My Lady was diagnosed with diabetes eight years ago and still going strong at almost 15. Try not to panic. If well managed, diabetes is a disease dogs can live with very well.
Diabetes is very easy to diagnose. I assume your vet doesn't have an in house lab and had to send the blood out? Otherwise you would have known yesterday. I check Lady's blood glucose myself at home with a human meter. It just takes a few seconds.
Dogs have a normal blood glucose similar to ours, 70-120. Usually a diabetic has a sky high blood glucose reading. Lady's was over 400.
Is it possible Riley is mixed with Schnauzer? They are prone to diabetes because they tend to have "fatty" (high lipids) blood.
Please update this thread when you find out. |