| Dogs can also be diabetic, the symptoms are pretty | | | | spike your dogs blood sugar level. |
| much the same as with humans. The only way to | | | | Any fatty foods also need to be avoided. When your |
| control a diabetic dog is to watch the food you | | | | dogs pancreas is under strain, so are all the other |
| prepare and to make sure it has no sugar and low | | | | major organs. The pancreas over produces the |
| carbohydrate content. | | | | glucose and enzymes to break down the micro fats |
| You need to monitor their sugar intake and also | | | | and carbohydrates. This also means your dog will also |
| monitor the frequency of their meals to control this | | | | suffer from high blood pressure, cholesterol, blurred |
| deadly disease. Smaller regular meals two or three | | | | vision which are all symptoms of diabetes getting out |
| times a day will help the blood sugar levels stabilized. | | | | of control. You should only feed your dog food with |
| One big meal one a day will only make the blood | | | | natural fats and oils, like fish and other natural fats |
| sugar problem worse. | | | | found in certain vegetables. |
| A dog can suffer from hypoglycemia as the blood | | | | So what is the best food for a diabetic dog? |
| sugar lowers too quickly, and could cause all sorts of | | | | If you really want to control and know exactly |
| organ failure problems .Your dog might rapidly gain or | | | | what's in the your dogs food, it is recommended that |
| lose weight very fast. This is very dangerous and | | | | you make your own dog food. Veterinarians all agree |
| must be controlled immediately. The insulin levels | | | | that home made food is by far better than the |
| could shoot up and then hit rock bottom within in | | | | commercial food on the market. They are too full of |
| minutes after meals. Your dog should be under | | | | preservatives, colorants and high levels of sugar. |
| supervision be checked out by a veterinarian | | | | Making your own dog food provides the best care |
| immediately should this happen. | | | | and nutritiously formulated dog food. It will control |
| How does one control diabetic dogs? | | | | your dogs diabetic dietary needs and is quick and |
| I would recommend you avoid all commercial dog | | | | easy to prepare. This method is a lot cheaper that |
| food groups as they contain high amount of sugar | | | | commercial dog food too and is really not expensive. |
| and carbohydrates. Generally commercial dog foods | | | | You can make dog food in bulk and freeze it. You |
| are full of preservatives, sugars and other horrible | | | | can store it and use it over a week's period. There |
| ingredients. One should always check the labels to | | | | are many recommended recipes that are healthy, |
| see the ingredients on both wet and dry dog foods. | | | | nutritious and specifically designed for balanced diets |
| Avoid any concentrated sugar products as they will | | | | and for diabetic dogs. |