Blood glucose (blood sugar) is an essential measure of your diabetes pet health. If you're struggling to manage your pet blood glucose levels, your vet can help! With the latest tools and strategies, you can take steps today to monitor your pet condition, prevent serious complications, and feel better while living with diabetes.

"Home monitoring of BG is ideal and strongly encouraged to obtain the most accurate interpretation of glucose relative to clinical signs."
"Most owners are able to learn to do this with a little encouragement, and interpretation of glucose results is much easier for the clinician."

In-clinic blood glucose curves (BGCs) are more likely to be affected by stress hyperglycemia than BGCs generated at home. Veterinarians should be cautious of high glucose results and subsequent overzealous increases in dose. Home monitoring may provide your veterinarian with accurate data to help assess a treatment plan.

Avoid unnecessary emergency or vet clinic visits.

Better control glucose levels may help prevent and minimize both short-term and long-term complications.

2010 AAHA Diabetes Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats From the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 2010; 46:215-224