new from europe (arthritis and vetoryl?) - Ian, Flynn and Enya have passed

Iris:
That is a little worrisome about Ian, I wonder what is going on? Do you think it is the dry heat? Maybe he has had enough of the heat. Tipper I noticed starts to pant if the room is stuffy or if the temperature rises the least little bit. She has even less tolerance for heat this year than she had last year. I hope he is ok. It is cooler here this morning, but lots of mosquitoes are out as the grass is full of dew. Looks like two dry days in a row this is a record for this season! Tipper and I will say a prayer that Ian is ok, and give him a kiss from Tipper and me. Blessings
Patti

hi patti, ian is doing ok today.
he ate his food, but i did not give him the vetoryl today.
i will start tomorrow if he is still doing ok.
he never pants, but the hot and humid weather is not doing any good
for cush dogs.
still no rain.....
but i am glad that you had 2 dry days in a row to relax a bit!
are there more storms coming your way?
ian says thanks to tipper for the kisses and wishes her well too.
i have lots of mosquito bites too from walking through long grass along a ditch. i will avoid that place for now.
do you think those flies do bite dogs too?
never noticed anything of that kind with my dogs.
have to walk the doggies and go to bed...........
sleep well!

Hi Iris,

Sorry to hear that Ian is not feeling quite like himself, and hopefully this will not last long. Not giving him his Vetoryl was absolutely the right thing to do, Good job!!! Keep us posted, ok?

Hugs, Lori

Iris:
Good idea with no Vetoryl. You never know when they seem off what will crop up, but better safe than sorry. I am hoping you get some relief from this long hot dry spell you are having. We are to get storms tonite, and Tipper did her sleeping in the closet again last nite. She is not letting g any storm catch her off guard! I am washing bed linens today and some small stuff as it is already too hot out for the dogs here, and very sunny. I hope Ian was just having an off day as they do sometimes and that he is alright. Blessings
Patti

Hi Iris:
We woke up to none other than rain again. It is not storming though. I found a small bump on Toby's back end this morning and I am going to have to have the vet take a look at it. I hope he does not start with problems now!! It is so hot and humid with the air on it is fogging some of the windows. I hope this rain comes to you as you need it badly. How is Ian feeling today? I hope things are alright for him. It is terrible you had to have two dogs with Cushings, one is hard enough to deal with. Tipper has let me resume cutting the long hair on her feet. If I hold her paw and cut she is ok if I promise her a treat!! I am hoping to take Toby tomorrow to see Delora she is so very lonely. Hope you have a good Sunday and Tipper said to tell Ian that she thinks he is real handsome, maybe that will perk him up a bit! Blessings
Patti

hi patti and lori.
ian is doing ok considering the hot and humid weather.
i gave him the vetoryl today and he is doing fine so far.
migraine yesterday so no forum visits for me.
the dogs and i are no summer lovers.
but the weather in your area sounds a lot worse.
sorry you had to do laundry today because of tipper peeing on elvis' cover.
ian is blushing from tipper's compliment about ian's looks......
see you tomorrow......

Iris;
Too bad about the headache they are miserable especially looking at light really sets them off. I had to medicate Tipper last nite and think I got her just in time. We had really loud rumbles of thunder and she just laid in the closet. I am going to have to get more pills on Wednesday when she goes for Adequan. Cool and foggy here this morning looks like it could rain some more! I guess I should have ducks instead of dogs! I hope you feel better today and that Ian is still doing well. Funny how when a Cush dog has an off day all kinds of things go thru your mind. Blessings
Patti

hi patti, yes you will watch your cush dog like a hawk when they do have an off day.
but since ian is doing so well over all, i am not too worried when he has an off day.
he has had vetoryl for 2 days now and is doing fine.
still sticky and hot outside with 2 drops of rain....
sorry that the storms are still going on.
hope your vet will give you some more valium pills for tipper.
keeping ducks sounds interesting though...................
how is the chest pain?
i am going to bed now.
sleep well!

Hi Iris,

I'm so sorry to read that you've had a migraine. I, too, get migraines, aren't they just plain awful :mad::(

Big hugs to you and Ian, lori

Iris:
I am so glad to hear I an is still doing well. Every time Tipper does something weird I get nervous. She was acting weird yesterday like her cortisol was low, acting scared of something and going in the closet. Then panting later and drinking a lot like it was high. maybe it was going up and down? No storm last nite it passed us but we are to get tornado weather this afternoon. It must be awful with your hot sticky weather and no relief. Is it like this in the summer a lot, or is it just this summer. Our weather is really changing around for the worse. It is was so humid this morning that it was hard breathing for Tipper and me. I have to go see Delora around 11am because I must be home for this storm. Blessings
Patti

Iris, I hate to hear that Ian was not feeling well. Perhaps, it was the heat? I'm hoping that's all it was. :) ...How are you doing? This heat is killing all of us (and the storms for Patti and Tipper).....but, <sigh> we've had such a COLD winter.....I'm actually glad it's warm! I HATE being COLD! I just can't stand it! :( ......I've had company and a new great-grandson! :eek: Yikes! It makes me sound soooooo old! :( I'm hoping Ian and Enya are doing OK today! Have a good walk tonight! Hugs!

Yikes! Scary to pop in and see that Ian had a bad day, but glad he is doing well now.
Those migraines are nasty things. Take care
Sharlene and molly muffin

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Hi Iris,

I'm so sorry to read that you've had a migraine. I, too, get migraines, aren't they just plain awful :mad::(

Big hugs to you and Ian, lori

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o, yes i hate them. i always get them in this hot and humid weather....
i use pills that are called relpax. but it takes at least an hour before they start working. and i need something before i take them to prevent vomiting...
and thanks for the hugs!

jo ann congratulations with your new great grandson!
and patti and sharlene, i am glad that ian is doing fine.
but there is a heat wave coming our way with still no rain.
i hate this weather.
we use to have cool summers in the past, but it is getting hotter and drier every summer.
and our winter was more like spring.
no airco in the house or car so i am not a happy person.
and patti, i hope the tornado weather will move to an other place, so tipper can start to relax.

Hi Iris:
So troubling to know the weather patterns are changing all over the globe. I am praying for cooler temps and rain for you and the babies. The tornado weather passed us but we did get a storm cell that caused havoc for a while last nite. Tipper went to the vet this morning and got her Adequan. It is mugy and hot out so I don't know where the cold front is they said was coming?? I am catching up on stuff from being out all morning. Our meat and especially our beef has gone sky high. I might be a vegetarian here soon if this keeps up wow!! I am keeping everyone inside in the cool today as we have already walked. Blessings
Patti

yes, too much rain at your place and a desert over here...
hope some cool and dry weather will come up to your place and some cool and wet over here.
walked -and fell- into the river this afternoon.
enya lost her ball in the water, and i wanted to grab it, but there was too much streaming, so i got a bath.
no problem since it was hot, but people looked at me thinking; why go swimming with your clothes on??
it was enya's favorite ball so i had to grab it of course.....
i buy organic meat and it is very expensive too.
but i eat it only twice a week.
i love eggs and cheese, so enough protein, but the cheese is very expensive too.
found a new client hopefully. going to meet her friday morning.
she has a 13 year old beagle.

We just got a cool wind blow in, so should be making it's way south now. I'll huff and puff and try to get some over your way too!

:)
Sharlene and molly muffin

Iris:
Well I hope that the Beagle is in good health. If not you can certainly help her out as you are very knowledgeable. I am hoping for you to get the job. Do you get the clients by word of mouth or do you advertise? I am trying to send you some rain and cooler temperatures. We had rain again last nite. Honestly the outdoors is crawling with bugs and mosquitoes from all the moisture. The only ones it seems to be hurting are the spiders. Their webs are ruined from the hard rain. The dogs have walked, but it is horribly humid out. Tipper never minded the fireworks for the 4th of July celebration, but this year as funny as she has been she will probably go in the closet. She went in last nite when it started to rain, but was not in a panic. It is real dark here and ready to start raining again. I have never seen anything like this ever. Hugs and kisses to Ian and Enya from Tipper and me.Blessings
Patti

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We just got a cool wind blow in, so should be making it's way south now. I'll huff and puff and try to get some over your way too!

:)
Sharlene and molly muffin

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thank you sharlene, i would be very pleased if it arrives soon!
my astma is bothering me with this hot and sticky weather and the dogs are not happy with it too!
and the weatherman said it is going to be 30 C bleeeh!

hi patti, this lady i found via someone in my neighborhood.
he works in her garden and she asked him if he knew anyone who could help her with the housekeeping, medicines, groceries etc.
i am going to meet her tomorrow morning.
hope the beagle is not a fat and lazy one, but since he is old, i don't think i could change anything.
tomorrow will be 30C [90F i think] and again sticky........bleeh!
hope there will be some rain during the night.
hope tipper will not be scared of those fireworks.
i am not fond of bugs and mosquitoes too.
and big spiders...brrrrr!
the dogs and i want this summer to be over soon.
but since it is only juli 4th , not a chance.....
people are sitting in their garden half the night and making lots of noice.

Hi Iris:
I am so glad you found someone in your neighborhood. I hope she hires you right away. Sounds like the beagle is very old like the master! It is much cooler here today and some fog this morning. It is hard to believe it is July, but I am waiting for winter as that is when Tipper feels the best. I thought she was going to end up sleeping on the bed last nite, but got up in the middle of the nite and went in the closet. People were already setting off fireworks last nite. Hoping for cooler, wet weather for you and the babies. That was funny about you getting the ball for Enya and getting soaked. I would have done the same thing. Blessings
Patti

the lady hired me, and her beagle is lean and doing well.
needs to be groomed, but i will ask her if i might brush her. she has lots of old hairs and wool in her coat.
it is very hot and humid over here and it is not cooling down at all this evening.
no rain of course..........
did tipper survive the fireworks?
did not go anywhere with the dogs because of the heat today.
car is like an oven!
like you, i wish this summer was over.

Great news that the lady hired you.
Is it cooling down any over there?
Hot and humid here today, with storms over night that woke me up
with the thunder and lightening. Molly got in bed with me, upside down,
getting her belly rubbed, right next to me and stayed there till the lightening
and thunder stopped. Then I put her down and she went to her own bed
and I had a dickens of a time getting her to wake up this morning so I could feed her and take her outside for a walk and get myself off to work.
That girls needs her beauty sleep I guess. :)

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

hi sharlene, we had one cooler day with some rain, but hot and humid today again...bleeh! and the nights are sticky too!
glad that molly is surviving those thunderstorms by snuggling up with you under the blankets, so she can not see or hear the thunder.
sometimes i have to wake the dogs for their morning walk too.
but they have to walk because they won't p and p in the garden.
but they can sleep all day whilst we have to WORK!

So pleased to hear you got the job and it sounds like the beagle has been well looked after.

It seems like most of us here are looking forward to Autumn / Winter - last week we had 36C feeling like 40C thanks to the humidity, and following Hurricane Arthur over the weekend we now have 28C feeling like 35C - oh joy, not!! I hibernate once the temp exceeds 20C because the heat totally saps my strength - OH calls me his wilting English Rose :D

o, i feel the same way! summer is not my favorite season at all.
exactly, 20 c is ok, any more not!
and hot and humid gives me migraines.
the dogs love the cooler weather too, we had drizzle today [20c] and we walked in it for 1 1/4 hour in the forest and got wet finally!
tomorrow it will be the same, but later in the week, hot again, bleeh!
we are just delicate woman!

Spring and fall, those are the best times. I'm not a fan of winter at all, (canadians do love to be snowbirds and take off at the first sign of bad weather) :)

Hot, humid sticky doesn't cut it either. We have plenty of that too in the summer, but lovely springs and fall, are just divine!

Sharlene and molly muffin

yes, i love spring and autumn too.
is there a country where it can only be those seasons?
some snow with christmas will be fine, and kids and dogs love it too as long as it is fresh.
i thought you canadians were used to the cold temp. during winter?
it is only july 9 and summer has just started, counting the days till fall arrives.......

yep, molly needs to be walked too. She isn't a one pee kind of female, she has these alpha qualities that makes her think she has to mark just like a male dog! I can take her out in the yard as an in between but you best plan on giving her a walk at the regular scheduled times or she lets you know about it.

hmm, well California is pretty good, if you live by the ocean, you get that breeze all the time, and the hottest month is september and that is pretty much it. You can drive to the snow if you need to I'm thinking of the middle area or a bit north up by San Francisco, not down where Kathy, or near Los Angeles, which can be very hot. I do like fresh snow and snow at Christmas, but once it all turns to ice, I'm not happy.

LOL You'd think Canadians would be adapted to the cold by now wouldn't you and some areas get it really bad, but I just wait for it to all be over and spring to arrive.
I've mostly tried to live places that don't have tons of snow.

Sharlene and molly muffin

Well I absolutely love Winter, but I'm not Canadian (just live there), and most of the people I know locally complain about the snow or head South for as long as possible once it starts to chill. I like the proper Winters which don't have the warm days which cause thaw / freeze which makes the trails icy. We're in the snow belt so get quite a bit of the white stuff - we've had over 9 feet some Winters......

okay, tons of snow and 9 feet of it sounds too much for me.
we do not get that much over here.
we do have a sea climate, but when the wind is east, we will get cold weather from poland/russia.
but since temp. are up worldwide, maybe our whole country will sink into the sea.......
we had 2 cooler, wet days, but it will be hot again......
poor cush- doggies!

No one in their right mind Wants 9ft of snow!!!! yowser!
I like a sea climate much better!
It's just right here today, 16C over night, but then tomorrow up to 29C but a dry heat, so that is okay.
Then thunderstorms Saturday night and Sunday. I best get my outdoor time in tomorrow I think.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

very hot and humid today, half of me has melted away.
it is 3:47am right now and still sticky, but i am going to walk the dogs.
can't sleep, no airco.
i want one of those icebergs you saw sharlene....
glad to read that molly is so relaxed on her new pill.
we walked [literally] through the river today.
ian is still doing pretty well in this hot weather!

Yuk! Is 35C normal for you guys in the summer?
That is pretty hot. we get some days like that every now and then but doesn't look like
we'll have many this year.
I'll try to send some rain and cool breezes your way.
How is the gang doing?

Sharlene and molly muffin

hi sharlene still VERY HOT over here. [saturday was 35C]
the dogs and i don't like it at all!
it makes you really sick.
i think the sea climate what we used to have is changing.
when the wind is west from the sea it is not so hot, but with wind from the south/east hot weather is reaching us.
no relief the coming week.
i am afraid of the dogs health, this weather is so hard on them.
even the nights are hot.
they are a bit lethargic because of it.
hope your temperatures will be normal for your and mollies sake.
i am afraid enya will be cush dog nr 3.
she has a pot belly, but no other symptoms.
i will see how she will act after the heat [and on a diet], but bloodwork is due at least. hope it is just thyroid [or overeating, she always was a piggy], that is a pretty common sheltie thing in their old age, but since her brother has cushings.............

oh gads, I hope not another cushings, but yea, I can see how it is a worry being from the same litter. :(

This heat though has to be affecting her, so maybe wait a bit till you get some cooler breaks and see what she is doing then?

Hope you get some cooler weather soon.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

i will certainly wait till we have more normal temperatures.
we went to a big lake [former sea] this afternoon, lots of cooler wind there and the dogs were very happy in/around the water.
they were very active for more than 2 hours, so i hope it is just the heat and enya being a bit overweighed............
and the heat continues for the next days at least......

The weather has been crazy everywhere this year. I am curious, tell me about the lake that was once the sea:):):)

I sure hope you don't have to think about the possibility of another Cush pup and that it is just your extreme weather.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsselmeer
it is in dutch, but maybe you will get an idea this way.
enya has a pot belly, but no other symptoms of cushing [yet].

ahh De Zuiderzee :):):) I should have remembered that from our trip to The Netherlands:o:o:o:o

It was fun to try to read Dutch and you do get the idea.;) Thanks!!!

I hope the evening is a cool one.:)