Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

Hi Sharlene,
No one should have to attend two funerals in a week. I am so sorry.

Rosie isn't found of her dry food either. She prefers soft food also. She will only eat the dry when she is really hungry. I have finally found a solution. I soak about a cup of dry food in water, then zap it with my mini food processor (Ninja). It becomes the consistency of canned and Rosie gobbles it right up. I still offer her dry in the evening and as snacks during the day. She'll eat it hand fed or in a game, but doesn't like it in a bowl. I was buying the canned formula at $2.50 a can to mix with the dry. Rosie is just as happy with my makeshift soft food and it keep well in the frig. Just a thought....

I hope you are able to get some rest this weekend. Xxxxx

Sharlene, Sorry to hear about your tough week. Hope the weekend brings you some relaxation and extra time with Molly.
Sorry to hear about 2 funerals. My condolences.

Sharlene:
I think you need a break. That is so sad two funerals in one week. I hope what is left of this year is easier on you. WE had such bad wind yesterday, but al the leaves are still not down. It is very dark and looks like rain again. Was Molly excited to see her daddy? Blessings
Patti

Geez, two funeral in one week is no fun. I hope the families and those who love them heal soon.

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Yes, Molly was thrilled that my husband came home from his business trip. She heard his vehicle pull into the garage and looked at me. I said, "that is Daddy, Daddy is home" and she started whining at the window and then ran to the door to meet him. (something she does when either of come home from being out and about)

Last night, he was rubbing his face in her neck fur and I was blowing raspberries on her belly, while she rolled around on her back on the floor doing the Molly Wiggle. I think she was in her happy place. :)

The plan is to take it easy this weekend, maybe do some work around the house if we find our motivation. :) If not, then my favorite thing to do in the whole world is to curl up with a good book and read myself silly. Molly is currently joined right into that mind set, curled up on couch with hubby, watching some very bad scary movie. I think they are actually using it as back ground noise to take a morning nap.

hugs,
sharlene and molly muffin

How cute is that, Molly sounds like she is in 7th heaven!! Enjoy your lazy days! xx

Oh oh oh Sharlene, Canada just popped up on my facebook and you know how much I love rugby!!

The Maori All Blacks are in Toronto to play Canada the game is on early tomorrow morning I won't be able to watch it all as it starts 7am my time and Flynny has to be at the vet by 8am! But this is the clip on facebook and shows them at a very fancy dinner with the Canadians and doing a haka. They play USA next week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcF-W...ature=youtu.be

That was so cool! Loved the end. What was that a chant, a victory thing? The expressions on that one guys face, he was so into it and looked quite ferocious.

Fun never ends at this house. So, we've been trying to do massages on hubby's shoulder and exercises to get some mobility back. (this involves some swearing and yelling too, sort of like that chant come to think of it) Then he is in the backyard, encounters a spider, and flings it away, not thinking of his shoulder. Next thing I know he comes running in yelling for me, and he is having a massive muscle spasm, that I massage away. Way to get mobility going eh. So, he says, I'm taking Molly out back with me. Not long, he comes in yelling for me to bring a poop bag, that she is stinking up the entire yard. ROFL. So, out I go and I look around and see a tiny little bit on the grass, and I'm like, really this is it? He says well, I smell it. (He can't clean up poop, he just gags when he tries) So, I clean that up, then tell molly to go inside the house, which she takes off running up everywhere but up the deck steps. I find another bit of poop, clean that up, she is still running around as fast as she can go. We have a new level pool cover, child proof, this year and she runs across it, and stops in the middle because it is waving. Now it will hold an animal, or child, but not an adult, so we're calling her back, she gets her sea legs going and takes off again, all around the yard, while I am yelling, Molly get inside the house NOW! Finally she goes up the steps lickity split and hubs looks at her and says, she sure is a trouble maker isn't she. ROFLMAO. I am now laughing so hard that I am doubled over. Molly is pleased as she can be at the top of the deck looking down at us and every time I look up at her, she runs again. Finally I got her in the house, poop bags disposed of in their container and hubs back to doing his clean up. It's been an eventful morning and it's only 9am.

She is currently laying in the kitchen, in the sun, barking at nothing, maybe my shoe? and growling, carrying on like a banshee. She is definitely feeling good and pretty full of herself today. I think she might want to go back outside. Frisky, is the key word, if I ignore her, she picks my shoe up and throws it. This is new. (all this is happening as I'm typing this out).

I need coffee. Back in a bit.
hugs,
Sharlene

Oh, what fun! :D:D:D

Your hubby's aversion to poop reminded me of the first time Gia's daddy changed a poopy diaper - if video cams had been available as easily back then as they are today, it would have made a GREAT YouTube show! I've seen one on America's Funniest Videos that is similar but her dad did eventually get the job done... with me howling in the kitchen as I watched. :p

Enjoy your day...I hope you all have many more adventures and much more laughter!

Sharlene:
Molly certainly keeps you two on your feet and entertained! She seemed to have an abundance of energy, maybe it's the weather as Tipper is energetic today too, and wants to walk more! Blessings
Patti

Woof woof zooooooooooooooooom... you go Molly girl!! xxxx

The walk that took forever this evening, because Molly has discovered great big humungous leaf piles are a blast to jump into and no pulling on a leash is going to keep her from them. She had to pounce into every leaf pile she found and right now everyone rakes their leaves to the side of the street for the city people to vacumn up. Boy did she have fun! I was freezing My tail off of course. LOL We did finally make it back to our house, where she was still looking for as many leaves as possible and would run to even a little bundle to check it out and see if it was big enough to jump on. That girl!!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Ah Sharlene,
Freezing or not, you can't possibly deny our diva a few romps in the leaves. Such joy for the little things. We can learn do much from them about what's important in life. You go pounce on those leaves Molly before they get away.:D xxxxx

Don't worry Kathy! I'm sure she didn't miss even one leaf pile. :D And a few that could barely even be called a leaf pile come to think of it. She still pounced. And run, she would run as fast as she could go to the next one, tail high in the air. Only thing she would stop for was to peak around a tree (her I'm hiding and you can't see me but I can see you stance) to watch a dog or person walking on the other side of the street. I was laughing myself silly.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin (zoom is right Trish, she is like a mazda commercial somtimes, zoooom zoooom)

Hi Sharlene,
Trixie has also been spending time in the leaf piles too. She likes to really give them a good going over...nosing around the whole pile, making sure to sniff everything and the ground underneath. When she walks away she usually has a leaf or two hanging from her beard...not the best look!! :D Glad Molly is enjoying the Fall too.

Barbara

That is exactly what Molly does, goes sniffing all the way through, side to side, top to bottom, burrowing in as needed.
One or two leaves is all?!! WOW. Molly comes out looking like a minature fall maple tree. ROFL head to toe. LOL

I love it though. So glad that Trixie too is enjoying the fall leaves

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

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Frisky, is the key word, if I ignore her, she picks my shoe up and throws it. This is new. (all this is happening as I'm typing this out).

I need coffee. Back in a bit.
hugs,
Sharlene

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OMGosh, Molly, she is a riot!! I can just see her picking up your shoe and tossing it!!! :eek::D

Daisy loves strolling through the leaves too. I think that she likes the noise :-)

Sharlene:
It is so cute to see a dog and a pile of leaves, as you know what will happen next. Tipper loves jumping in them and scattering them about. I appreciate these moments even more now that she has become ill. The weather is so much better for Cush dogs outside that it gives them some energy. Blessings
Patti

I like it when the dogs chase after the blowing and dancing leaves. Bailey used to get mesmerized by those. Here in FL there are no falling leaves and back in BB there aren't many deciduous trees.....mostly pine trees....and she does like those pine cones.....which just did their annual fall. I'd much rather rake leaves than go around picking up pine cones!:mad:
Susan

Hi Sharlene:
It's blowing up a storm outside. 60mph gusts we are having this morning. I am assuming you guys sent it down here since the temperature is dropping rapidly. There won't be any leaves left in my yard when this is over, unless I get the neighbors! Hope you and Molly are having a good weekend together. Blessings
Patti

Argggg Patti, we had that awful wind yesterday, Sharlene probably has it today. Today it is just COLD:(

Yep, we've got the wind going here too and the temperature is suppose to be dropping throughout the rest of the day. brrrrrr Of course we're going out tonight to a gala that requires a dress. Thinking it's going to be cold and breezy out there.
Molly is doing good. She's still having fun with the leave piles. She goes in looking like a dog and comes out look like a tree with leaves everywhere. Then she runs to the next pile to do it all over again. The leaves bug her when they get stuck on her bum or tail, so then she goes through this process of trying to pull them off with her mouth or shake them free. Doesn't really work that well and then I go in and pull them off before we come back into the house. Such a little prima donna.

I really have to stop playing on the computer and get dressed to go out to run some errands. Once the colder weather gets here I don't even want to go outside the door. I'm like a bear that wants to just hibernate the winter months away.

hugs all, stay warm!
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Sharlene:
You better put some long underwear under that dress, I have a feeling you are going to need them!!!

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Sharlene:
You better put some long underwear under that dress, I have a feeling you are going to need them!!!

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LOL now there is a thought! ;)

I'm procrastinating again. Molly is curled up asleep in the window seat, none of us seem too inclined to do much.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Sharlene:
How did the dress work out in the cold weather? Did you leave Molly alone to go? Does she get an attitude when she is left alone? Tipper would stay alone by herself with no problems before she got Cushings. Now she always wants to go with me and cries to go. We are expecting are first substantial snow tonite. I bet it will look pretty. Blessings
Patti

I am very much Not ready for any kind of snow or nasty weather. They said we might get some flurries though.

Yes, I left Molly to go out. She is actually pretty good about being left at the house. I think she sleeps until we get home, and it doesn't seem to bother her any. Which is good since we are fairly active outside of the house sometimes and especially during the holiday season, which we are into now and it goes till about mid January I guess.

The dress worked out fine since I had a long wool coat, and only had to walk across the street from the parking garage to the building entrance. It was quite the swank evening. I think it was a success over all and we were back home and Molly was ready for her walk and me for my pj's.

It's hard to get me moving for stuff in the winter. I can procrastinate myself silly and end up doing nothing if given half a chance. Molly loves it when it snows, but once it turns to ice, then it's a bit dicey for dog walking.

hugs all,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Snow? 81 here. Running a/c here. Fallen leaves? Fallen blossoms. Might be a different story come Friday...:(
Hugs,
Susan

Sharlene,

Macy's sells fleece lined stockings. I have a black pair and they look no different than any other pair.

Warm, shorts, 85 degrees here! Supposed to be in the 80's all week! Isn't snow the white stuff you make snow cones out of? LOL

You are so cruel, Kathy. :mad: :( ;)

Yipeeeeeeeeee SNooooooooooooow

Sharlene:
Break out the snow shovels! Tipper is loving this and it energized her like you would not believe! Blessings
Patti

ohhhh, fleece stockings!! Now that's an idea too! A lot of times I'll wear tights instead of hose, much warmer!

No snow here. :) We had a few flurries flying around, but it was really cold and windy today, so nothing even accumulated. Think our high was around 33 or 34F.

85! :cool: I agree Song, cruel, cruel, cruel. LOL :D

Tomorrow, molly goes for her hair cut. I'm going to have to take a coat to put on her when I pick her up. She'll have bare bum with all that hair off. Way to breezy for my little diva. (plus her tail tends to tickle her bum after a hair cut) :eek: She prances around trying to chase the tickle away. Good times!

I am not getting out the shovel yet Patti!

hugs all!
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Well it's gone all cold again here too... jeepers got a big sunburnt on my nose on the weekend, now I have the heater going again. Spring eh!! We are just about due to get our equinoxial gales too.. everyone gets right grumpy when we get the winds! Still I count my lucky stars we do not have to deal with snow, but I would love to see how Flynny would handle it if we did! Dunno about those fleece stockings Sharlene, sounds a bit like a sheep and I think Flynn might give them a bit of a nibble if I wore anything like that :eek:

You will have to get your bags packed for the road trip on Saturday now :D My lovely Auckland friends want us up there earlier when they rang tonight, they think Flynn will do better if we meander up on Saturday then he has a couple of days getting over the travelling and get used to the place so he is not all stressed for the vet on Tuesday. We were laughing as when I flew home from the conference I had a couple of hours stopover in Auckland and they came out to the airport to meet me for lunch. They were grumbling that I always seem to be just passing through catching a flight somewhere and I never get to stay for very long with them and have a good catchup. So they were urging me to come back soon and stay a few days but none of us thought it only be a week before I was actually back!! They were planning how to keep Flynn enclosed with baby gates in their back yard as it is not fully fenced but sounds like they have it all worked out, they also have his walks planned in some nice parks and I think he is going to be spoilt rotten up there. She wanted to know what he likes to eat so she can get supplies in for his dinners, I think she was a little put out when I said I will be bringing all his food with us :D:D

Ohh spa day for Molly tomorrow, hope she likes getting pampered! Before and after shots please! xx

Hiya.... it's been awhile. The trip wasn't what I expected, however at least I got the chance to get away.
Keesh is ok... had attitude when I got back but he'll come around.

Glad everything is ok with you and Molly. Sounds like she's doing well.

I have so much to do now that I'm back, just don't know where I'm going to find the time. I might have to cancel Christmas - LOL - no time for it.

Will start Keesh back up on hydrotherapy next week and take him for an ACTH test too. He's still the same with peeing and drinking. Talk soon.... gotta go get started with these weddings.

Sharlene:
Those fleece lined stockings are great. Mine are tights that have flannel inside. They are not bulky, and you really cannot tell the difference between them and regular ones. They really keep you legs toasty if you get cold there. You and Molly could get a matching set!!!Blessings
Patti

I was thinking of maybe trying them for the company winter parties that are held in January, snow and blowing usually in Ottawa and Montreal. Last year I wore knit leggings with a long red cowneck sweater to our office luncheon. That was warm at least.

LOL I'm sure Flynn would just love them. Molly too. I have to keep her out of my closet or she thinks it is her play area and my clothes end up in tatters. Sometimes quite literally. :eek::o

Judi, yikes! Sounds like a lot of work coming up. Can't cancel Christmas!! :eek:

Well the before pretty much looks like her on the yard picture and the after looks the same as her on the tile in the kitchen picture. She had a blast, as usual, said howdy to duke (the irish setter) and then promptly ignored him to role over on her back and get belly rubs from our groomer. (she spoils her a bit LOL)

Oh great, you'll have some time to spend with your friends and Flynn will have a blast I'm sure!

hugs all
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hope Molly's haircut went well, such a little diva!

Sharlene:
Well how is Miss Diva this morning after the hair cut? Does her Royal Highness approve of the new do? She is so funny, and keeps you two on your toes. Blessings
Patti