How do you check your dog's blood sugar?

Pets that’ve been diagnosed with diabetes may need routine blood sugar monitoring. If your veterinarian recommends you check their glucose levels at home, they’ll likely recommend the necessary tools and information to help you obtain this measurement. 

Generally speaking, you'll need a blood glucose home monitor, glucose strips, a sterile lancet/needle, cotton ball, alcohol, and petroleum jelly.

Apply a layer of petroleum jelly to the exterior ear, then hold the cotton ball on the interior of their ear flap to act as a buffer. Prick their ear with the lancet, then collect a drop of blood to place on the glucose strip and insert the strip into the monitoring system to get the reading.