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?
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1 john ross // Jun 16, 2009 at 3:57 am
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.
2 austindawn13 // Jun 16, 2009 at 3:57 am
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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