diabetes in dogs what food

Moke, a normal meal may take four hours to digest totally but starts to digest much sooner so you need insulin in your system when the food starts to digest. The insulin stays in your system (depending on what type) for several hours. You may need to test your blood sugar two hours after eating occasionally and if it is high or low, you can talk to your doctor or diabetes educator about adjusting your insulin.

Thank you for posting back ! I like what ginger899 suggested, in fact I will give that to my dog who just completed are uti medications Friday. I am trying something that I want to suggest to you, add moisture to your dogs food. Yes, this will make him "go" more often but that is really a good thing, it will help flush out the bacteria. I am doing this by cooking up a chicken breast with lots of water, and then using some of the water on his food.

Yep, prednisone (long-term) can cause diabetes both in humans and dogs. One of our dogs (a Toy Fox Terrier) was on prednisone for about 8 months due to health problems including allergies, he developed diabetes, and now is on insulin and a low-carbohydrate diet. (I think it's more likely in dogs to cause diabetes, I was on prednisone at high doses from 2-14 years old and I have some long-term side effects that do remain but I don't have diabetes.) Have you tried adjusting her diet?

However, buying what is on sale and especially the low end Purina brands is, in my opinion, not best for your dogs. In the long run, if you purchase a higher quality food you will be facing less disease in the future and have overall healthier dogs. In addition, now you will be feeding almost half of what you are now. So please try to find a pet store that will consult with you about Iams or Nutro or another super premium brand.

He gained 17 lbs on that diet, (what a shock that was), anyway his vet had us change to dry food, 2 c in am and 1 c in pm. That seems too little to me. Tyson is not an overly active dog. Thank you for your time.

Blind dogs can manage very well, but obviously it is better to have the cataracts removed if finance permits. Dogs blind from birth fare better than dogs that become blind later in life. You already have an understanding about not moving furniture, etc., and there are lots f things you can do to improve the quality of life for a blind dog, but ultimately they are still compromised ... and some gs deal with it better than others. You didn't cause this to happen.

s about 10, and I think it may have been developing for a couple months. I started seeing what looked like cloudiness in his eyes, but thought it was just reflections of the light. Last night I saw his pupils are almost completely white...it really freaked me out. Did you find out what was causing it with your PD's?

Also, store-bought dog food is often high in grains and carbs. So if he eats this now, his diet will definitely have to change. Of course, there could be another reason for his intense thirst. You need the vet to check him. A blood test will probably give the answer. It does depend on how much water is "too much" as well. Only you know that -you know your dog.

I went nuts in my first trimester with eating whatever I wanted. I had tone it down a bit because I was putting on too much weight. I now try to eat as healthy as possible an allow myself a "junk food" day once a week. I just don't want to end up with gestational diabetes. Don't get me wrong, if I crave something, I eat it. I just try to eat in moderation.

Spelt flour, for home baking, is available in health food stores. It is very popular among health food enthusiasts here in the UK.

Even if the proprietary food is not of premium quality, you might still need to use it as a base of what you feed your mixed breed dog. Dogs are carnivores so keep the diet meat based. Ginger was correct is recommending various vegetables. Some dogs like them cooked. Some raw. Experiment to find what your dog likes. The transition to any new food should be gradual. Add the new to the old in slowing increasing increments. Sometimes it is necessary to be more stubborn than your dog.

I just ate two corn dogs smothered in ketchup lol!!

Hello, my dog is a small breed dog and won't eat any dry food that has big chunks. I usually try to buy little bites. The other suggestion I can make is your dog may have sensitive teeth. So, you might try getting the dogs teeth checked. Last but finally my husband always talks about how smart dogs are, and how they know what good food is too. My dog won't touch certain dry food.

I do not give "treats' One of my dogs has severe allergies so we use their food as treats. I do think 5 weeks is too young to be giving anything besides their regular food.

Does anyone believe in giving dogs left over human food (healthy food) instead of dry/ tinned dog food? Dogs in other countries eat this way all the time.

My dog is a Pomeranian.He is four.He had some seizure like symptoms.Not real bad but enough to scare me and take him to the emergency.They did blood work and found his triglicerides were off the chart.Highest my vet has ever seen.He is only six pounds.So I have three poms ranging in age from 1 1/2 and four and 10.They want me to switch dog foods to less than 10% crude fat. and also to get them on Omega 3.My dogs are not liking the fourth bag of food now.They don't eat it.

Hi Ghilly...my silky terrier has skin problems, too, and so many good dog foods I tried on him caused him to have either a rash or red blotches. I finally decided it's the fish most good dog foods now have in them and I switched him to Wellness Simple Food Solutions. It's for dogs that need the least ingredients in their food. He eats it well, but, the kibble is not tiny, so, that could be a problem for Mich's chihuahua, unless he could break it up.

It does sound like kidney or diabetes, or kidney and diabetes. Please get him in to see a doctor. The doctor can tell you what treatment costs. It is not going to get better, and it sounds very acute. I would take him to the vet tomorrow.

@everley2014 oh my ha I'm having Subway at mine!

Diabetes can cause both an increase in thirst and an increase in appetite. Some dogs act like they never get enough food and will actually even do things they never did before to get that food. Well-trained dogs will break training and raid trash cans and eat whatever they can find. It's possible for dogs, as they age, to develop poor nutrient absorption leading to an increased appetite in a search to satisfy the hunger.

Is it true that I'm not supposed to eat hot dogs while pregnant. . What If you fry them to Steaming hot or cook them over a bonfire? And what about raw mushrooms? I love raw mushrooms on my salad.. Am I only supposed to eat them cooked?

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