Missme

Perhaps you could post this in the rescue section aswell? So sad :D

Have posted this onto my FB page hopefully that will get a few more!!

A doggy door is tempting, but I also have two indoor cat's, and my daughter is a climber Still something to keep considering Persephone do you have any website links to the magnet doggy doors?? Puggy Puggy I am not sure what you mean by scent training??? we are growing lavender to plant for her.....

She is on 4 units of caninsulin twice daily at the moment. So far her diabetes are not under control, as far as I am aware once it is under control the excess drinking etc should lesson. Are there doggy nappies???

Hi Kirislin. That is probably the best option, but I just don't have the heart to make her sleep outside! I am a big softy and cannot imagine any of my animals sleep outside! Especially with this cold! ( when my lambs were two days old and very weak they even slept inside for a week ) She didn't seem whiney last night on the veranda (my bedroom door opens on to there and I didn’t hear her) Thinking thinking.............

Hi Dogmad, Thanks, I will try the napisan on the floor, the smell is starting to get to me ha! Yes you are right she goes right in front of the front door, thankfully we use the back and visitors don't have to walk through the wet mess! She also goes occasionaly on her own bed and the floor infront of it She know's to go out and when we are awake rush's to the door and pushes the screen door before we even get a chance to open it! It is sad to see her 'upset' when she does it! Were can I buy puppy pads from??

Being blind she like's to know were I am, which is why I have her bed down on the floor next to mine. Is crate training when you train them to sleep in a crate overnight? I have never done that with any of my foster's or my own, but something I'd like to try in future. But I don't think it would be a good idea for Maddy. Thanks for the idea though :D All the house is carpet except the bathroom which is tiny and the kitchen, I let her sleep in there when we first got her and it was filled with pee in the morning and it was going under the kitchen benches etc... I let her sleep in the enclosed verandah last night (I have had to scrub it this morning) But it is so cold out there. She only really does one or two pee's but they are HUGE!

I would say so, I have asked the vet and they just say "it is her diabeties" Thank you for your post

Hi! We have adopted a 7 year old diabetic kelpie. She drinks exessive amounts of water and is always peeing which is fine during the day as we leave the doors open for her to go in and out! Nightime becomes a problem, we are usually up late and she get's let out for the last time at about midnightish! And we are up at 8 letting her out again. During that time she needs to go sometimes and has taken to peeing on the floor, three time's she has peed in her own bed and just in front it! A doggy door is out of the question because I have a 2 year old who would be able to climb through it etc. Does anyone know how to get the smell out of carpet and also anyway we can train her to bark when she needs to go out or tell us somehow, hold it? I dont know any suggestions would be much appreciated!! Thanks!!

Hi Lovemypooch! I am very sorry to hear about Ralphy! Matilda is a bit of a fuss pot too! She has been going off the hills i/d can, for the last few days I have been hand feeding it to her and today she just flatly refuses! As far as I am aware she was diagnosed early this year and that is why she was surrendered, we got her three months later! I don't think her levels etc have been managed! She was eating dry food in the pound but by the looks of her weight loss that and her insulin was not the right amounts etc. She will not eat dry food here! I have been looking into the Advance Weight Control food, and it seems to be our best option so far! Just curious did you monitor Ralphys levels at home with a glucose meter or urine testing? We are in Central West NSW....... Thanks for your post!

Hi Poindexter, thanks for your post! Any information is appreciated Sorry to hear about Charlie I have had a look at the tucker time website and cannot find the fat level in their food? Would you know? I spoke to the vet yesterday, to find out what she means by "low fat" and she said anything 5% or under is what Matilda can have and she needs to have twice the reccomened amount!

Hi Baifra, Thanks for your reply! We are considering changing vet clinic's. We have changed the vet from the first one we saw with her as she just rushed the whole consult. And saw another at the smaller clinic and she was great the first time around! We are having to take her in fortnightly for curve tests so we have to go to their "bigger" clinic and it is just so rushed there, kind of like a bulk billing doctor in and out as quick as they can! Don't get me wrong they are nice enough and good BUT not overly supportive or imformative. The urine testing was mentioned but they said we can only buy them if they think it is needed? And it is best just to bring her in for fortnightly curve tests!? I have heard of the glucometer but have no idea were to buy one from?? and the vets have never mentioned it? I think it would be important to test her BSL at home and do the chart as one day every two weeks isn't the best readings? Or would it be sufficent? I didn't know there was a different brand to Caninsulin?

I did put this in the general topic but then noticed the health section, sorry for the double posting I am not sure how to move a post? We have recently adopted a 7 year old Diabetic dog. Her levels are all over the place and she is going for fortnightly curve tests. She was underweight when we got her weighing in at around 12.8kg, the vets advised us to feed her Hills i/d dry food, which she won’t eat due to sore gums. ( we intend to get her a dental but have to wait until she has put on weight and her diabetes is managed) So we were told to feed her chicken and rice with a few veggies mixed in, her weight dropped 1.5kg in a week!! So we are now on the i/d tins, she has four a day! Which is getting quiet costly! I have asked the vet a few time’s now what other food can we feed her? The response is low fat food, Hills Science Diet is the best complete and balanced food, if you go to another brand you are going second grade. I am extremely worried about feeding her the wrong tinned foods and very frustrated with the vet who answer’s me with she only “knows” hills food. Is it wrong of me to expect the vet we are paying to do a little research into other food to offer us advice on food for Matilda? am I expecting to much from the vet? Does anyone know of any other brands of “special food” that may be cheaper but is low fat or for diabetic dogs they may be cheaper? Also the first vet we took her to (same clinic) told us the CANINSULIN she is on, is to be only kept for one month maximum, it is even on the sticker on the bottle. When I went in today the other vet told me that is "Recommended " but you can keep using it for longer. What does everyone else do with Caninsulin I would be very interested to know!!!