Name: Hershey
Breed: Minature Schnauzer
Birth date or age: 9
Weight: 20 lbs
Date diagnosed with diabetes: April 2019
Type of insulin and how often given : Vetsulin
Diet: Hills Prescription Diet w/d with occasional Diabetic treat
(Mornings: Can chicken plus dry food
Evening:dry food plus 1/2 can Hills prescription stew)
Method of monitoring: Vet
Other medical issues: Cateracts
Our Schnauzer was very active and happy but out of the blue starting bumping into things and peeing a lot. We took him to the vet who diagnosed him with diabetes and cateracts as a result of the condition. He eventually went completely blind within a couple of months so we took him to an eye doctor who replaced the cornea in one eye. (The other eye was not a candidate at the time).
He can see now and we have slowly got in the routine of feeding him every 12 hours and giving him the shot after. It seems he is feeling much better and has energy to play but he has started peeing in the house and getting up 2-3 times a night to go out and pee. We are very frustrated. The vet said to increase his insulin and it doesn't seem to make much difference. We started at around 5 units last April and recently moved up to 9 units.
I don't know what a normal dosage is or how this compares to other dogs his size. We got a glucose curve a few weeks ago and the vet said he reacted well but suspected he didn't need as much insulin and thought we may need to go back to 7 units. I don't know why the peeing would have started again. We gave his medicine for urinary tract infection for 2 weeks to see if this was the issue but it has not helped.
Any insight or advice would be appreciated. We are getting very tired steam cleaning our carpets on a weekly basis.
Breed: Minature Schnauzer
Birth date or age: 9
Weight: 20 lbs
Date diagnosed with diabetes: April 2019
Type of insulin and how often given : Vetsulin
Diet: Hills Prescription Diet w/d with occasional Diabetic treat
(Mornings: Can chicken plus dry food
Evening:dry food plus 1/2 can Hills prescription stew)
Method of monitoring: Vet
Other medical issues: Cateracts
Our Schnauzer was very active and happy but out of the blue starting bumping into things and peeing a lot. We took him to the vet who diagnosed him with diabetes and cateracts as a result of the condition. He eventually went completely blind within a couple of months so we took him to an eye doctor who replaced the cornea in one eye. (The other eye was not a candidate at the time).
He can see now and we have slowly got in the routine of feeding him every 12 hours and giving him the shot after. It seems he is feeling much better and has energy to play but he has started peeing in the house and getting up 2-3 times a night to go out and pee. We are very frustrated. The vet said to increase his insulin and it doesn't seem to make much difference. We started at around 5 units last April and recently moved up to 9 units.
I don't know what a normal dosage is or how this compares to other dogs his size. We got a glucose curve a few weeks ago and the vet said he reacted well but suspected he didn't need as much insulin and thought we may need to go back to 7 units. I don't know why the peeing would have started again. We gave his medicine for urinary tract infection for 2 weeks to see if this was the issue but it has not helped.
Any insight or advice would be appreciated. We are getting very tired steam cleaning our carpets on a weekly basis.
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