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Hi my name is Sarah and my name is Haley and we are two of the technicians here at Extra
Care Animal Hospital and on behalf of Expert Village.com, we are going to speak with you
today a little bit about the care of your dog. Right now something I am going to talk
about is hypoglycemia and basically what it comes down to is dog’s blood sugar. Hypoglycemia
is a very serious illness that your dog can get. The most popular breeds that are at risk
are Chihuahuas, Yorkies and a lot of the toy smaller breed dogs especially when they are
under the 2 pound limit or toy dogs. Hypoglycemia is just like in humans, is their blood sugar.
Their blood sugar drops it can actually become fatal. Right here in my hand I have a supplement
that we actually give to dogs when they are puppies to keep their blood sugar up. The
appetite always helps. You want to kind of put the supplement on their food. It helps
to prevent the hypoglycemia attack and you want to make sure that they are not showing
warning signs of hypoglycemia. A lot of the warning signs when they are very little are
being very lethargic, very tired, not playful and not active. They are not acting like a
normal puppy like a young dog should. You want to make sure that their gums are nice
and pink and nice and fresh. You don’t want to lift up your dogs lips and see they have
white gums. If they have white gums that means they may be at risk for hypoglycemia. Unfortunately,
hypoglycemia is something that can last through their entire lifetime. You want to make sure
that you always have a supplement on hand that is full of sugar made especially for
dogs and it is pretty much like a candy bar for them. Most dogs like it; otherwise it
is actually pretty easy to put in your dogs mouth if they don’t. It is a slurpier sticky
like substance that you can actually place on their tongue. You want to have it on hand,
make sure they are not showing signs and you want to make sure their appetite is good.
If they are eating fine, you may not need the supplement. If they are always having
difficulty with their appetite, you want to make sure you have the supplement at home.
Hypoglycemia unfortunately can be fatal so that is why we want to make sure your little
puppy or your smaller breed dog is not showing signs of hypoglycemia and if they are, try
to give them the supplement and call the animal hospital and let them know they are acting
lethargic, their gums are pale, that they are not playful and that they are not active.
Otherwise, if you take care of it and make sure they are eating and their appetite is
good, risk of hypoglycemia will be slim to none. That is pretty much it for the hypoglycemia.
If you are interested in getting more information about our animal hospital, you can visit our
website at www.extracareaminalhospital.net.