My dog had a double dose of food and insulin - I fed at 9 and gave insulin and went out and my fiancé fed at 1030 and

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Customer: My dog had a double dose of food and insulin - I fed at 9 and gave insulin and went out and my fiancé fed at 1030 and gave insulin - he’s been ok all day do I feed him at night now and not give insulin again ?
JA: The Vet will be able to answer your question, plus any follow-ups you may have. What's the dog's name and age?
Customer: Bear -11
JA: Is there anything else the Vet should know?
Customer: No he gets 5.5 units
Answered by Rebeccavet in 1 min 2 years ago
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Thank you for using Just Answer. My name is Rebecca; I am a veterinarian with over 30 years experience. I will do my best to help. I am sorry to hear Bear got a double dose of insulin this morning.

Can you measure his blood sugar at home?

Customer
No I don’t have anything
Customer
He has been ok though since the am - not acting unusual
Customer
My question is what do I do about dinner and night insulin

Is he drinking less water or than usual?

The only way to know for sure whether to give insulin is to measure his blood sugar. If you can't do this at home, you could have it done by a veterinarian.

Otherwise we just have to guess, and I to be on the safe side, I would not give insulin tonight. He may need the insulin, but it is safer not to give it, if you can't measure his blood sugar.

Customer
He had food before second dose as well so I'm hoping it evened it out . He's drinking the same - ok so I'll feed at normal time tonight and no insulin and go back to normal tomorrow
Customer
Should I give more food for dinner ?

I would feed him his normal meal.

Customer
Ok So I'll do that and just monitor him - there have been no changes since and been 6.5 hours

That sounds best. Please let me know how he is doing.

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Customer
Thank u - I will keep I posted
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Please do keep me posted.

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