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My diabetic dog is picky. What food or homemade options can I offer?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Female | spayed | 13 years and 2 months old | 16 lbs

My dog is a diabetic does not like hills wd food what else can I feed her or make her she's very picky?

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 25th, 2018

While it is beneficial when a dog eats the diet for diabetic dogs, it is more important that the dog regularly eats his food so she can be given her insulin on time. That said , if you look for feed with low carbohydrate content (go to a petfood store and compare labels, or do it on the internet) you can pick a food that may be suitable, You can also take the ingredients of the wd food down and then compare ingredients with other foods and pick the closest to the wd. If you cannot find anything at all you can also cook your own, however that is a lot of work and not cheap. If you intend to try cooking your own check with this site: https://secure.balanceit.com/tools/ez2/index.php?

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