Dog walking on insulin pump

Set a lower temporary basal rate about an hour before you go out and have a small snack when you get home.


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Try reducing it for 2 hours (so the hour before and during the walk)to roughly 75% so reduce by 25%ish. Depends on how your body takes it but it'll take some tweeking to get it perfect. I reduce mine to 75% and that works fine for me. It'll allow for the drop in blood sugar later in the day of you run the sugars a little higher during the walk.


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I'm not the biggest of people and fairly sensitive to exercise...but for a gentle walk I reduce it by 30%, the nurse said to do this 1/2 hour before yo=u do the exercise ideally so that the change is actually happening when you are walking. Some people find they need to keep the temporary bolus going for a bit longer afterwards, I find that just 1/2 hour after works fine for me. It is a bit of playing but a 25% reduction should give you an idea and you can tweak it as you work out what works for you. I think I am a little extreme as if I do proper exercise like a good run or cross train then I have to drop my insulin by 70% so that it stays level, but that is literally for the 1/2 hour before and whilst I exercise if I leave it that low for too long after then my sugar rises quite quickly!