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My vet just said my dog is diabetic.
My vet has just said I am going to need to start giving my dog insulin shots twice a day. I am a little intimidated here, how hard is this anyway?
It is not as bad as it sounds. I felt like you did a few months ago when I found out my dog ha diabetes too.
At first I didn't think I could actually give her the shots but I have found for the most part it isn't hard. She is suppose to eat something right after she gets her shot so what I have done is gotten some canned dog food (I usually feed her dry) and I give her about 1/3 of a can and while she is scarfing it down I give her the shot.
Most of the time she doesn't even notice but I have had to kind of hold her down a time or two.
When she is acting like she is going to give me a hard time about the shot I put her food in a dish and don't give it to her right away so she almost goes crazy wanting the food and then she forgets about the shot.
Good luck.
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