hills Science Diet W/D with smaller topper of wet Novalin-N 13 units b.i.d.
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04-03-2014, 06:00 AM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
Lip & elbow callous.
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Milo 28 pounds. 7.5 units 2x per day. 1 cup WD wet. 1/2 can WD wet. (each feed). 11 years Rat Terrier
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#29
04-03-2014, 06:27 AM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
The underside of the top lip above the canine tooth.
Used the ReliOn 31g lancets freehand, without the device.
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Eileen and Mildred, 12 yo Border Collie Mx, 24.6 pounds, dx diabetic/hypothyroid 2004, gallbladder removed 2005, cataract surgery 2005, spindle cell sarcoma removed 2009, stroke 2009, tail removed 2011, dx with bladder cancer 2011, CDS, Organix~chicken / NPH,Humalog
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#30
04-03-2014, 06:44 AM
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Re: Poll: How and Where you test your dog's blood sugar
on his ear..and boy when you hit that vein just right you get tons of blood..
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sherryandfred.. in memory of fred he was a rat terrier that lived life with diabetes for 4 years and being blind for most of his life..he finally crossed the bridge on april 2, 2014 and will be missed greatly...
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