Some thing that I worry about is if Bender got out or was lost. He has a micro chip but I really worry that who ever picks him up wouldn’t know he was diabetic. So I bought Bender a new dog tag a few months back that says he is diabetic. On one side of his tag it says he is diabetic and has all my info and on the other side it has the info for his Vet.
It is a really inexpensive way to let any one who picks up your lost dog that they are diabetic. I had a tag engraved for about $10. There are a ton of places online that will engrave tags. Your vet should be able to too. Or some pet stores. Well worth it.
Having a tag indentifying our dogs as being diabetic is a really good thing.
I did this for mine when she was dx over 6 years ago. On her tag I not only had that she is diabetic but added ‘twice daily insulin a MUST’.
I was afraid that with just saying ‘diabetic’ it would not convey the urgency as to just what her being diabetic meant.
Unfortunately there are many people that have no idea what diabetes is in humans let alone that our dogs can have the disease.
THANK YOU!!!! My husky has gotten out many many times. They are notorious for their wandering. I have never thought to do this!!!! THANK YOU! (luckily she hasn’t gotten out except for once in the past year and a half… and she was diagnosed about 3 months ago.