Miss Vicky, please notice that I did
not quote it.
Vladimir became diabetic age 2. How old was your dog when that happened?
It happened to mine because of a terrible vet. recommended to me by my trainer and breeder .. dog was getting yeast infections and the vet just kept injecting him with steroids until it triggered his diabetes.
and now many thousands of dollars later I am still struggling to keep him healthy.
twice a day now..
sting
I use a lancet to prick blood from that meaty pad by his wrists.
stabby stabby
I inject him with insulin
She was roughly six, and I had a horror story with a vet, as well. I named him Dr. Kevorkian. I found out the rough way that if any animal has a life long health problem, if they have to have medicines, or whatever kind of treatment for the rest of their lives, he lies and says that they have kidney failure, or whatever, and talks you into putting them asleep. The bastard got my cat. All he had to do was keep giving me pills for his thyroid, but he told me he had kidney failure, so there you go. Well, when my dog was seriously sick, I took her there, and he told me she had liver failure. Problem was, he hadn't run any tests past that regular blood test, and I knew it, so I told him that he should run a test to make sure. Nope, she didn't have it. Then he said she had some sort of cancer. There was a third disease that he said she had, but I forget what that was. It was obvious that he was full of it, so I lied, and said I would take her home for an over night goodbye. He left the catheter in her. He was that ready to kill her. My sister removed it. The next night they called asking me where she was, and I told them off. That felt great. She lived another 3 1/2 years. That's pretty good for a diabetic with liver failure, cancer, and only God knows what else.
I also had to do the shots twice a day, but I didn't know how to test her sugar, which I hated. I had to pay the vet to. Another vet, of course.