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

Oh my gosh, I am so glad that you found someone who knew him. How scary that must have been for him.
What a sweetheart you are to help him out like that. Glad she did finally open her door too~!
Ian and you both had a full day it sounds like.
You'll have to have a recovery day tomorrow now :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

still awake, can not sleep. i have to work the whole day tomorrow so in 3 hours i have to go to work.........i am my own boss, so from 12.30-2 p.m. i am off from work. i can walk the dogs for an hour or so and have lunch. they don't mind staying home for a few hours.
still miss flynn a lot......so does the cat. they always slept together during the night.

Hope you are well. I guess your cat really misses Flynn his sleeping buddy. This is probably still working on your heart and your mind about Flynn and it is making it hard for you to sleep. I am sure you will be tired at work. I am glad you are still having good weather there. It is so miserable here it is minus 17 or something it is really bad and the wind will not stop it is like 40 miles and hour. Take care and get some rest when you can. Blessings
Patti

aww, sorry to hear you're having some insomnia. A lot has been going on lately, makes it hard to get good rest.
Awww, poor kitty wants his snuggle buddy. Can't blame him.

Glad you get a break tomorrow to recoup mid day.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

patti and sharlene, i am sorry that the weather is still bad. last year we had the same overhere, and now it is still 10-12 degrees [celcius] above freezingpoint [=0] in the weekend it will be 5, but still pretty "'warm"'.
it is 2 a.m. here now, maybe walking the dogs will clear the mind.
ian is not eating well and he does not want his pills. he is very suspicious now, but i bought a smelly can of cheap catfood and he is finally eating his vetoryl pill....yeh!! he is not couching anymore, so i hope his cushing appetite will come back, and i can hide his pills in his food again. luckily the norocarp pills are so called tasty pills-what an invention- and he likes them.
........and he just ate about 200 gram=6 ounces of green tripe. including his fish oil capsule..............................he is becoming a night owl too i quess.
i will send some tropical winds towards you and hope the snow will melt.

oh man I would take even a +5C. :) After out last cold spell that went through with the freezing ice storm, was that just last week or the week before, anyway, then we had a day that was 1C and I went out with just a light jacket on. After having the -25C stuff, that felt like a heat wave. :)

What is it about nights. I don't know if they clear your mind or not. I use to say, never send an email or make a serious decision after 2am, you'll regret it whatever it is, because you're seldom thinking clearly and are pure emotion by that time.

Hopefully Ian will be just fine and he just needs to settle back into a routine. He probably misses Flynn too, pack animals are like that, take away one and they get mopey too.

yes, flynn was the pack leader. he never needed a fight with other dogs, he just looked and made himself big, and off they went. he was very protective of ian and enya. he blocked the pushy dogs off and they felt safe with him at their side. there are so many pushy dogs these days, people are walking their dogs looking on their i-phones, they don't watch their dogs at all! no interaction, no contact.
they want a family dog, but don't have time to train or exercise it properly. overweight labs running trough your dogs...........
that is why i always take the car to go to the riverside or the forest. [only a 10 min drive] and hardly any dogs overthere. most people walk 10 min round the block.
tomorrow i will ask any of my elderly clients for a few sleepingpills........
off to bed now, it is only 4 am here.......

I am hoping that Ian is going to be alright. I feel for you having another dog to worry over now. Things in life just aren't fair are they? I am glad you have a job where you basically do your own thing, especially with all the things you have had going on with the dogs. We are still having frigid temperatures and wind. Take care and get some rest. Blessings
Patti

hi patti, yes i decided to be my own boss because of the dogs. i want to take care of them myself. but i will be poor the rest of my life because it does not pay very well.
but the freedom of making my own working scedule and be able e.g. to walk the dogs myself makes up for it.
and patti, one day we will invent a money tree........
ian is doing pretty well. he can walk for 30 minutes now without a rest in between, so this is not bad i think. the other rounds are 10-15 min.
he remains stiff in his joints, but that is vetoryl and age i quess.
i hope that the fact that he is eating and drinking less is due to the vetoryl. that he is stable now. it is difficult to say. i will watch him closely. i was hoping for a break after flynn died, but ian decided otherwise. [he is a very modest dog]
how is tippers leg doing? any better? hope you and tipper sleep well this night.

Well I had to make a decision between a job that had wonderful pay and benefits or my health. so now I struggle, but will make it somehow. I am glad you are able to walk your dogs etc. that means more than money. I am hoping Ian is in a good place for a while with the Vetoryl. I used to wonder years ago why Tipper as she got older never had problems with her back legs. They are like little springs and she could jump almost 6 feet in the air from a standing position. Now I know it was the cortisol keeping them form hurting. This disease is unlike anything I have ever dealt with, it affects every part of their body. It is worse than a cancer. I hope you got some much needed rest. Maybe Ian could snuggle with the cat and be buddies?? Glad you are still having good weather. Blessings
Patti