Thread: Photos of your dog

That's a real bummer vulcannz. My last dog who was a huntaway had diabetes and he required blood glucose tests twice a day and I had to give differing amounts of insulin dependant on his blood sugar levels. That went on for a bit over a year then he started getting multiple organ failure and spent the last week and a half at Massey in intensive care.

Originally Posted by rugerman

That's a real bummer vulcannz. My last dog who was a huntaway had diabetes and he required blood glucose tests twice a day and I had to give differing amounts of insulin dependant on his blood sugar levels. That went on for a bit over a year then he started getting multiple organ failure and spent the last week and a half at Massey in intensive care.

Yeah the vet told us even if we did the treatment he was only likely to last a year, and that border collies usually get cataracts within a few months and go blind. My boy hated vets, we have some hilarious stories of his post-op visits to the vet. So I could not seeing the treatment being anything but adding more stress and more discomfort to his life.

While I am very sad, he was a wonderful dog that added a lot to my families life. When we first got him 2 of my boys, my wife, and my mother in law were afraid of dogs. They are now true blue dog lovers, even my mother in law - who is a 70sih year old cambodian grandmother (who survived the Khmer Rouge). I think she has been hardest hit because he used to be her companion in the daytime when we all went to school or work. I swear that dog was bilingual.