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

thanks sharlene, last night when i want to shut down my pc there was a message from windows not to do it because there were 3 new updates?? well windows installed them as usual.
i am not doing any payments with w xp anymore.
today i received my w vista dvd so i can try to install it.
i am feeling a migraine coming up, so took my meds and i am off to bed.
patti, today i drove to a big sluice in the river and we watched large ships and boats going in and out. there was a dog on one boat that was barking at my dogs. ian ran along with the ship, navigating out of the sluice, trying to catch that dog.
it was a towboat and they are very slow.

Iris:
I hope you get all your computer woes straightened out. Something is all changing and I guess we just have to keep up with it. Tipper has walked already.It rained last nite, and still raining and foggy. We had a chance to go when it stopped for a while. I need some energy, I cannot get myself going to start this darn spring cleaning. Hope your migraine is better. I take daily medication for those and know how bad they can be. Hope your weather is better than ours as we are to get snow on Monday. I am not really happy with Tipper's numbers as her pre is still low. I just cannot get both numbers to be right no matter what I try. I guess we will go for best as opposed to perfect. Blessings
Patti

hi patti, rain and snow again? i can imagine that you are not happy with this forecast! hope you and the doggies can walk though.
ian has diarrhea as of last night, last time he had it he was 1 year old or so [giardia].
i gave him pills i had for flynn. they are called diarstop/finidiar.
[Elke tablet bevat: kaoline, aluminiumhydroxide, natriumchloride, calcium, kalium, magnesium en aroma. ]
no vetoryl last night and only 15 mg today. he is not feeling sick though.
he is eating and drinking, so no worries yet.
lots of old newspapers on the floor in front of the back entrance when i was at work and he used them, but that smell....brrr!!

Iris:
I guess that smell was not anything you wanted to come home to! I hope there is nothing too much wrong with Ian. Does he drink outside? Is that where he gets the Guardia? Tipper has already walked 3 times. I am spring cleaning and I take a break and take them walking then come back and start cleaning again. I am noticing Tipper getting jumpy from noise and the neighbors are starting mowers etc. to make sure they are working. When she hears the noise she runs to hide, so I know her cortisol is lower. It is in the 60s and sunny. I wish I had a house cleaner!! Have a good walk today with the babies. Blessings
Patti

damn, enya ate ian's vetoryl. called the vet, but she said not to worry because it is such a low dose and just a one time dose. i hope this will work out fine for enya.
ian is so suspicious of anything i want to feed him, i tried the peanutbutter trick and he did not want it. it fell on the floor and his sister got it.
ian was always a picky eater and now he does not trust me with any food anymore. that is a big problem. even with his favorite food!
spring cleaning, my house could use it, but i am a lazy housekeeper!

Iris:
Yikes that would scare the crap out of you!! Hoping Enya is ok, and hope she never does that again. Would you be able too give it squeezed inside some bread? It would be easy to mold it around the pill. He is just an expert at detecting these pills. It makes it so hard to medicate them when this is the case. I have to get a small piece of cooked chicken, poke a hole in in and insert the pill. I have three to give Tipper so that is even worse. Hope you can get it down him this time. Blessings
Patti

enya was fine, so it did not affect her like the vet said.
no pills yet today. he does not like bread.
he is not at all food orientated.
unlike his sister; she eats anything.
does tipper always eats her pills without any trouble? she is always keen on food isn't she?
sounds like you had a beautiful day today. followed by rain and snow tomorrow...grrrr!
i wish you lots of strength with your spring cleaning.

Iris:
Tipper does love her food, and loves chicken, so she takes it every time with no hassle. I used to try and pill her without the food and it got too stressful for both of us, so I went to the chicken. I have to buy her special chicken to fees her as she cannot have salt, and all the chicken sold here is pumped full of saline. I get it where they butcher it fresh and freeze it with no additives. It is really expensive too, but what can I do. We were waiting for a storm right now, it is dark and Tipper is getting very Andy already and smelling the air. She knows its coming. Hope you have better weather than this and you and Ian and Enya have a good walk. Blessings
Patti

it was a bit cold today with lots of wind and some hail.
but not nearly as bad as you will have.
there is some doggievirus in this neighborhood going on.
ian started with diarrhea for 3!! days and as of today ian is finally doing better, and now enya is starting.
i did not give him vetoryl for 3 days.
i will start tomorrow on half the dosage.
or shall i wait any longer?
i buy organic meat myself, because they fill cheap meat up here too with water and salt.
and those cheap chicken comes from chickens that had a really bad life.
more and more supermarkets sell free range chicken with no additives.
eggs from chickens in cages are not allowed anymore.
i hope the storms will be over soon for yours and tipper's sake.

Iris:
I guess they pull the same tricks over there with the meat. There was a virus going around a few months back over here that was really making dogs sick. I hope they are both ok. I have laser therapy today for Tipper and I just do not feel like going, as I was up all nite. I hope you have better weather today to walk if the dogs are up to it. Blessings
Patti