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Anne, I am THRILLED for you!!! .. and that darlin' face would melt anyone's heart!! just precious!!! I want to put my hands thru the screen and hold him! LOL I'm a firm believer these presious little ones are "meant to be". When the time is right... we get 'connected' and we just KNOW it's right!

Jenny my husband loves the name Gabriel! It is all settled. This is his name. I am sure we will call him Gabe for short but we know what it means. Thank you so much for the name!

Christine - ask youf vet about using human insulin. You buy it at Walmart or Sams, Novolin NPH (made by Reli-on) and it is $22 a bottle. With a small dog like you have - it will last you well over a month. Many here have started on vetsulin and the ended up changing. I believe that more dogs are on the NPH rather than the vetsulin. You also get your syringes at the pharmacy (no scripts needed in Mich - depends where you live. You need...

Ah what a precious boy!!!! So happy for you!!!! You will have a great Christmas with this new little one. Oh and that sweet puppy breath!!!

Molly had begun to hide under the bench whenever I called to her because she knew I was the one giving the insulin shots . I felt so bad when I called to her to hold her or lift her to sit with me on the couch and she would go hide . So I began using the same hand signal when I wanted her to come and it DIDN'T involve giving her a shot . It's taken over a week but now she gets it . It's so wonderful to have that part of our...

That is funny, Jenny, because I was going to suggest Gabriel, too! I also thought of Gideon and Peter. Andrew (Andy) and Sammi (Samuel) are good biblical names and I thought Peter or Petra (the rock) might work. He will be your rock - to hold you steady while you still mourn for Andy. I'm not sure I like Petey, though, and that's what he would end up! He is so beautiful. I bet he is a little snuggler, too! Remember housebreaking? I...

The shots are supposed to be 12 hours apart? Always? My vet said 7am and 5pm. Should I be waiting 12 hours? If I wake up late...do I push the 2nd 12 hour up also? Oh my this is overwhelming.

Yes- I gave her the vetsulin twice a day and have just duplicated that same schedule- She is eating the same food though I have been told may need more carbs with the NPH- just don't want to make too many changes at once! Her last BS was a 170 at 5pm.... so roughly 12 hours since her last injection. (Her 3:00 was 270) so guess she is peaking a bit later... She ran from 230 (fasting at 7 am) to the high at 3:00- I was able to check about...

She has run of the house during the day along with her buddy my standard poodle. They have water and access to a doggie door. At night she had free roam but was peeing in the house. Once we started putting her in the kennel at night she was holding it until recently. I called the vet and asked to up the insulin. She said no that we could bring her in anytime for a bg test and wait till Monday for the curve. She said she would rather have the...

Hi Jerri She has only just seen a vet this week, sorry but I don't think anyone is ready to give up on her yet, she is 10. Jerri, we must be different as even if this was my dog I would still be trying to find out what the problem was not put him out of his misery - she isn't in any pain (she is the kind of dog who would "tell you") and is content in general but is having accidents and losing weight and is skinny...