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Devastated my whippet has Diabetes at 6 month old

Omnipod said:
Definately not heartless. I have a dog.
My message was merely for you to think it through because the dog is so young. Personally having to put a dog through a lifetime of blood gasses, not being able to test a dogs blood sugar etc will be very difficult. If I was having a hypo and I couldnt speak or tell somebody would be extremely frightening.
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I hear what your saying here, but I would like to add that if this was my young dog facing a life time of diabetes .. then I / we would cope, but then I do think of my dogs like they are my own family. I could not think of PTS any of my pets unless they had tried to live with the problem and their life was to unbearable for them. Our own hound had a big heath problem as a puppy that after 4 years we have grown used to, its never been a problem for her as she knows no different. @Patsy B am sending you and your hound a hug :)
 
Omnipod said:
Definately not heartless. I have a dog.
My message was merely for you to think it through because the dog is so young. Personally having to put a dog through a lifetime of blood gasses, not being able to test a dogs blood sugar etc will be very difficult. If I was having a hypo and I couldnt speak or tell somebody would be extremely frightening.
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I'm not knocking your initial point on "euthanasia".. I certainly don't wish to ger involved in an ethical debate. (Our view does differ on that one.) animals know when they wanna go. So if the beast has hope? Who am I to decide & take it away. That's where I am on the thoughts...

But I did want to comment. That I have seen a hypoglycaemic dog. (The Jack Russel I mentioned earlier.) & they get over it rather well after treatment..
My sister also had a black Labrador prone to "hyperventilating" & literally passing out. (Seen many of these events too.) I would patiently wait for it came round & was happy enough..
(I was brought up around horses too.) Believe it or not. I have seen one of them drunk on "windfall" cider apples.. Not disimalar to a hypoglycaemic dog.. But a hell of a lot heavier to handle.. ;)

In short. They adapt. Like kids do actually..:D
 
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its a horrible situation to be in nevertheless and my heart does go out. If my little boy was in that situation, I dont know what I would do. I guess it depends on the dog. My dog was rescued and as a result, he does not like strangers touching him and would not even allow the vet to vaccinate him. He finds all that very traumatic.
 
Izzy my whippet does not mind going to the vets as she has been to same vets from being 8 weeks old, she appears well in her self while on antibiotics... I was woken in the night as soemtimes I do when stressed and thought I wonder if she has had anything whilst being very small and eaten it causing this....she is a little sod for eating things she should nto I have caught her chewing a needle case before and taken it off her.... now I know an X ray will be costly but going to ask today how much just to remove that thought from my head argghh
I have had many many whippets during my lifetime as raced them from being young even bred many champions before....Izzy was to be my last whippet and she has brought us so much love she is the most adorable little girl any one would wish to own so I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed for her....the breeder has said if we get rid of her she will take her back... I hope I do not have to do this it would break our hearts
 
Izzy finished her antibiotics yesterday Friday now am holding my breath to see how she fares I have been to the chemists and none it seems sells clinisticks these days so ordered some of the net which arived last eve, ordered electrolites and am awaiting them to be delivered....fingers and toes crossed for her
 
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