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

yep, been there done that last week MC. Crazy isn't it

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It's heating up again here this week. Supposed to be in the mid 90s F by Thursday. That's about 35 degees Celsius. It has been dropping to the mid 60s during the night. That cold for us. Lol ;):D

35C...pfffff, that would be far too hot for me and the doggies.
i prefer snow...............
are you going to walk the dogs during the night?
or are they used to these temperatures?

It cools down quite nicely in the evening. Once the sun starts to set, it's cool enough to walk to the park. I try to go most days because Rosie loves it. Early AM is cool also, but I'm not much of a morning person. Getting to work on time is challenging enough.:o

We get snow rarely in our local mountains, but no snow where I live. We don't get any winter to speak of. We have a somewhat longer fall, then it turns to Spring again. I have NEVER experienced a white Christmas. It is not unusual to be running around at Christmas time in 80 degree weather (27.6 degrees Celsius)

okay,so it cools down at night after sunset.
glad you can go to the park with rosie.
i am not much of a morning person either.
short round before going to work, a long walk during lunchbreak and after work.
it is indeed good for our dogs and ourselves to exercise them.
can rosie walk off leash in the park?
we do have a sea climate so the winters are not very cold too.
sometimes we do have a white christmas though.

last night ian has vomited twice, this morning the living room was covered with bloody diarrhea from wall to wall.
ian was lying in a corner, so i called our vet-luckily it is a 24/7 clinic.
i took ian in, no fever, so he got some anti nausea shot and Metronidazole pills to give him at home, but he is too sick to eat them.
no diarrhea anymore, no vomiting, but he is feeling sick of course.
poor ian.
there were more dogs with a diarrhea virus this weekend who needed iv fluids etc. but they all had a fever, ian didn't.
he is drinking ok, so hopefully he will be feeling better soon.

Maybe you could entice him with something to just get the metronidazole pill into him. If he has a gastro intestinal bacteria, then he needs to get that to help him stabilize and not become dehydrated.
Poor Ian. :( Something going around there?

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yes, he wasn't the only one with severe diahrrea this weekend, even when we were in people called telling their dog was having the runs.
saturday 2 dogs had to stay, both needed iv fluids, but they were runnung a fever, ian did not.
he is sleeping now after drinking a lot of water.
on his side instead of on his belly.
nothing came out of him again, front or backside.
so i hope this was it and he now has to recover from it.
no pills yet and no vetoryl of course.

Poor Ian. I hope he's feeling better soon. As Sharlene says I'd try to get him to take the metronidazole because it will help get rid of any bacteria. I know it's not ideal but if I really had to get Hamish to take pills I would coat them in a tiny bit of liver sausage.

ian is feeling better today, no more vomiting or diahrrea.
ian is very hard to pill.
he is suspicious of everything i want to feed him.
liver sausage or luxury catfood from a small can works most of the time, but i can't force it down because he would never trust me again.
and he needs his vetoryl.
i will skip the vetoryl again today and start low tomorrow.
he has walked a few short walks, so i think he is ok again.
his sister doesn't show any signs of being ill, so i hope she doesn't get it.
i had to clean everything and that smell......................brrrr!
he is asking for food right now, so i will feed him some.
he has eaten some treats today and that went well.

Glad to hear he is feeling more like his old self and hope he continues to improve. I could smell that odor when reading your comment! YUK!

Glad Ian is doing better today and hopefully he'll continue to improve every day.

Must be something that is making the rounds. :(

his brother died last tuesday of spreaded colon cancer.
he was operated 9 months ago, but the cancer came back.
so, i was very scared when i saw this mess yesterday morning...............
but so far, so good with ian.

I can imagine how scared you were. I am so glad Ian is better.

Big hugs

Oh gosh! I bet you were really frightened after learning of his brother's plight. How is Ian today?

Squirt got impossible to pill and very expert at getting the good stuff off then spitting the pill. :rolleyes: She finally decided that was too much work for a Queen and simply refused anything that MIGHT have a pill hidden in it. :D I resorted to either crushing pills or finding liquid forms and putting that in something she liked to eat. It worked 95% of the time - especially if the food was something different from her usual fare. ;) When the pills were really bitter, honey was our friend.

ian is doing very well!
he is very hungry today, a few days without vetoryl and not eating whole meals, has made him hungry.
so he ate his normal amount of food and his vetoryl [only 15 mg today]
like leslie said he is very difficult to pill and you will have to think about how to fool them every day.
he is not very food orientated.
liquid and crushed....no way! the best way with ian are capsules, he doesn't smell them, but when he has bitten one and has tasted the stuff he is very suspicious again. and most capsules are big.
luckily he can live without them for a few days, and after a lot of treats without pills, i can most of the time fool him again.
my working dogs- shepards and border collies- were very easy to pill;
mouth open and voila..........., but these smaller dogs are softies, and get stressed very easy!
pill time is not my favorite time of the day.
so far nothing going on with enya, so i hope she stays free from it.

So good to hear that this seems to have passed for Ian.
I'm sure he'll be back on track in no time.

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Merry Christmas Iris, Ian and Enya. Hope you are doing something nice for Christmas.

Big hugs

thank you sharlene, going to my aunt with the doggies, stay the night and back home friday.
[in the nl's we do have 2 christmas days]
the dogs are getting older, but doing fine.

Just dropping by to wish you Merry Christmas from Henry and me

thank you, and a [belated] merry christmas to you and henry too!
[no internet for 2 days.]

tomorrow it will be a year already since i had to put flynn down.
he wasn't able to lead a normal bordercollie life anymore.
i've learned a lot since then, thanks to this forum.
luckily ian is doing ok on the 20 mg vetoryl.
enya is still looking pot bellied, drinking a bit more, but never had an accident in the house [she can hold it for 10 hours during the night]
she was always very food orientated from pup on, so that is not a symptom from cushing's for her.
so i will keep an eye on her for more symptoms, but so far so good.

Thinking of you and Flynn. Even when it is the right thing to do, it is still a hard thing to do.
They take a bit of our heart with them and leave a huge portion of their heart with us.

I'm glad that Ian is doing so well and hope that Enya continues to do well too.

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I Haven't Left At All

I saw you gently weeping as you looked through photographs
You paused for just a moment at one that made you laugh;
But as you turned more pages the tears began to flow
You whispered that you missed me but I want you to know;
I softly licked those stinging tears that down your cheeks did fall,
I want to help you understand I haven’t left at all.

On those days that you are overcome with sorrow, pain and grief
I rest my head upon your leg to offer some relief.
When you take our walking path I’ve seen you turn around
Because I know you surely heard my paws upon the ground.

At night while you are sleeping I snuggle at your side,
You stroke my fur as you touch that place where I used to lie.
You said it’s just your heart playing tricks upon your mind
But rest assured I’m really there, my Spirit’s left behind.

I know your heart is hurting; it’s like an open sore,
You think my life has ended and you won’t see me anymore.
But for those of us bound tight by love, death is not the curtain call;
It’s really the eternal beginning that waits for us all.

So, dear Master, as you live your life I patiently await
For us to be together when you pass through Heaven’s gate

Our thoughts and prayers are with you on this "first". I know your sweet boy is watching over you still...and always.
Hugs,
Leslie

Dear Iris,

Just wanted to tell you that I am thinking of you today, as well, and to thank you for all your helpful posts to others here even at times when you may be feeling low yourself. I know today must feel especially hard, but you did the right thing for Flynn as painful as it was. Today we all join you in honoring your dear brave boy.

Marianne

Firsts are just plain crappy.

Big hugs to you. I understand.

Big (((hugs))) from me too Iris!

thank you all for the kind words on this day.
it doesn't feel like one year already, but it is.
luckily ian and enya are still doing fine for their age.
we do have a few inches of snow and they do like it a lot, but i think it will be melted by tomorrow.
up till a few days ago it was 10-12C/50-60F , so like last year, no winter yet!

it is 11.42 pm right now, so almost 2015!
i want to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year!

Happy New Years Iris, Ian, Enya

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thank you sharlene! and a happy and healthy new year to you too!

Happy New Year to you, Ian and Enya. We wish you all health and happiness in 2015.

Happy New Year!!!! I hope you and the pups are doing well as day two of 2015 starts for us.


We have gone a month without snow but expect snow this weekend.
It actually felt good to have a month of no snow, more walks for us.
I hope you are getting many walks in!!!!

thank you both! and a happy and healthy new year to you too!
the snow has gone and the temperatures are up again.
no winter yet.
we still walk a lot, not as fast anymore, but forest, river, and in spring lake and sea i hope [their favorite spots] to keep them and myself in shape. used to be 4 miles/6 km / hour, and these days 2,5 miles/4 km/ hour. miss the longer hikes, but they still walk +_ 2 hours/day.

Good grief! I struggle to walk to the truck! :D

I'm impressed, that is some good walks.

if the weather is like today-cold drizzle- we don't walk this far.
but when it is dry we try to do the 2 hour walks.
i am not someone who goes to fitness etc. so this is our way to exercise ourselves.

I always used to joke that I walked at "Hamish pace" (3 miles/hr), so we would be constantly overtaken by other trail users ;), and I'm sure I still walk at the same pace with Henry as we were overtaken by a man with a westie and a 5 year old yesterday!!

oops...are we getting old????
i still walk way too fast sometimes and when i look back after a while the dogs are way behind.........
i have to concentrate on -like you- walk a 2,5/3 mile pace with my golden oldies.
my own pace is more like 4 miles/hour.
if you and henry are doing fine at a 3m/h pace then i would continue to do so.
enjoy your walks!

I don't think we will be doing any walks:rolleyes:

I just went out for five minutes and my finger tips froze:eek:

I sure hope you are having better weather.

Florida looks good right now.