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

What is a Degas, other than an impressionist :confused:

Edgar Degas was a French artist. Other than that I don't know what it is?;):confused:

Its not a sandwich?


Just kidding:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

:p:D:p I'll take my snakes, Black Bears, Coyotes, and Bobcats any day over that Weta...even a baby Weta! :D:p:D I don't do well with things that have long legs and move fast!

I come from very humble beginnings and I wouldn't have had anything to play with if there hadn't been bugs with long legs that moved fast. I used to tie a string to the leg of a Japanese beetle and call it an airplane. I'm ashamed to say that I used to get really pissed off when the leg fell off and my plane got away. :o

I had two older brothers. They taught me how to use a a magnifying glass to burn bugs on the sidewalk and listen to them snap, crackle and pop. They sounded like rice crispies.:o Yes, I am ashamed of it now, but didn't think twice about it then.:o I just wanted to do whatever the big boys did.

Mark taught his kids to torment me with Granddaddy Longlegs! :eek: They pick them up and either throw them at me or chase me with them. It's great fun 'til someone has to clean me up! :p

True confessions…… I also used to salt snails in the garden and watch them foam up out of their shells....:o Whew! Glad to get that off my chest!:D

I used to pull my bunnies tail so I could see his teeth when he hollered. :o

ROFL- Thanks for that one Leslie! That is so not funny,but also truly hysterical! I needed a good laugh today.:D

We played with bugs all the time when I was growing up!! Small bugs though..no gigantic weta types!!! :eek: I cannot believe the size of that thing. I think it needs a leash! ;)
Japanese beetles were a favorite. My mother would have us pull them off her rose bushes and we would put them in small buckets of water and watch them swim around!! You can tell there were no Ipads back then!! :D We liked catching bees too...would set them free after observing them buzz around the jar for a few minutes.
I had no idea New Zealand was snake free! That's my kind of country. I have a big fear of snakes. There are none in Hawaii either! Another snake free place!

Is Flynn working on anymore puzzles lately?? :D

Barbara

How did autocorrect get Dega from Weta I wonder? LOL

Hmmmm I am a bit worried about a few of you, doing mean things to bugs in your youth!! Mind you, I am pretty happy to squish any that cross my path!

LOL Valerie, wondered what the Degas was!! He is still playing with his puzzles Barbara... he is doing really good still but I am hoping for fine weather this weekend to get him showered as he is scratching a bit, his nose is really itchy and he is rubbing it on the carpet a lot but I think it is the change of season and there is a lot of yellow pine pollen in the air at the moment.

Another swarm of earthquakes today, even bigger than the ones last month. All down around Wellington and top of South Island, but there was a big one of 6.5 that had everyone streaming out the buildings down there. My brother was caught in gridlock trying to get out the city :eek::eek: No injuries so far thank goodness. I was at work and we all felt the big one all the way up here, I thought my dizziness attacks were back as it was a real swaying long one with a few sharper jolts :eek::eek: Was big enough to get me under a doorway!! Hope all my family are OK and keep safe tonight in the expected aftershocks. We are all just hoping they are not building up to a real big one. xx

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9051...al-New-Zealand
Link from the quake, the video on the page is taken by my nephew Luke... he has progressed from taking Flynn's Christmas present video to doing national news.. very proud of him getting out in the middle of all the quakes to get the news :)

I just heard on the morning news about this quake and hoped you and yours were ok. If ya'll can muster up some wild fires and mud slides we can dub NZ California Junior! :p Or maybe Senior as I don't know which is older...probably NZ, huh? ;)

I am really glad to see a post from you and hope to see many more in the days to come.

Please take care, honey.
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Well I sure dont like the sound of that- earthquakes:eek::eek::eek:

So much for me picturing you and Flynn spending the weekend strolling along a beautiful beach with the sun shining down.:o:o

I sure hope the after shocks are now over. Stay safe sweetie.

I heard this late last night, they said that internet, phone service in some areas had been disrupted too.
Glad there aren't any injuries and serious damage. Gads, hope it isn't building up to a big one.
Nice video by your nephew, obviously filming Flynn was good practice. :)

Hope you have a nice sunny weekend and no shaking. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Saw the report on the earthquake there on the morning news. Glad there were no injuries and that you had no problems up your way. :D

Barbara

Yes Leslie, We have all those disasters in California! They still don't seem to keep the tourists away!:D LOL

Trish, I hope you family is okay. Stay safe sweet, we worry about you and our boy Flynny. Xxxxx

Good morning, I did not feel any shakes overnight but there were quite a few aftershocks in the Wellington area and top of the South. My family have all checked in and are fine. A lot of them are coming up next weekend for my Uncle's big 80th party so it will be good to see them all then. I wonder how Flynn was yesterday in the shake, Mum and Dad were not home when I rang to check on them after the big one they were driving home from an appointment and did not feel it in the car. I bet Flynn did and he was on his own, well with Elle but she is flighty at best :D:D but he is happy as a lark today so good for him!

Leslie, we have had fires and mudslides on occasion. Not to the extent of California thankfully. We are both on the Pacific "ring of fire" so we have to expect these natural disasters on occasion. Really do not remember to the extent we have seen in the past couple of years though, it has been definitely acting up. We get the odd volcanic eruption too just to make things real exciting!!! The mountains have had a few rumbles of late, they were in the news a few weeks back with a series of small quakes under them but nothing more. Those mountains are about 2 hrs drive from me, when they have blown in the past we get ash blowing over if the wind goes in the right direction!

Addy, not so sure about walking on the beach in the sunshine today, woke at 6 to a torrential downpour but it lasted only half an hour and the sun is trying to peek through now, so you never know we might get up there. Our local team's first rugby game is this afternoon and we are season ticket holders so we are off to that. Dunno about sitting in a grandstand with the possibility of earthquakes :eek: but us Kiwi's will "Keep Calm and Carry On" so we will go and enjoy the game! :D:D

Thanks for checking in on us :D xxx

Oh Trish,
What's up with my tough guy. How has he been handling the earthquakes? He must feel them.:confused:

I'm glad to hear that you and your family are safe and well. You are surrounded by water. That's so scary.:o

We have had some very terrifying wildfires here in California. School had to be canceled for a week on three occasions as the air was unbreathable. That means I was paid! Fire (burning out of control)did come at us from three sides. We were all packed to evacuate, but didn't have to at the last minute. The fires scare me more than the mudslides and earthquakes. We do periodic earthquakes drills at school just to be prepared.

Please keep us posted, so we know you are safe. ;) xxxxx

We are all good Kathy! Couple of video's of my boy :)

http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/Tr...9e269.mp4.html - running!!

http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/Tr...5d8d6.mp4.html - short one, when I spotted him chomping on something had to go take it off him!

It is soooooooo beautiful there!!!!:) Flynny looks like he's in heaven! Thanks for sharing the videos. They were awesome! They are going to make us all want to come to NZ. You'll have to open a bed-and-breakfast! :D

I hope you are feeling better. I read that you were having some vertigo. That is horrible feeling. Xxxx

Love the videos :) Flynn is such a darlin. It's amazing how far he has come and how well he has done.

How was the match this weekend? The first one of the season?

Sure you had fun.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Love the videos, he looks so happy and healthy. It's good to see him enjoying himself to the point where he forgets all about you and wanders off as you're filming. It's great !!

There is our boy Flynn, love the videos:D:D:D It is so good to see him run and play!!!!

I was looking at the study abroad options my Kate has at her college and one is in New Zealand but I think it is is Auckland which is where House Hunters International was checking for houses last night:):):)

Sorry you have Monday, hope the week goes by quickly!!!

http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com....jsp?id=819328

Hi all
My vet emailed me this article today, he had received it via an online journal they subscribe too and thought I would be interested. It was just recently published at the beginning of August on the latest in the medical management of proteinuria so thought I would share it with you, especially Addy, Tina and Stormee who I know have the same concerns about kidney issues as I do with Flynn. But I am sure others will be interested as well.

Thanks for the comments on Flynny's videos... my new phone is taking better videos and now I have figured out it is pretty easy to download them to photobucket. Questions... yep I am feeling better now, thanks Kathy :) We certainly did win the rugby, thanks Sharlene it was a great match! :) And Addy, Kate would have a blast down here!! Long way for me to keep an eye on her though all the way up in Auckland! Monday was pretty good, so hope yours is too xxx

Great video's, Love to see him up and running around and so happy :)

hmm, I'm going to read over that report in a bit too.

Thanks for posting it
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I briefly scanned it as Zoe is panting to go out and I sure want to read it in more detail. Thanks for the link:):)

Loved the video and the happy tail is a wagging!

Thanks everyone, Flynn is super good. I have him totally off the Tramadol and he seems very perky. I picked up his new biscuits today and they were doing a promotion with the dog food and he got a free yellow blanket. I gave it to him tonight, he thought it was a nice soft snuggly toy and promptly bit a hole in it :D

That's our boy:D:D:D:D: I love his spunk:):):):)

Zoe is perkier off the tramadol. I was giving it to her at night and it was such a low dose:confused:

From what I briefly surmised from the article is that the author is suggesting an ACE inhibitor is the way to go even with a consistent UPC of .5. I have argued about putting Zoe on one because I worry about using that with Vetoryl and her blood pressure is borderline. I think it is lower than they read it as she gets really upset when they make her lay down and they refuse to take it standing. Her blood pressure was 158 but she was so stressed out from the car ride, she cried half way there, she never did that before.

Maybe I have to rethink it.

Trish,
Great videos of Flynn! What a great beach he has to frolic on. I grew up on the beach--(Long Island) and I wish Trixie could check out the ocean but there are no beaches that allow dogs around here!
I think in the winter you can take your chances and hope you won't get caught and given a fine but we've haven't tried.
With all the beaches we have around here you'd think one of them would let dogs in at least for a few hours in the early morning.
Love seeing Flynn running around and sniffing stuff out. It just looks beautiful where you are! :)

Barbara

Trish, I guess that Flynn had to make it truly his own:)

That is funny about the blanket. Still missing his toys I bet. :)

*sigh* I miss a good ocean beach. :(

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Ah, Flynny misses his stuffy toys. :oPoor thing hasn't been able to bite any heads off or pull out stuffing for a while. He is suffering from withdrawals! The blanket just had to do! I love it!:D If you don't watch out,Flynny is going to need a support group.:D xxxxx

wow that article is written for very educated persons, lol
will need to break some of the words down so i can understand it. that is really nice of the doctor to send that to you. thank you for sharing that. do you think it would be okay to send that link to our IMS? on the off chance he has not read that or see his input if any? Shysies UPC isnt 2 but sure dont want it to get higher......

Hope your weekend is off to a good start:)

I read the article wrong with my quick scan so feel better about not having to worry about .5 UPC so much:o:o

I hope the sun is shining and you and Flynn get in a good walk at the beach.

Am late for work so have to run just sending hugs and love to you and our Flynn

Hi Trish,
Just checking in on you and Flynn. I have not posted much for the past couple of weeks due to being so busy and my Mom being in town last week, but have been trying to keep up with everyone by reading. :)

I saw on our thread that you had not been feeling the best. That was a while ago, so certainly hope you are all better now. That vertigo is awful.

I loved Flynn's most recent videos. He sure enjoys his walks on the beach. Glad to read he is feeling so well, always love to hear that! :D

Thank you so much for posting the link to that proteinuria article, it was very informative. Lots of good information I thought. I need to post an update on Jasper, he has had a lot going on. Labs from 8/3 weren't too bad, still need to post the abnormals. But he has been fighting a nasty UTI since about 8/14. He is quite a bit better now, but only a couple more days of the antibiotic left. Hopefully it will be enough to kick it.

I hope you guys are having a good weekend Trish. Maybe I will see you here over the next day or so!

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Hi Trish,

Hope all is well with you and Flynn and the rest of your bunch! We miss hearing from you and hope to see you soon!

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang