Bailey and Friends

Yippeeeee!!!!!!

How awesome and exciting! So when will the wedding be? Next year?

This will be such a great time in all your lives

Hugs
Sharlene and Molly muffin

[QUOTE From what I may read so far, Sarasota has a lot to offer.[/QUOTE]

Oh yes it does!!! Now I've not spent a summer there, so I can't speak to the summers. I do notice every time I check the weather there it seems to be chance of thunderstorms and a high in the low 90s.

There is a very active community events/theater/arts shows. Bob had to visit the ER while we were there last winter, and it was fine. PLUS.....Bailey and I are there!!!!!!!:D:D:D

No details as to wedding plans yet. It will not be very formal. I don't know when, where or how big. They will visit us next weekend and maybe we'll get a glimpse into what they think they'd like. I told Ryan just to tell me when and where to show up and I'd be there!!

We spoke with her mother this evening-we called to introduce ourselves and to share our joy at the announcement. She thinks they should just get married in two months and "get it over with." She thinks Ellen won't want the pressures of a big wedding. Ryan says he thinks he will be the one pushing for some bit of "stuff."

It is indeed very exciting. Ryan and I have been working on a ring for 6 weeks or more now. I gave him a family heirloom diamond to use as the center stone. Ellen had picked out an antique looking setting that she liked, so he went with that. I've seen pictures, but I'm anxious to see the real thing. The ring arrived Thursday one week ago. We've been looking for the phone call since then. They both seem very happy and we feel they are a great match for one another. Ellen is just lovely and very upbeat. I love her laugh.

"More will be revealed........."
Hugs,
Sus

We're off to the vet....one sac drained and one question about Apoquel. :confused:

Ohhh, can't wait to the hear the details! :)

We're going to be in a similar position soon I think. ;)

What does the vet have to say about the Apoquel? It seems to working for Flynn

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Sacs drained. They were full...one more so than the other. I asked about Apoquel. I also did some online research about it. I think we should all buy stock in the company that makes it. It works, hands down. The demand has been too great to keep up with. They now say they think by April 2015, it will be available to all. Right now the very limited supply is being given to those who were already on it.....and in some of those cases, there is not enough. Vet office told me there is a 2 year wait list....but I don't know that that is exact.

There is another drug, Atopica, which is being used by many. But if you read about the possible side effects and long term issues involved with it, unless you're in a much worse situation than Bailey, I don't think I'd take the risks.

All in all, with what I read, I've decided that thankfully Bailey has a very mild condition at this time. We have medicated shampoo and an antihistamine prescription which seem to be working pretty well. It's just when you go to scratch Bailey's back, he legs go madly. I can't tell if the scratching feels good or not. She doesn't pull away, but she really goes crazy with one leg....at a time.

We got out of there with a $34 dollar bill this time. I would NOT want to drains those sacs, myself, for $34!!!!

Hugs,
Susan

This Apoquel really is the dogs bark. (I was gonna say cats meow, but didn't seem as appropriate on a dog forum haha)

I was just reading that the company that makes it had the largest IPO offering since Facebook, which it beat, and a lot of that is due to this drug being such a hot commodity, it works and doesn't have short or long range bad side effects.

Anyway. That was just a little note to throw in there. LOL

So, how does one go about with this meeting of the parents thing. :) We're thinking that we'll be doing this one day soon too. LOL I'll need pointers!!

Hope you're having a good summer

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Hey Sus~~ Ohhh congrats you going to be a MIL!! How exciting! We will be wanting to help pick out your dress you know!! Elegant and tasteful, a little hat hmmm and fantastic shoes!! What colour?? A nice pastel or are you a bright person?? I love fancy dress shopping!!

Honestly I am not squeamish at all but it makes me shiver anytime someone mentions anal glands on here. In all of Flynny's 13 years we have not had to go there! They must clear themselves, so a big hallelujah to that one!

Yes shares in apoquel may well be the way to go!! I still have a supply from samples that were given to Flynny's vet so I must check with him how many he has as I do not want to go back to how he was before. He does itch, but only occasionally much like a normal dog not incessantly like before so I am very pleased with it.

I am trying not to give him the flea treatments and according to my spreadsheet he has not had anything since April 14th and so far no fleas. He was on comfortis, but iMS said he does not recommend that due to the amount of dogs he has seen that have had seizures on it. I know Mike wants Flynn on something, but if I can keep them at bay naturally it is all good. So he is getting a weekly shower in anti flea bar and drops on his collar. Mind you, it is winter here so spring might see them return. Hope not. I have not used atopica, not researched it either but have seen a few on here mention it.

Flynny sounds like Bailey in the scratch department, like if you itch his back his legs go to town too... down by his tail on lower back is his sweet spot and if you go to pet his back he repositions himself so that spot is always under your hand.... he likes to make sure I have easy access :D:D

Exciting times in your household! xxx

One meets the i-ls by their coming to VA to visit the kids and also to meet us. They are coming for 4 days, I think. We will have dinner with them on a Friday and do something together all day Saturday. That's all I know for now.

"The kids" are here and I don't know a lot more than I did before, except that their type of planning would drive me NUTS!!! It will not be a church wedding. I did not know my son is an atheist. Ellen has no church ties, either. What seems to be gelling is a ceremony of some sort in Colorado, where her family lives. Later on a gathering in VA for the East Coast guests. Size of group to be less than 100. April, if they can plan it that fast. We would go to CO and she thinks her parents would come here for any party here.

I gave Bailey her Frontline yesterday, early afternoon, and for the first time I noticed a REAL change in her after the medication. She became very subdued, almost depressed. She was sluggish for the rest of the day. She had not been eating much for the past two days and I think I will be sure she has eaten before she gets it next month. I know it doesn't go directly to her stomach, but I want to minimize any effect.

Then, today.......it was awful. :( I was sitting in a recliner and unbeknown to me, Bailey had crawled underneath the front of it. I went to get up and felt some resistance and could hear her madly clawing at the carpet. :confused: I had Ryan come very quickly and help me raise the bottom back up. She doesn't seem to be physically hurt in any way, but she sure was traumatized by it. :( She was shaking later and she was depressed. She was very subdued. :( She is just now starting to bounce back just a little. I'm hoping that will cure her of going under there again. I think we will for sure try to keep her out of there. She likes being in enclosed spaces, but not that enclosed! :eek::(

Susan

Our oldest got married at the country club and it was a lovely out door wedding. We'll have to see what the youngest and her (to be fiancee, we're in wait mode for that to happen, just like you were with Ryan for a bit) want to do as far as venue goes. I know they have "talked" about wedding and how they want it but we're still waiting for the "proposal". LOL It is now gone from she would like a big wedding to she thinks they would want a smaller wedding, more intimate. What I do know is she would like for this to all start happening soon and get things in gear as she wants to get started on a family. She turned 30 this year and wants to get things rolling. :) So, we'll see how things go, they are currently in Europe on vacation.

Oh my god! That is one of my fears with Molly, that she'll get under the foot of the recliner when it's up and no one will know she is there and squish her. How is Bailey today? Hopefully past the fear and just will not go in there again. You must have been so freaked out when that happened. I would have been.

Hope you are having a good weekend
hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin