Badger was diagnosed in Feb. 2006 and put on Vetsulin and W/D. I live in a rural area and have a few livestock vets to choose from - who know little about diabetic dogs. So we took a trip to the big city and had a full workup done. In addition to diabetes, Badger also has an enlarged heart (I always knew he had a BIG heart...), a kidney stone and several bladder stones. We switched his food to G/D and after reading all the problems with Vetsulin, and since we weren't regulated anyway, decided to switch to NPH. We are now on 3 shots per day. He isn't regulated but it is looking promising. He doesn't like me to home test his BG but occasionally he will let me. I mostly use UG strips that aren't as accurate but better than nothing. We take our 3-hour drive one way to the city every few weeks