Hi and welcome Suzanne and LT. I'm also glad you found FDMB and you will find lots of information and support here. We can definitely provide testing and feeding tips and you are going to get a lot more response if you post the questions in the Main Health forum. This Intro forum is just the welcome mat and more members monitor the Main Health forum in order to help.
If you would, please take a few minutes to create a signature so that LT's pertinent info is available whenever you post.
1. Setting up your signature (light grey text under a post). Here's how:
click on your name in the upper right corner of this page
click on "signature" in the menu that drops down
type the following in the box that opens: kitty's name/age/date of diabetes diagnosis/insulin you're using and dosage amount /glucose meter you're using/what (s)he eats/any other meds or health issues (s)he has. You can add your name, and a geographic location (sometimes the country/time zone matters) Be sure to SAVE when you are finished. You can edit the signature if anything changes or needs to be added.
2. Another thing that will help us help you now that you have started BG testing at home is to set up a spreadsheet like the one we use here. You will see how the trends and patterns emerge, and members can review his progress before offering suggestions or advice:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/fdmb-spreadsheet-instructions.130337/
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/understanding-the-spreadsheet-grid.156606/
It's interesting that you have a diabetic dog too, and I think you are correct that each species diabetes are treated differently. I did some research for a neighbor with a diabetic dog this last winter and was pretty surprised at what I learned. I had hoped to find another resource just like this one for dogs, but I wasn't successful. If you like you can include the dog in your profile information (in which you can provide much more info than in the signature), because he's part of the family too! We love all the fuzzy four foots.
Just so you know, testing does get easier with practice and patience. It's just a new process that you and LT have to learn.
Best wishes going forward Suzanne, I think you are going to find what you need here and we will help all we can.
