Hello Dr. Mike, You might remember me and Kodi, my diabetic Siberian Husky, from some e-mail we exchanged a few weeks ago. I just wanted to let you know that one of the other vets in the practice took over Kodi's case, consulted a specialist, and has helped a lot. It is funny sometimes how subscriber questions arrive on the days I have just learned new stuff. There was an article in this month's Veterinary Medicine journal that states that chromium and vanadium may be helpful in diabetic cats, which I just read last night. There is a reason that the article is about cats and not dogs.
Cats tend to develop diabetes that mimics the adult onset diabetes seen in humans.
In this case, insulin secretion decreases and insulin resistance increases, resulting in the need for supplemental insulin. In some cats, the use of insulin can be discontinued once good control of weight and diet are achieved and oral hypoglycemic agents are used. Dogs tend to develop diabetes that more closely resembles juvenile onset, insulin dependent diabetes in humans, even though it does occur more commonly in older dogs. So I guess you could figure out an approximate dosage for Kodi based on her weight compared to a cat and a human. It would probably be best not to exceed this dosage in Kodi, either.