Add me to the list of diabetic-dog owners....
So I guess I've been too lucky all these decades; plus adding a breed that is more likely to get diabetes (poodles) upped my chances anyway - but 8 year old Jimmy (mini Aussie/Mini poodle cross) deli...
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So back to "consistency when dealing with a diabetic dog": When at home, I can just let the dogs out the door to do their business in our fenced yard. When we Snowbird in FL - they have to be walked; and the usual scenic route we walk in the morning is 1/2 mile; might do it again in the afternoon. We all come back to Michigan a little slimmer ;-)
Is there a "best" time to walk Jimmy? My brain is saying don't walk him before a meal, because he needs that extra glucose for exercise after a meal?? But of course that's also when he gets his shot of insulin.... does that "spike" after the injection; or is it used at a fairly proportional rate? Am I overthinking this? I just remember that my sis-in-law took her diabetic dog on a longer-than usual walk; and he keeled over from low blood sugar and scared her to death thinking she'd killed him....
Is there a "best" time to walk Jimmy? My brain is saying don't walk him before a meal, because he needs that extra glucose for exercise after a meal?? But of course that's also when he gets his shot of insulin.... does that "spike" after the injection; or is it used at a fairly proportional rate? Am I overthinking this? I just remember that my sis-in-law took her diabetic dog on a longer-than usual walk; and he keeled over from low blood sugar and scared her to death thinking she'd killed him....
