Confused and Overwhelmed-Diagnosed Anal Sac Carcinoma (Woody has passed)

Awww, glad to hear that things are going well for you and Mac. It sounds like he is adapting just fine to your schedule.
That is so sweet about the sausages. I know Molly would love that too. LOL

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Sharlene and Molly muffin

Tracy:
That was a special time you shared with Woody and his sausages. How sweet is it that you have shared that with Mac. Hope work is going well. Blessings
Patti

Hi Tracy, Hi Mel, Hi Mac, Hi Boycie!! :D:D

Can we catch up this weekend?? I hope so, missing my chats and hope you are all having a good week and some sunshine in your days! I don't think there would a dog on this whole wide earth that would say NO to sausage stew!! :D Glad the wee fellow has settled in just fine! xxx

Yes Trish/Mel a catch up is needed, I ll be around Saturday so hope to see you both.

I'm on holiday Friday and Monday so a lazy 4 day weekend for me yippee. Mac is doing fine, eating well but no treats till bedtime, so he is starting to lose the weight.

I had some bad news last night my big sisters, sister in law died last night whilst out jogging she was only 47 my sister is in bits as they were close, so I will go see her tomorrow see if she is ok. Also see my niece as not seen her for a few weeks, she only has 4 wks till the babies due :D

Oh no! How very sad!

oh no, that is so awful, she was so young :( The family must be devastated.

How nice to have a 4 day weekend!!! You can have some me time now after being back at work. :) Gosh your niece is that close already. It seems like just yesterday she was announcing she was pregnant! Where does the time go??!!!

Mac, won't look the same when his owners come home for him. All trim and ship shape. Tracy's Doggie B&B and spa is obviously working it's wonders. :)

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Sharlene and molly muffin

OMG that is tragic, she was so young. Blardy hell, I hear stories like this and it puts me off exercise :( her poor family, it must be such a shock. Hope your sister is OK, time for you to do some cooking for her :o

Hope your niece is feeling well now she is in the last month! It has shot by, seems like hardly a few weeks back you were telling us she was pregnant. I went to a baby shower last weekend, one of my colleagues who is 41 is due in 5 weeks, she did the career thing then had trouble getting pregnant so went the IVF route and she is just beaming with it all, so we all have fingers crossed she has no problems as she is a tiny wee thing!

Hopefully we can get on for a catchup, have not heard from Mel in a couple of weeks so Mel if your reading hope all good on your end! xxxxx

Hey Tracy, Mac and Trish if you pop in here first :D

Enjoying your long weekend? Is it still rain and wind or has the sun finally rocked up?

Sorry to read about your sisters loss, such tragic news.

Can't believe it's a month till your niece is due, like Trish said only feels like yesterday since you mentioned it! Hope she is doing ok and not too uncomfortable as she gets bigger

Good to read lazy Mac is getting into the morning walking routine, Tia was very much a 5 more minutes dog whereas Boyce will get and go at anytime. Are you doing ok with him there? Has it been nice for you to have doggie company?

Are you still cooking?

Hopefully I will catch you both today..

Love
Mel
Xxxxx

Tracy:
I guess Mac will be a whole new walking machine when his parents get home. Hope you are enjoying his company. Blessings
Patti

Ha, you are going to have to teach Mac the days of the week! Mon - Fri, up early for walks. Sat and Sun, sleep late. Repeat. hahaha Just about the time he knows, hmm..not long now, his mum and dad will be back to get him and then they'll be saying, what the .... he wants to get up early all the time now hahahahaha

How is your weekend going?

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sharlene and molly muffin

Hi Everyone

Spent yesterday with my sister and niece they are both understandable upset over the death of Susan, so as I didn,t know what to do I just made lots of tea and coffee and sandwiches for everyone that was coming and going. Rachel my niece is huge ha ha, but she is just all bump and doesn,t seem to have put weight on anywhere else, she is tired but otherwise in good health.

Mac is really in my routine, he got me up at 6 am this morning, i was like its Saturday go to sleep but nope had to get up and walk him lol. I,m doing all right this time with him here. Last week when he was running and playing in the park, I got angry that it should have been Woody running and playing, so i had to have a word with myself. Its not Macs fault that Woody has gone, so I will put my grief back in its box whilst Mac is here. He really is a sweet dog, I keep calling him Woody oops.

Awwww what a good sister you are being there for them, someone to made the cuppa's and food is always welcomed in times like this.

Glad having the Mac with you is not upsetting you too much, calling him Woody eh... my Mum does that, calls me my sisters name haha, so maybe it is age related!! :p

Yes Sharlene that will be my next teaching session with Mac days of the week :D I just know that he is going to get his owners up at 6 am when he goes home at least for a few days, so I may go into hiding those few days :eek:

Hello Tracy and Mel!! How's are things going this week?? Hope all good in your neck of the woods and work is not too evil! The news on the radio on the way to work today said you have terrible smog and people with asthma etc have to stay indoors, hope that is not affecting you too much! NZ is all a buzz with our royal visit next week, with Prince William, Kate and baby George arriving! I hope they have a good time here :D hopefully catch up on the weekend for a chat xxxx

Tracy, when my mother passed away, others brought food and it was such a relief to not have to worry about cooking. I'm sure that they were glad to have you there.

Calling Mac Woody :-) I'll bet that he didn't know the difference as long as you took him for those walks. As for him going home and waking his parents up at 6am, that's what they get for going away again :-).

Trish - We didn,t get the smog we had rain and some sunshine, I think the smog was down at Mels :) Work has been evil this week, everyone is walking around on eggshells as they had a massive order returned worth £2 million in total and the management is on the war path. It wasn,t my department as it was Vodka that was sent back and not my Malt phew:D

Mac is doing well, he was sick last night just the once but was fine afterwards, so don,t know what caused that. I managed to get the grass cut at the weekend as the weather was good, and Mac helped dig the garden, so the nice white dog they dropped off to Tracy,s hotel and spa for Dogs is em not so white anymore lol :eek: He will have a spa day before he goes home.

hehehe, mac had a blast in other words. LOL

Eeek that was a BIG order of vodka!! Glad it wasn't your department in the dog house. :)

I'm very jealous of you and Trish getting 10 days off!!! Wow! Is this regular that your company closes for a week?

Oh I did read about that smog, it sounded awful. Glad you didn't get it. Hope Mel didn't get it too bad either. People said they couldn't even walk around the block without losing their breath and that was people with no health problems! Imagine if you had asthma or heart issues. YIKES

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Sharlene and molly muffin

Hey you

The smog did indeed make it here, I updated on Trish's. Was the vodka bad? That must have been a nightmare!

How is everyone your side? Holding up ok I hope after everything that has happened recently?

I hate it when they are sick but the little buggers will insist on picking stuff up off the floor, hope he is ok today? How long have you got left until his parents come back it's been a few weeks already hasn't it?

I have a few bits to do today so will be in and out but hopefully will catch you at some point

Mel
Xxxxxx

Hi Mel

Apparently the vodka had a bad smell to it, I smelled the returned bottles it smelled like really bad, so it has been sent away to be analysed to see what happened. How it got past the QC I will never know.

Everyone is ok the funerals were Tuesday for my sis and wed for my brother so it's been a hard week for them but there holding up. My niece is having some pains last few days so fingers crossed she,s not having the baby just yet :eek:

Mac is fine just sick that once, he is panting a lot tonight but the house is warm so not worried. Glad Boysie leg is better Mac does the kicking leg thing I've learned it to stand behind him as I get covered in dirt.

Morning!! Ack, clocks went back last night. It is going to be so dark so early from now on! How is your weekend going?? Pleased to hear it was a oncer for little Mac being sick. He just sounds like he is having a great time, digging, getting muddy :D:D Bet the funerals were sad to get through for your family.

Morning yes I can relate to the dark mornings, we are just coming out of them. I hate them it makes you want to stay in bed.

Yes it was a bad week for the family last week, but there getting on with things, my brother who,s father in law died was taken into hospital on Thursday morning, he has abseces (sp) in his throat, they wanted to keep him in but he wouldn,t stay so has some medicine to take. He suffered a lot as a kid with the same thing but hasn,t for many years they think its because he,s stressed and run down so he needs to take care of himself.

Weekend has been good went to my mates for dinner last night and Mac came too, I,m sure he was the one staggering up the road last night and not me :eek: well I,m blaming him :p

Yes, that silly wobbly dog, I am sure it was not you either :D:D

Ack your poor brother, probably stress not helping either. Those throat things can get nasty pretty quick too, hope the ABs sick it into touch quick smart!

How,s the boy today ? Have you got over meeting your rugby hunks ;) What you up to today

He is OK, bit quiet but it is yucky rain outside. Woke up to the sound of him scratching so hope that is not going to come back. He is off the Pred too now, so might be feeling a bit funny getting that out his system. Also woke up in the night to him drinking twice, but he did not want to go out and pee :confused: Think he is OK, its not heavy rain so we will get out for a walk today. I have the cleaning to do, I have been trying to get my photos sorted, they are all too big so last night I resized them all now I have to sync the phone/ipad. My phone cannot take photos as there is no storage left, or I would have got a photo of Victor last night!! It needs fixing :D That kind of stuff always does my head in LOL. Out this arvo to see a friend but that's about it! Telly on the couch seems good to me later on today :D

How's your Mum doing? All good there I hope?

Mum is doing all right, she is getting excited about baby coming so that is keeping her occupied. :D

It probably is the pred coming out his system when is his scan, did they get back to you about fitting you in? Quiet day on the sofa sounds good to me, that's what I will be doing tomorrow as we have to get rain. Glad I managed to get the grass cut last week, although with this rain its just growing again :eek:

Arrrrgh, I never did it last weekend, something got in the way of me doing that. It is a jungle out there. Oh well, raining now! :rolleyes::D

You bought any baby stuff yet?? I keep waiting for both my nieces to produce a baby, they are both in their 30's now so they better get a wriggle on!

No, still have not heard from IMS, two weeks till my holiday so be good to get that sorted.

Yeah I,ve bought loads of stuff, every week when I go shopping I buy something else, so I have a box full of outfits, hats, blankets. I also bought the pram, its called a 3 in 1 and does all sorts not that I really understand Rachel just picked it and I paid for it :D I have no doubt that I will be conned into buying more stuff, but she has everything the baby will need as all the family have bought the big stuff like cot, pram, car seat she,s a lucky girl. :) This will be my 4th great niece/nephew as I have 3 great nieces in Australia. Makes me feel old lol

We are old, well I am.. dunno about you LOL. She is a lucky girl, but that is what us Aunties do!! I spoil mine too :D

So any more news on the dodgy Vodka? Someone got the recipe wrong?!?!

No its been sent away for analysis to see what has happened. It would appear that the department that pipes the vodka to the machines that bottle it raised it with the QC department saying it smelled funny but they were over ruled and told to bottle it, so I reckon they could be for the high jump, as its costing a fortune as we have to pay to have it all brought back in and as it maybe contaminated will have to be destroyed :eek:

Oh lord, that will be expensive. Be interesting to hear what was wrong with it! Someone will pay for that, so glad its not you!

Oh I,m so glad its not me too lol. I,ll stick with the Malt Whisky they can keep their Vodka :D

Their single malt whiskies get good reviews, loch lomond. If they don't export to Canada they should. Canadians love their single malts from scotland. :)

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Sharlene and molly muffin

Oh maybe I should come over to Canada and try and sell it to them and get Molly cuddles to boot that sounds like a plan :D

Now there is a plan, and the company to pay for it too!!! Business expenses you know hahahaa

sharlene

Woo hoo I'm on holiday for 10 days let the sleeping in begin :D

Work has been quiet this week as they,ve been winding down due to the holidays. Still no news on what happened to the Vodka but the QC manager was sacked today oh dear. Mac is good and on our walk last night a little baby lamb followed us as it had got out its field, I was a bit worried that Mac might go for it but no worries there Mac was playing with the lamb they were running around together on the path but I did make sure it went back into the field. Can honestly say this little guy is the friendly dog I have ever met, he is certainly a lover not a fighter like Woody ha ha. He goes home on Tuesday and I will miss him :)

Awww, Mac is a doll for sure. He sure seems so sweet temperament. I'm sure the house will be emptier without him in it, snoring and playing. :)

Lovely, lovely holidays. I have 4 days next week and then a 3 day weekend That will be nice. I might not even do monday, 21st, since we're going to be slow I think at the office. I haven't decided yet, but it's in the back of my mind.
Or I could get paid to do a lot of nothing. hahaha

I hope you enjoy your time off. :)

QC Manager got sacked, well that would be the one that said nothing when was wrong when others said it smelled off right?
Gosh, I hope that cold isn't going to hit where you are. I saw where the weather was saying Scotland might get a cold blast for the Easter holidays.

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Sharlene and molly muffin

Awww how sweet, Mac with a little lamb!! So spring has sprug in Scotland if there are lambs about, hopefully you have some pretty flowers blooming too! I am out tonight but will check in when I get home to see if your about for a catchup! Hmmm QC sounds like they have taken the fall for the dodgy vodka. New bosses getting in to the swing of things now! Gosh that month has gone fast with Mac, glad you still get so see him frequently, dying to hear how he goes back at home and whether his early rises continue for his parents :p:rolleyes:

Happy Holidays, I will join you after 4 more work days! x

Awwww, I would love to have seen Mac and the lamb. That sounds so adorable.

Tracy:
That painted such a beautiful picture in my mind about Mac and the lamb. I bet you will miss the little boy when he goes home. Blessings
Patti

It was really good to watch, but for me it was a bit surreal, as I spent so many years keeping Woody on lead and away from all the dogs and wildlife and now little Mac is off lead playing with baby Lambs and running wild with the dogs up the park. It is really good to see :)