Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

Hi Trish,
Over all, a pretty good report.:p That mucousy poop doesn't sound good though. I hope whatever's causing it clears out soon. Drat, poor Flynny, still has the itches. I think fleas we're put on this earth to make everyone miserable. Pesky little buggers! ;) I am glad to hear that you're both doing well otherwise. Xxxxx

Hi Trish,
Sorry Flynn still has the itchies..can you see for sure that it's fleas? Boy I hate when I see those mucus poops! Otherwise Flynn seems to be doing well. Funny how you're starting to get the warm days and when we're starting to cool down. Flynn's happy for the Spring and Trixie is loving the Fall here.
Hope Flynn continues to feel good! Lucky boy getting to go to the beach so often! :p

Barbara

Thanks girls for checking in on us :)

I rang the vets today to see when ours will be back at work and it was not until the end of next week. I did not want to make Flynny wait that long with the itchies so booked him in to see the 2nd in charge guy.

He was very nice too, I love a vet who greets Flynn by getting down to his level letting him sniff his hand in greeting and then he gave Flynn a good old pat!! So we were off to a great start!

He did the general check over, few spots around his tail a little reddened, one area with a bit of hair loss and red underneath where he has been scratching. He checked his anal glands much to Flynn's disgust! He agrees it is a likely allergy to fleas, or something environmental. Hard to tell really. He said we are in for a bad flea season with such a mild winter. He had obviously checked over his recent results and mentioned his liver tests which are high and did say sometimes strange liver tumours can manifest with skin problems :eek::eek: but then quickly said unlikely with Flynn.

He said use of antihistamines in dogs can be hit and miss and the loratidine had not done much to help. He said straight off I do not want to give him Prednisone orally with his history. But he has prescribed a topical spray called Cortivance which has to be applied daily for a week. Also try Phenergan to hopefully settle it down. He was not to worried about the occasional mucousy poop and hopefully that will continue to settle down, if not we could look at changing his protein from venison to something else maybe possum again. I am going to give him the hypoallergenic biscuits again. Last time we tried them he got sick, but we are not sure if that was due to the flare of IBD or the biscuits so worth another try. He agreed not to do the UPC until we get this under better control. The cortivance spray has a special warning on the leaflet for the vet to weigh up benefit/risk before prescribing for cushings dogs (which Flynn is not, but thought might be helpful for anyone cushing owners if considering that treatment?) the blurb also states that very little is absorbed systemically. He also suggested fish oil to help with his skin and we looked at his supplements and he thinks what he is getting is enough.

So hopefully this new treatment zaps the itch! Poor Flynny is a bit down in the dumps tonight, just laying about and cannot go outside except for pit stops as a storm is here :mad:

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Hi Trish,
Unfortunately with allergic dogs, you may never figure out what is causing the itchiness. It's trial and error while treating symptoms. :o Poor Flynny. The itchiness and a storm too! :eek: I hope it blows through quickly so Flynny can skip off to the beach happy once more.:p. xxxxx

Hi Kathy! :D

We have maybe have seen an improvement the last couple of days with the spray! Fingers crossed :)

The storm is long gone that was days ago! Saturday morning here and we are heading out soon to walk for Prostate Cancer which is a charity close to my heart!! I set up our local support group a few years back and it does my heart good to see the men so active in promoting it now. Flynny is to be painted blue (well not all of him, maybe a couple of stripes!) it is along our beachfront up town and we have a few friends joining us to hopefully we will raise a few dollars for research etc into this insidious disease. xxxx

What a great way to start the weekend with a jaunt for a good cause along the Beachway. Yay for itchiness being better.

Our fall seems to be moving in pretty steady, the nights are cooler and the days feel cooler, even when it is still warm in the sun.

Have a great weekend!
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Trish,
So glad to hear that the topical spray is starting to improve Flynn's itchiness! I love that the vet got down on Flynn's level to say hello!! Sounds like he's a nice guy :) Too bad poor Flynn had to put up with an anal gland check!! :eek: Don't blame him for being unhappy about that!
Wow...what about the end of the America's Cup?! I wasn't following all that closely but I did know that New Zealand was ahead throughout so when I heard on the news that USA had won I was so surprised, thought they must have had it wrong.
Did Flynn enjoy the charity walk? What a good boy to join in and help raise some money...I bet he got a lot of attention from everyone. Did he get his blue stripes painted on? ;)

Barbara

Hi Trish,
So glad the spray seems to be helping.:p

What a great cause! I bet Flynny was a super star walking with his blue stripes. I hope you have a photo to post??? Xxxxx

Hi all

Yes the walk was lovely yesterday thanks, we all dressed in blue and raised a bit of money! Poor Flynn at the end though it was pretty sad, they had a sausage sizzle and he was not allowed any :( so me and my friends did not prolong the torture and walked back into town for brunch!!

Hmm don't get me started on the America's Cup Barbara :D It is hardly Team USA when the only American on Oracle was the youngest present, the skipper was Aussie, the tactician English and other Kiwis were also sailing. They cheated in the lead up races, were caught and docked points. Then once the finals got underway NZ was thrashing them 8:1 in the first to get to 9. Then they called "time out" postponed racing for the day and got these NZ boat builders in to tinker with the boat. Then out we go to resume racing and man could they fly, it was like an aeroplane zooming around the course. We could not keep up which is very strange don't you think when we had been doing so well. Plus 3 times the race was called off when NZ was in front because of "weather", not enough wind, too much wind, sea was too wet (OK that last one was a cartoon in the paper)!!! So to say eyebrows are being raised in NZ about the ethics of this competition is an understatement. :eek: It seems our little country cannot compete with the billions of Larry Ellison.

Anyway the rugby is on today so I am off out again for the match!

Flynn is good, he has already chased the next door cat! Still scratching at times :mad: xxxx

Hi Kathy
We were posting at the same time, I took a couple on my phone but they suck! So I have changed his avator back to his pic from the walk last year, he looked pretty much exactly the same as this!! He was the star of the walk, the only dog there and he led the way :D:D