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Happy 12th Birthday Violet Rays!

Animal Person

The life expectancy of greyhounds is 12-15 years. Then there's her hideous gum disease that has left her few remaining teeth in bad shape but without much to do for them (the vets won't touch them). We spent the end of 2004 and beginning of 2005 getting fired by vet after vet. There she is. She's our 62-pound miracle.

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Diabetes and Vetsulin Recap

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I somehow became the non-vet, go-to person regarding dogs and diabetes, I suppose due to my frequent blogging about Violet Rays (left), my greyhound who has been through diabetes, blindness (then cataract replacement), glaucoma and retina detachment. My experience, because I test frequently, was relatively uneventful.

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