Hi, my name is Dawn and I am new to your forum and my dog Bogie is a 7 year old miniature schnauzer he was just diagnosed last week with diabetes. He started loosing weight over a period of time and at first I thought it was just increased activity but then it continued. I took him into the vet and they initially found a broken molar in the back of his mouth… So he was scheduled for surgery that day and had his blood drawn (which I have done every 6 months). The surgery went well and he came home that evening. The next day he started consuming large amounts of water and waking me up during the night to go out and pee which wasn’t like him. The blood work came back ok the sugar level was slightly elevated but the vet said that it most likely stress related. It wasn’t until I told her that he started to drink excessively and urinate frequently and his appetite had increased more than normal. I was going to have some different test run to find out the source of the weight loss but before we left she dipped his urine and his BG levels were as high as they could go on the strip… That is when she found the answer to the weight loss and other symptoms. His diet was changed to hill’s prescription W/D and he was started on Levemir Insulin 1 unit 2 times a day. The following day his water consumption decreased as did his need to urinate… Today his appetite is returning closer to normal. The Diastix last night had virtually no color but this morning it was high again...
I feed him every 12 hours give or take 15 min and he eats very well and he is very cooperative when I give him his injection. I take him in on Sept 4th when they will keep him for the day and watch his blood sugar levels and regulate as needed.
I am sure I will have many questions as time goes by but I have been reading on your forum and have found a lot of good information.
I do have one question??? I was out in my garage and saw him knock the lid off of the dog food container, I got to him quickly but he did manage to grab a very small mouth full of kibbles. Is this going to cause a problem?? I know he isn’t suppose to have anything between meals. He seems fine and this was about 45 min ago.
I have since moved the container to the shelf… Lesson learned!!
Thank you for your time and please forgive my grammar as it wasn’t my best subject in school
Dawn
I feed him every 12 hours give or take 15 min and he eats very well and he is very cooperative when I give him his injection. I take him in on Sept 4th when they will keep him for the day and watch his blood sugar levels and regulate as needed.
I am sure I will have many questions as time goes by but I have been reading on your forum and have found a lot of good information.
I do have one question??? I was out in my garage and saw him knock the lid off of the dog food container, I got to him quickly but he did manage to grab a very small mouth full of kibbles. Is this going to cause a problem?? I know he isn’t suppose to have anything between meals. He seems fine and this was about 45 min ago.
I have since moved the container to the shelf… Lesson learned!!
Thank you for your time and please forgive my grammar as it wasn’t my best subject in school
Dawn
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