April 2009

Mitzi

Mitzi is a 9 year old Yorkshire terrier who has been suffering from diabetes for two years. Her owner injects her with insulin twice a day to keep her blood glucose levels controlled.

Mitzi comes in regularly to see us at The Pets Practice. Her owner says ‘Every time I mention Danielle's (our head nurse's) name her ears prick up and she gets very excited!’

When Mitzi is here she needs to have blood tests every two hours throughout the night to check her blood glucose levels. Despite being blind because of her diabetes, when she comes to stay with us she seems to know where she is and we often get a wagging tail as we walk past her kennel!

As her diabetes often causes her to drink more than an average in-patient therefore she tends to need to urinate more regularly, so she often gets taken outside for a little walk!

We find Mitzi a pleasure to look after - she is a very special, brave little dog and seems to love coming to stay with us. That is why she is The Pets Practice Pet of the Month April 2009!

To find out more about diabetes in dogs please click here.