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So Yoda is our 12 year old doxie who was just diagnosed with diabetes the week after Christmas. He seems to be leveling out now with his numbers however, we are having some feeding issues. After his diagnosis, we switched him over (slowly over about a week) to the Royal Canine Glycobalance dry food from the food that he was eating which was a high fiber food for overweight dogs. He didn't like the dry Glycobalance at all, so we added some wet Glycobalance, he seemed to like the wet, however he still wasn't loving the dry.
Last weekend after reluctantly eating his meal, he threw up everything after I gave him his insulin (2 units, 2X daily). I didn't have a glucometer at the time so I took him to the emergency vet just to check him out and take a reading. He was registering about 270, which was good because his original diagnosis number was around 600 and the curve we had done before he hadn't gone below 430. Anyway, they gave him some fluids, and a shot for vomiting, sent him home and that night I gave him a light dinner, but not the glycobalance dry, just his old food and some of the glycobalance wet, with 1/2 dose of insulin, he was fine.
So over the course of the week, we have removed the glycobalance dry totally and are giving him a mixture of his old food and the glycobalance wet, he eats it no problem, and was doing great all week, no more vomiting, no excessive drinking or peeing.
Fast forward to yesterday, he began the day ok, ate his meal but over the course of the day developed diarrhea. Brought him into the vet and he seems fine except for the diarrhea, fecal came back negative. vet gave him probiotic and antibiotic sent us home. (his bc at the vet was about 360 last meal was in the am). We fed him his usual dinner, insulin. He vomited up dinner and continued with the diarrhea until he went to bed.
He slept through the night, no problems, this morning at 6:15 went out more diarrhea. This morning we decided to just give him boiled white meat chicken and some brown rice, tested his sugar - 347 - gave him his insulin, he seems fine right now, 4 hours no diarrhea no vomiting.
So my questions are - Has anyone had any experience with the prescription foods? Are they usually tolerated well? Should we keep trying even though he's thrown up twice on them?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is the best diet to give? He is very thin (he lost a lot of weight in the last couple of months) and I want to make sure I'm giving him the best diet possible.
I see that a lot of people in this forum make their own food for their dogs, how do I know he's getting everything he needs?
I'm sorry that this is such a lengthy post, but I just wanted you all to get the whole picture, I do appreciate any suggestions regarding diet. Thanks in advance!
Also - Aside from vomiting and diarrhea he really doesn't seem to be in any sort of distress, no pain, panting, swelling etc..so we really think it's a diet problem.
Last weekend after reluctantly eating his meal, he threw up everything after I gave him his insulin (2 units, 2X daily). I didn't have a glucometer at the time so I took him to the emergency vet just to check him out and take a reading. He was registering about 270, which was good because his original diagnosis number was around 600 and the curve we had done before he hadn't gone below 430. Anyway, they gave him some fluids, and a shot for vomiting, sent him home and that night I gave him a light dinner, but not the glycobalance dry, just his old food and some of the glycobalance wet, with 1/2 dose of insulin, he was fine.
So over the course of the week, we have removed the glycobalance dry totally and are giving him a mixture of his old food and the glycobalance wet, he eats it no problem, and was doing great all week, no more vomiting, no excessive drinking or peeing.
Fast forward to yesterday, he began the day ok, ate his meal but over the course of the day developed diarrhea. Brought him into the vet and he seems fine except for the diarrhea, fecal came back negative. vet gave him probiotic and antibiotic sent us home. (his bc at the vet was about 360 last meal was in the am). We fed him his usual dinner, insulin. He vomited up dinner and continued with the diarrhea until he went to bed.
He slept through the night, no problems, this morning at 6:15 went out more diarrhea. This morning we decided to just give him boiled white meat chicken and some brown rice, tested his sugar - 347 - gave him his insulin, he seems fine right now, 4 hours no diarrhea no vomiting.
So my questions are - Has anyone had any experience with the prescription foods? Are they usually tolerated well? Should we keep trying even though he's thrown up twice on them?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is the best diet to give? He is very thin (he lost a lot of weight in the last couple of months) and I want to make sure I'm giving him the best diet possible.
I see that a lot of people in this forum make their own food for their dogs, how do I know he's getting everything he needs?
I'm sorry that this is such a lengthy post, but I just wanted you all to get the whole picture, I do appreciate any suggestions regarding diet. Thanks in advance!
Also - Aside from vomiting and diarrhea he really doesn't seem to be in any sort of distress, no pain, panting, swelling etc..so we really think it's a diet problem.
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