| It is difficult to stand by and watch a pet suffer | | | | your diabetic dog. If you can prepare the food |
| from any ailment. Diabetes is a health disorder that | | | | yourself, there is nothing better. You are probably |
| inflicts dogs as much as it does humans. The | | | | cooking for the rest of the family so you should take |
| symptoms are the same: unquenchable thirst and | | | | a few extra minutes to prepare the dog's food as |
| constant urination with a pungent smell from the | | | | well. This way you will be able to keep a tab of how |
| urine. If the dog looks listless with little or no energy, | | | | much carbohydrate and sugars you are feeding the |
| it is time to ask the vet for a diagnosis. When the | | | | animal. |
| vet determines diabetes in a dog he or she will | | | | If you are unable to cook the dog's food yourself, |
| prescribe that diabetic dog food be given. | | | | you should search for some good manufactured |
| Like in the case of human diabetic food, diabetic dog | | | | foods and start the dog on them. This may not be |
| food is composed of little or no sugar and | | | | too easy because it is difficult to get a dog to switch |
| carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are converted to | | | | over to a food that it has not eaten before. Often, |
| glucose in the system and this leads to complications | | | | dogs do develop a taste for their regular |
| in the diabetic animal. So preparing a diabetic dog | | | | manufactured dog food and they cannot change |
| food diet means keeping the carbohydrates low and | | | | over to a new brand easily. But a little effort will be |
| keeping off sugar all together. Like any diabetic case, | | | | required to get the dog on the road to good health. |
| it is easy to handle with proper diet and exercise. So, | | | | Using canned food that has been especially |
| while the dog is on a diabetic dog food diet, it should | | | | developed for dogs is the best way to help your |
| be briskly walked at least twice a day. When this is | | | | diabetic animal live a healthy life. |
| taken care of, there is no reason why it should not | | | | Diabetic dogs, like humans, have an overworked |
| live a healthy and active life. | | | | pancreas. This is the organ that makes insulin to |
| When looking through the shelves in the supermarket | | | | break down sugar; it also makes enzymes that break |
| for the best diabetic dog food for your pet you will | | | | down fat. So, to help the pancreas along it is a good |
| be amazed by the quantity of carbohydrates and | | | | idea to keep off fats. Put you diabetic dog on lean |
| sugar in any packaged dog food. Dry forms of dog | | | | meats like chicken once a week or perhaps a month. |
| food typically have the highest component of these | | | | Vegetables should form a good part of the dog's |
| two compounds. | | | | diet. Get some fresh green vegetables and mix them |
| When planning a diabetic diet for your dog, keep the | | | | in the diabetic dog food twice a week. This could be |
| following in mind: A natural diet is the best diet for | | | | the best you can do for your ailing pet. |