Diabetes in your Dog - Insulin, Food, Monitoring, Testing

Take a deep breath. Diabetes in dogs is almost always manageable and, with good care and monitoring, your dog can live a normal, healthy lifespan.

This site was inspired by our dog Chris, who was diagnosed with diabetes in September 2003. Chris was a dog who never did anything “by the book.” In fact he seemed to delight in defying any conventional wisdom and that was certainly true with his diabetes. So he was one of the challenging cases. But through home testing his blood sugar and learning as much as we could about how insulin and food interact, we found a system that worked for him.

Interested in hearing how Chris traveled 2,400 miles round trip while blind and diabetic? Look HERE.

Chris passed way in August 2008 at 14, an advanced age for a dog his size and especially for a dog with a severe prediabetes heart condition and eventually cancer. Diabetes never held Chris back and did not shorten his lifespan. It truly was the least of his problems. I can’t describe how much we miss him.