Hi, Debbie! I'm glad you wrote back! I ws worried about you! My boy was also on prescription food. After a few years he developed diabetic cataracts. However, it NEVER slowed him down! He had them until his dying day. After everything was regulated, he acted like a pup until the day he died! Giving the shots was easy and he realized that my firt "trip" downstairs in the morning was my lunch and letting out trip. Then the second time down, he got up, went to the fridge where the meds were and waited until he got his shot! I'm embarresed to tell you that it got so easy to do that one morning I accidently put the yringe through his skin and into my hand! I had to call poison control! LOL!!! Not to worry though, they told me it happens all the time! Its really not a big deal to have a diabetic dog! Just slightly different!
Elizabeth --- On Sat, 12/27/08, Debbie <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Debbie <[email protected]> > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Diabetic Chi & Chi Christmas Wallpaper > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008, 5:19 PM > Elizabeth, Thank you and I will take you up on your offer to > ask you > anything. You are right it does seem like so many things to > > remember. He is now on the precription food from the vet > and thank > goodness he likes it he was 22lbs and now he is 13 lbs so > he has > lost alot in just a few months. He has the short legs and > is mostly > black with some tan and white (I will put up some pictures > when I > learn how to do them) but everyone always said he looked > like a pot > bellied pig. Now he is on 2 shots a day and on meds to help > make him > eat, meds for his ears, and meds for his eye he has > pressure on his > eye. Thanks so much for offering help. > Debbie--- In [email protected], e holley > <literacydog12...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, Debbie! > > > > This is Elizabeth! My last dog, not a chi, was > diabetic! He > ws diagnosed when he was 7 and lived to be almost 16!! He > was a > great dog and I still miss him. He was extremely large, a > malamute > shepherd mix, but diabetes is diabetes. I gave him an > injection > every morning and had to monitor both his food intake and > exercise > level. Each day I tested his urine with ph paper. It > seems > overwhelming at the start, but you'll find that you get > into a > routine and it becomes like second nature! Ask me > anything! > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > --- On Fri, 12/26/08, Debbie <foos...@...> > wrote: > > > > > From: Debbie <foos...@...> > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Diabetic Chi & Chi > Christmas Wallpaper > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Friday, December 26, 2008, 11:26 AM > > > Hi Everyone, > > > I don't post very often, but I do like > reading all the > > > post from > > > everyone. > > > Today I'm searching for someone who has a > diabetic Chi > > > that I can talk > > > with through email or post. I have recently found > out that > > > my oldest > > > Chi baby is diabetic. We are having to give him > the insulin > > > shots and > > > he has to eat the prescripton doggie food plus he > is on 2 > > > meds one to > > > help with appetite and one for infection he had a > high > > > white cell > > > count. His sugar was 300 so they put him in the > hospital > > > for 2 days on > > > IV to get the sugars down. This is all new to me > and can > > > use all the > > > help I can get. > > > Also someone posted a very cute chi Christmas > wallpaper for > > > the > > > computer if someone has this one I would love to > get a copy > > > of it, they > > > had on santa hats very cute. Thank You for > reading my post > > > and any help > > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > Debbie > > ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
