Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

[evp471]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

[QUOTE=k9diabetes;2494]Hi,

To help everyone new to diabetes in their dog, please post what you use(d) for your dog:

Dog's name, breed:Maggie mixed/chow/huskie
Dog's weight:65 lbs
Diet:rice/chicken/ground turkey
Insulin:humulin/70/30
Number of units per injection and injections per day:10 units/twice/da.
Brand of BG meter if home testing: reli-on Prime

Just started 1 week ago. Maggie is 10 yrs. old and has lost about 10 lbs. before we found out she had diabetes.. vet gave her antibotic to start with because of a temp. of 104.. He thought she might have pancreatic infection
instead of diabetes. She has responded well to the insulin and antibotic..
How will I know if it was an infection and not diabetes. Will the insulin cause a problem if she doesn't have diabetes..

Ed

[slopeside]

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Dog's name, breed: Zulu, scottish terrier, female.
Dog's weight: 18lbs (22 b/4 diabetes
Diet: royal canin, diabetes.
Insulin: NPH
Number of units per injection and injections per day: 6, twice a day
Brand of BG meter if home testing: alphatrak2

hello, i first and foremost would like to thank everyone who has made this site possible!~ wow!~

zulu is 7 years old, she was diagnosed with diabetes on march 22, 2013

currently nothing is regulated. i have done 7 curves with a wide range. some great, others drop later in the day, 2 low points? we feed every 7 am/pm

i think we might change her food? or again increase the insulin? her number do range between 100 and 300. her average is around 230. i would like it lower. too early to say at this point... i guess i will be reporting back?

again, thanks this place has helped me several times over the last couple of months.

[shodgson]

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Dog's name, breed: Callysto, Rottweiler x chocolate lab
Dog's weight: 105lbs
Diet: home cooked, purina smart one, diabetes
Insulin: Humilin n
Number of units per injection and injections per day: 18 units u100 needle, twice a day
Brand of BG meter if home testing: vet says "shouldn't worry". I'm not so sure...

I can't tell you how many times I've looked at this forum since Callysto was diagnosed 9 weeks ago, so I finally figured I best become a member and try to contribute back to all the people who have already made this whole thing seem like it is doable and that my babe will be ok.... Even if it's only emotional support for others until I gain more knowledge and experience myself.

Calysto is 4 years old, she was diagnosed with diabetes on march 22, 2013 as well!

3curves where she went from 10 units to 15 units to 18 units of Humilin n and vet said she is close, but maybe another curve in a few weeks. We may have to wait as I explained in other section of this forum, Callysto started getting sick and vet this she had a pancreas attack. She is coming around as of yesterday.

[Cassandralcolem]

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Hi our little one is only 5 lbs and her regulation has been tough there are days when she can not have insulin because we can not measure below 1/5 unit.

Diagnosed: 2010
Insulin: lantus. 0.5 units 2x/day
Food : Raw meat veggies fruit
Meter: one touch ultra

We have tried 6 meters, one touch ultra beat out all other on a comparison with her actual blood draw at the vet.

We have been on humulin insulin as well, we have tried every diabetic dog food.

We have found with Misha routine is great but tends to make her go too low after a couple days. Misa has hypoglycemic seizures on occasion making her dosing very officials. She is not blind but has punctane cataracts developing, we use eye drops to control those.

Thank you for accepting us into this group.

[Kim P]

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Did you know that you can also purchase the Humulin N in a pen form so that you do not have to draw it? I hadn't seen anyone mention it so I thought I would throw it out there. Now the pen is supposedly only good for 2 weeks (per pharmacy) after it is taken out of the frig as opposed to the 30 days for the vial - although my vet says they are good for a longer time.

[Patty]

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The only complaint I've had with insulin pens in general is that you can't dial in smaller increment changes, like 1/4 or 1/2 units. For a dog that can handle whole unit doses I think it's a great idea.

[AnakinTheDog]

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Dog's name, breed: Anakin, husky mix
Dog's weight: 33 lbs.
Diet: Royal Canin Diabetic/ Simply Nourish canned chicken and beef stew
Insulin: Humulin-N
Number of units per injection and injections per day: 7 /b.i.d.
Brand of BG meter if home testing: One Touch Ultra2

[sharvr4]

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12 year old recently diagnosed lab - 75 lbs - using True Result meter
Giving vetsulin
venison and sweet potato dry food - Natural Balance

[Robbylee]

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Dog's name, breed: Buddy, Siberian Husky (Almost 12)
Dog's weight: Presently 72lbs. Had gone down to 57!
Diet: Nutrisca or chicken with broccoli when Mom (me!) feels like cooking!
Insulin: Novolin BID with Novolog PRN
Number of units per injection and injections per day: Novolin presently @ 22U BID. Was 16 U BID but last week has been difficult. Novolog is given PRN.
Brand of BG meter if home testing: Novomax (BID)

[Monsters Momma]

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Dog's name, breed: Vinny, lab
Dog's weight: 99.6
Diet: Iams Glucose and Weight Control Plus adding green beans, broccoli etc.
Insulin: Vetsulin
Still regulating, but currently at 18 units 2x's a day
Brand of BG meter if home testing: AlphaTrak2

[maladuca]

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Teddy, cockapoo mix
39 lbs.
Natural Balance Sweet Potato, Fish
Novolin N
15 units, 2x day
BG monitor - ReliOn Prime and Alpha Trak 2

Teddy was diagnosed 6-12-13, still regulating, numbers still in the 300-500 range.

[Yoyobear81]

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Tyler, West Highland White Terrier
20.5lbs
Nutrisca Salmon 1/2 cup 8am & 8pm plus 2 frozen green beans after shot (switched to this from Hills ZD- huge difference in his numbers-way more consistent)
Novolin N 7.5u
Walmart Relion Prime

[Rooskie50]

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Willie 23 lb mini schnauzer. 8cc's of Humulin N 2X a day. Feeding him Nutrisca chicken and chick pea.
very finicky eater.

[liferebooted]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

How accurate is the Relion Prime system I noticed a lot of people are using now

[CraigM]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

How accurate is the Relion Prime system I noticed a lot of people are using now

It seems to read dog blood quite low, but you can run a comparison to either an AlphaTrak, or clinic meter. Hard to beat the 18 cent test strip.

Craig