What is the average life span of a dog diagnosed with diabetes?
June 16th, 2009 by admin
Our 8 year old poodle has recently been diagnosed with diabetes. He is on twice daily injections of insulin and commercial pet food, canned and dry, twice a day. However, I'm reading reports online that say he will have a shortened life span regardless of treatment. Does anybody know from personal experience how long diabetic dogs can live?
dogs like people can vary greatly. As long as it can be kept under control, he should have a normal life pretty much at least.
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June 16th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
my chocolate lab was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 4 years old. he lived to be almost 11 years old. the first few years he did pretty good with it. but later especially the last couple years he was sick a lot and he went blind. he was a large dog he weighed 104lbs and that last year he got down to 54lbs. he was skin and bones. even though he ate a lot. i would have liked him to live longer but i think he lived pretty long for having diabetes for almost 7 years and having it at such a young age. good luck and i wish you and your dog the best, take care.
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June 16th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
dogs like people can vary greatly. As long as it can be kept under control, he should have a normal life pretty much at least.
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