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January 8, 2013, 2:29 am

Hi there, my name is Kris and I've got a labrador retriever who has recently been diagnosed with diabetes and arthritis. It's been an uphill battle getting her to eat the vet's food (Hills...

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January 8, 2013, 11:48 am

Hi Kris - glad you found us. I'm just on my way out to work, but will try to get back on later.

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January 8, 2013, 12:32 pm

Welcome to CSG. Sorry to hear about your lab, but I always tell people IT COULD BE WORSE. Diabetes is so workable once you get the basics down. Your life becomes a schedule of sorts, all wrapped...

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Hi Kris. Good to see you. Welcome to the board..You know what I think. If Vets. didn't recommend Science Diet they would go out of business. I've never had a dog yet that would eat it without adding a...

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April 1, 2013, 5:26 pm

Sorry it's been so long since I've been here. I thought I had posted on another board for Canine Diabetes, but it wasn't getting much action, so I tried this one and yes, I do see I had posted...

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April 1, 2013, 7:31 pm

Hi Kris, welcome back..Just one quick question here. Do you test her at home?

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April 2, 2013, 2:03 am

Hi Kris. Welcome.. I'm so sorry I dint see your original post... maybe we should move this thread to the canine diabetes forum, that's where you would get a much larger response.A lot of dogs hate the...

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April 2, 2013, 4:12 am

Is Tessa vomiting too? What about appetite with the diarrhea? Has she ever had pancreatitis? The episode sounds like hypoglycemia which can be deadly if not for your quick actions. Has your vet...

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April 4, 2013, 10:45 pm

Hi Kris,The thirst is a sure sign of high sugar levels and maybe the diarrhea too. There weren't alot of details in your post about that incident ("shock") and I'm curious if you took her right in to...

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June 6, 2013, 8:03 pm

Updating. Tessa left us this morning. She'd been bleeding out of her side and hubby took her to the vet so they could look at her, run tests, etc. Apparently she was so far gone that the only thing to...

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