Diabetes, Alternate Treatment / Humulin L Insulin ??

When I had a diabetic dog (about 10 years ago) we managed her on twice daily injections of Humulin N. I don't know though if that's a choice for your dog though. Also there is an advertised new insulin that is species specific for dogs. I just can't find the name of it!
I'll look through my magazines.
 I did find a good link about the various insulin choices, it's from Auburn Vet school:
[linkhttp://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sac/mededu/diabetes/insulin.html]http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/sac/mededu/diabetes/insulin.html[/link]

Since L has been discontinued, there are several other options available: Vetsulin (recently FDA-approved version of Caninsulin used extensively throughout Europe).  Predominately geared towards smaller dogs (such as mine--a Toy Poodle, diagnosed last Dec with Diabetes) as it is a U-40 insulin containing a 30/70 blend.  Many also have had great success with Humulin-N, though some have had to go to 3 shots a day to maintain adequate coverage.  Other options are Lantus and Humalog, though to date studies of their use in canines is limited--however one pet owner I know has had phenomenal results with it.
 
If interested, please visit, if you already haven't, the followiing website where other pet owners of diabetic animals get together to discuss aspects of managing diabetes:
 
[linkhttp://p090.ezboard.com/bpetswithdiabetes]http://p090.ezboard.com/bpetswithdiabetes[/link]
 
Patti and Mophead-Max