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

Tipper can no longer tolerate the heat either. I am on a break between picking Toby up from his dental. Tipper has had the run of the whole place while he is gone, she wants him to stay gone!! Poor Toby cried all the way to the vets, he is the cry baby of the two. He was so upset not getting his food. He will be starved when I pick him up and really thirsty. I am getting his hair clipped next week for his summer cut. I did not want to do it before his dental. I did that last year and they ruined his new hair do it was all wet and yucky. Hope you and Ian get some walking in. Do you have any indigenous vipers that you have to watch out for in the forest?? We have copperheads here, that is all Tipper needs, as she would go after it sure as anything especially if it would strike at her that would really tick her off!! Blessings
Patti

googled for copperhead and i found out it was a snake.
we only do have one venomous snake; called adder in nl.
and an other one which is not poisonous.
the last one is pretty common, the adder is not.
i never met with one......i don't know what my dogs would do....
do you clip toby's hair yourself? did you manage to fix tipper's coat already?
i have to do my last round with the dogs and off to bed..

Yes about 2 years ago one of the neighbors killed a few baby copperheads. Ever since then I am always on high alert with the dogs. I am always looking down and only let them in very short grass where I can see. Adders are nasty and will come at you even if unprovoked like a copperhead. Toby is better today he had a good sleep, a good breakfast, and a good walk. He had a time going potty first thing though the anesthesia can do that sometimes. Tipper has walked twice and it is really damp and dreary as rain is coming. It's a shame as it is to go up to 66 today. I will have to put that uncomfortable dap collar on her. Hope you and Ian get a walk before it is too hot for him. How is he doing with the pills? Blessings
Patti

i hope we both will never meet with a venomous snake on our walks.
they do like high and dry grounds with sand. we are in a clay area near the river.
i only see grass snakes swimming sometimes in puddles.
and bats at night and hedgehogs which my dogs find very interesting.
o yes, and rabbits. their favorites!
i am glad the temperatures are rising in your area finally!
do you expect thunder?
last days i found no pills on the floor, so i hope he ate them all.

When I first found out Tipper had Cushing's, I called on all the really best, and most experienced vets I used through my years in Pittsburgh.. I asked them all about this disease, and what I need to do to ensure my dog will have a long life, and a good quality of life. They all told me the most important factor you need to keep in check is the blood pressure as Cushing's can really impact it. One of my very favorite caring, and brilliant Dr.s told me to make sure I get her blood pressure checked every week. I have done that without failure, with the exception of the period when they had a dog barking there and they could not do
it. So every week I drive 30 miles to get it done. She is having a ball walking in this beautiful weather. I dread the heat and humidity of summer, as she cannot go in it because of her heart murmur. Does Ian ever try to go after the grass snakes? Tipper would be on them immediately!!. The sun is out and yesterday we made it to 67 degrees!! Hope you and Ian have nice weather to walk. Blessings
Patti

i did not know that bp was so important with cush dogs.
ian's would be sky high because he hates the vet practice.
i am so glad that the weather has improved and you can finally walk 3 times a day! great!
it is humid today and 21C. ian was tired after his walk. so was i.
ian does not care about the grass snakes, his sister is more interested in them. they do swim at the surface of the water, but way to fast for enya to catch them.
in summer you can sometimes find a nest of baby grass snakes.
luckily they are harmless.
hope you and tipper will have a good night sleep.

A nest of baby grass snakes would be a find for Tipper. She would destroy every one of them though! Tipper walked three times today. We are getting ready for a storm with damaging winds and hail. I gave Tipper a melatonin and she has her dap collar on. I hope you and Ian got a nice walk in. How is it going at work? I am fortunate in that respect that I can stay home with Tipper, but that means a lot less money coming in. It is an double edged sword. Do the storms affect Ian at all? It seems when Tipper's cortisol is on the lower end she really can't deal with them. I am worried about her blood pressure if this storm gets her going. Blessings
Patti

hi, patti, we don't have storms in the spring or winter. only thunderstorms with lightning and lots of rain/hail in the summer and normal storms in the fall.
they don't affect my dogs. they even love fireworks!!
i am sorry for tipper though, hope the storm will skip your village.
can't you work a few hours/day at home to earn some extra money?
help people fill in their tax forms e.g.? or helping elderly people with their paperwork?
i need some new clients, but it is not easy to find them.
saturday i am going to visit a new one, hope they are nice people.
and an orther one got 3 extra hours to help her managing her life, so she can stay at home hopefully. she owns a 1,5 year old dachshund who ruins the place because she can't handle him. he is young and wants to play. i hope she will give him up for adoption. she sometimes feeds him tranquilizers of her own..............so sad!

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Originally Posted by flynnandian

she sometimes feeds him tranquilizers of her own..............so sad!

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yes iraklis, lots of people have pets they should not have because they can not take care for them properly.
this dog is young and full of energy and since his owner is borderline, she can not handle such a young dog.
so she tries to calm him down sometimes with her own pills....................