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

I hate it when dogs are off leash in an area they shouldn't be. Makes me very nervous as I know Molly is not particularly friendly either to animals or people she doesn't know.
I'd be very happy too Trish. grrrrrrrr
Oh yes, saw the school grounds in the video you posted, that is a very nice and safe area for him to run around.

Even though I was just outside taking the muffin for a walk, I ran to look to see if we had blowing snow. It is windy, so could be blowing around some, we got new snow over night and think we're going to have more tonight. That blowing snow stuff can make driving a bit difficult. I don't like blowing snow much. Now big fat fluffy flakes coming down while I am inside, warm and cozy, works fine. :) (although if we could only have it christmas eve and day and then it goes away till next christmas eve, would be even Better!) :)

Hope your weekend was really good
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hey Trish We don,t have pitbulls or pitbull mix here, as they are classed as an illegal breed and the police will seize them, bit of a shame, its staffies they use here they put them in a leather studded collar to make them look tough, such a shame as they are lovely dogs :)

Hope you had fun at the winery x

Staffies are such lovely dogs, hate seeing them with those mean looking collars to make them seem staunch.

Hope your not buried in the snow Sharlene!

Eek ,look at the time, need to leave for work. Maybe see you tonight xxx

Nope, not buried yet. Although I did walk outside to go to do some browsing shopping (I had to escape the house for awhile before going nutso) and it was blowing snow all over the place!! I thought, "Ha, dang if Trish wasn't ahead of the forecast yesterday and now it's caught up"! LOL never fear, though, I just threw that jeep into 4 wheel drive and off I went.

Oh I agree, staffies are lovely. Some of our friends have had them for ages. Now they are down to just one :( His name is Angel and he is adorable! He thinks he is a lap dog and boy do you know you have a dog on your lap when he is there. Hahahahaa He can knock me over when he is in giving kisses mode. LOL

ugh, yea, back to work soon. I'll be waiting to see how hubs is doing as to whether or what days I'll go into the office this week.

Oh that is too funny about Flynn high tailing it inside when the sprinkler came on. Yea, he has energy galore, but not even energy and happy summer days will get him under a sprinkler. It's a wonder you are ever able to bath him. LOLOLOL

hugs
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hey you, Glad to hear you had a nice lazy day at the winery, just what you need to re-charge the batteries before work. :)

Please to hear that Flynn is still doing well and enjoying life to the max :D

I hope you weren,t late for work this morning

Did you have a sore head :eek: hope your having an ok Monday, comes around far too quick!

Loved your update on Tracys thread when he ran away from the sprinkler, my two would do the very same thing. I can just imagine him scampering off in disgust :D

Tia used to think she was a lap dog, hated sitting on the floor, she used to even sit on the seat in the vets waiting room :D

Hey Trish - hope your Monday has went well, and little superdog is still living it large :p

No, I didn't have a sore head Sharlene :) :D Flynny sure is still doing well and continues to enjoy life, he is a bit put out his walking buddy (Dad) is under the weather lately but I have been walking him each night to make up for it :D

Mike rang tonight for a catchup, we are not repeating his bloods/BP etc until the end of February because everything was so good last time. A little nervous about that, but no point putting him through needless vet visits, he sure has had enough of them!! He still wants to get the biggest lipomas off, he said before he has to remove the dog from the lipoma! I agree but it is only two months since his last surgery:eek:. Mike has three weeks leave in February and he said either we do it now, because he wants to be there for the postop period to make sure all is going good with Flynn or we wait, do his bloods/UPC/BP checks late Feb and then if all well surgery a week or so later which is what we have agreed to do. He said I am to txt him if I have any concerns while he is away, as he is only going to be on holiday a couple of hours out of town and he wants to advise what we need to do if anything cropped up... did I say how much I love this man!!

Now, Flynn's scan is due in the next month to check his liver. I asked him about whether he could do it here and email the scan to his specialist team in Auckland for review. He said unfortunately not as his scanner is the 25K model where as the specialists ones are like 150K and he said the difference between the two models is like night and day. He said his scanner is enough for local vets checking pregnant animals and the babies and if there is a real obvious big tumour in a pet but is not high powered enough to see small subtle changes so we have to go to Auckland for that unfortunately. The specialist vet scanners have mega pixels which make for a much clearer picture. So I guess that fits in with what we tell everyone here about high definition ultrasound scanners. Plus the guy that does them in Auckland is a specialist radiologist vet and there are not many of them in our country and he thinks Flynn most definitely needs his expertise. Bah humbug so we need to do that trip.

I have decided not to try and board Flynn, I have two trips up to Auckland in the next month for concerts, but he would have to stay 3 nights at the vets if I took him on either of those trips and he would most definitely hate that and so would I leaving him there. So I am going to have to bite the bullet and plan another trip just for him. With a bit of luck I can go up and back in a day, otherwise I will find a pet friendly motel for the night.

We still both avoiding starting prednisone for IBD, he said as he is so good we will just keep that up our sleeve.

So we are all happy with this! Flynn was too when I told him he does not have to go this week for any testing :D:D:D xxx

Hey You - Did I every tell you I love your Mike too, it is so good to find a vet that is all about the animal and not just the money.:D I did laugh at the remove the dog from the lipoma lol.

A special trip for his US, suppose it is needed especially the high resolution one, they are the best to notice any sort of changes. Glad you are managing to stay off the pred for the moment, Flynny diet must be working for him good on you !

Well Flynny has been through some surgeries what,s another one to him, bring it on I,m sure he will sail through it like his last ones, love to read his is doing so well, you obviously are looking after that boy very well :p

Hey Tracy, I saw your little light on :) yes we are lucky indeed to have him! Certainly when you read the stories on here about some of the vets others have to put up with. Your ones were great too, both local and specialist. Honestly do not know what I would have done without his support and care of Flynn and putting up with my Type A personality wanting everything crossed and dotted but I think a lot of us are like that on the boards!! I wonder if the vets have a forum to destress where they talk about the crazy K9C'ers :D:D