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

Howdy doody :) Flynn-man galloping across the fields, the wind in his shiny hair, nose in the air, eyes bright and on the goal. (are we still talking about a dog running across the field?) I got a tad poetic there for a moment and forgot what I started out thinking.

No more mud, so must be pretty warm there now. Hope you are having a decent week. I'm still in nurse mode! :)

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Sharlene and molly muffin

Go Flynn it does my heart good too knowing he is health, happy and enjoying life :D

How wonderful! Trish, I love reading posts like this! You go Flynn!

Your update made me so happy Trish!:D Our wonder boy Flynny, running carefree is such a blessing. He definitely teaches all if us to live in the moment. :D LOVE IT!!!! Xxxxxx

Awesome news all around Trish!

he really is a wonder boy indeed.

I am so happy to get back on here & see that Flynn is doing super.
Happy New Year!!!

Good news about Flynn! I hope one day Kaibo will have a shiny coat again! Hope you have a good weekend!

Hi all - thanks for all your notes... Flynny sends you all a big lick! :p:p:D

He continues to do well! I have even put off his review with Mike as I think he is doing the best right now that he has been over the last couple of years and I do not want to jinx anything with a vet visit! Plus I am still trying to resuscitate the Visa after the liver surgery, so we can well do without anymore vet bills right now!

Actually, I do need a new drug... one for naughtiness!! Honestly he has developed selective hearing, now he knows the wee creek has no water in it I cannot keep him out of it. He zips down the bank and trolls up and down sniffing out the lovely smells in there, finding god knows what tasty things to eat, ugh.... I call him out, he takes a look at me and says... I think not, Mum.... I'm off :rolleyes: and he high tails it further down the creek bed. I can't get down there as it is steep on both sides so I cannot go drag him out and the little bugger knows it! :D:D Might be a few more walks up the beach instead, it is just a pain as I can walk out the door and go to the school and it is so easy. I do not want to leash him when he gets such delight and good exercise running and investigating everything. :D:D Even when he is naughty I smile, as I love the energy and vigour he has for life now. Still, I do not really want a naughty dog so he does get the occasional stern talking too, just to keep him in line!

Thanks for checking in on us lovelies xxxxxxx :D

Yes and I'm sure he responds to your firm reprimands! LOL:D I wish we all had such a sweet joy for life as our wonder dog! You go Flynny! Xxxxx

Haha Kathy, he listen's then is like... yeah, nah... what's next Mum.. where we going now!! Love it :D Your right, if only we could all learn to live in the moment like a dog does, I try but fail miserably usually :p

molly loves the chase game too. Unfortunately here in the city it is not a good game to play as a run across the street could be the last one ever. I am super careful not to let her out the front door at all without a halter leash on. Scares me to death the very possibility.

Flynn just has an adventurous soul. He wants to explore everywhere and everything. One must admire that kind of spirit. :) :) I'm so glad he is doing well, really well even. I agree, give that visa a break for awhile. LOL

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Sharlene and molly muffin

Popping in to say hi and to tell you I LOVE that you come by at the start of each weekend to say hi and hope it continues as it always brings a smile to my face.

Glad to hear Flynn is being Ace Dog Ventura:):):) He does so seem to lvoe and adventure.

The sun is out her in Wisconsin today. A rarity.;) Bitter cold is coming through again this week but the good news is when I lfet work last night it was just dusk. Brings me hope that by the end of February it will be light out when I get home from work.:D:D:D:D

Flynn goes nowhere near roads without a leash either Sharlene, he has absolutely no road sense whatsoever despite trying to train him. The school fields are right next door, so he is leashed for the walk down our driveway into the fields until we are safely away from the roads. We can only walk there when the boys are not in school and no one is about. I do love letting him run free though and it is a safe place for him to roam about.

Last night I took him up the beach, we were getting out the car and another woman arrived with her two big dogs. While Flynny is great around other dogs he does get worried by big black ones after getting bitten when he was younger. So I leashed Flynn, hers were free. While she was fiddling about doing something in the car. We started walking and then there was growling and barking between Flynny and the black one who run up to us looking aggressive. Jeez, it hacks me off. I picked him up, told the other dog to bugger off and stomped off while giving the woman "the look" but it was probably a bit lost behind my sunglasses :cool: I don't know if Flynn or the other one started it, but I sure finished it quick smart! I think she gave me "the look" too perhaps for being too precious with my dog, but if someone leashes their dog then they do it for a reason, like him having had major surgery 7 weeks ago and I do not want him tussling or heavy playing with other dogs just yet. :mad::mad:

Glad its sunny in Wisconsin Addy!! These snow storms will hopefully be lessening, isn't it great when it lightens up. I hate in mid winter going to work and coming home in the dark, so depressing! Well it might have changed since you did that post as I just checked the weather app and it said you are -7 celcius with snow, Sharlene not much better at -4 with drifting snow... wonder if drifting snow is worse than the normal snow :D

You are such a great mommy Trish! Flynny remains a naughty little puppy. I love his sense if adventure! Xxxxx

Hey you, I,m afraid I would have done more than a look to that women, it is a serious pet hate of mine. Woody wasn,t good with dogs, and I used to hate it when other peoples ran up to him off lead I was always afraid he would fight I used to shout get your dog on the lead mine is not friendly !!!!

Glad you got the shopping in hope you enjoyed your dinner :)

This happens all of the time in Greenwich. I would think that people would be more cautious. We took Daisy to a park, a lady came by with a HUGE Bermese Mountain dog on leash who politely greeted Daisy and all was fine. Another dog of the same breed ran up to her, it was off leash. Not so good for the dog.
Daisy immediately jumped up and hung off of its ear!

I was mortified and the owner of both dogs as it turns out, was very nonchalant about it.

Hi Kathy :D Valerie :D Tracy :D!

Yes it is annoying, if I see someone coming towards me with their dog leashed I always put Flynn's on even if I do not think he needs to, that is Dog Etiquette 101 for goodness sake!! Otherwise I judge by the look of the dog, it is good for them to play and socialise with their kind :D But if they look in the least bit nasty and I know you cannot judge a book by its cover, on his leash he goes as I do not want to take any chances. He has lots of friends up there, dogs that walk there regularly so he loves to go say hello and have a little romp about with them. Once a big dog had him bailed up and Flynn was looking scared, mind you he is a feisty terrier and doesn't back down either. But this dog was growling and looking mean... it would not go away. it's stupid owner was not far away looking on, man I was furious... I tried to get it away but it would not go... I had Flynn's leash in my hand and smacked it on the butt (not hard, please do not think I am a dog abuser :rolleyes:) but that made it run off then the owner screamed at me not to whack her dog... jeez that lady got an earful, had my phone and said I was ringing the police.... should have seen her take off after that!

How stupid people can be!
The visual of her reaction to you calling the police - priceless :)

Yep, something along the lines of your dog is vicious lady and if you cannot control it and just stand there watching then I will take it into my own hands.... I didn't ring the police. God there are some stupid people about, like the ganster type kids, in their hoodies with pitbulls on a heavy chain that have not been trained properly. I feel sorry for their dogs but I am scared of them and take a wide berth if I see any people like that coming towards me.

I hate it when dogs are off leash in an area they shouldn't be. Makes me very nervous as I know Molly is not particularly friendly either to animals or people she doesn't know.
I'd be very happy too Trish. grrrrrrrr
Oh yes, saw the school grounds in the video you posted, that is a very nice and safe area for him to run around.

Even though I was just outside taking the muffin for a walk, I ran to look to see if we had blowing snow. It is windy, so could be blowing around some, we got new snow over night and think we're going to have more tonight. That blowing snow stuff can make driving a bit difficult. I don't like blowing snow much. Now big fat fluffy flakes coming down while I am inside, warm and cozy, works fine. :) (although if we could only have it christmas eve and day and then it goes away till next christmas eve, would be even Better!) :)

Hope your weekend was really good
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hey Trish We don,t have pitbulls or pitbull mix here, as they are classed as an illegal breed and the police will seize them, bit of a shame, its staffies they use here they put them in a leather studded collar to make them look tough, such a shame as they are lovely dogs :)

Hope you had fun at the winery x

Staffies are such lovely dogs, hate seeing them with those mean looking collars to make them seem staunch.

Hope your not buried in the snow Sharlene!

Eek ,look at the time, need to leave for work. Maybe see you tonight xxx

Nope, not buried yet. Although I did walk outside to go to do some browsing shopping (I had to escape the house for awhile before going nutso) and it was blowing snow all over the place!! I thought, "Ha, dang if Trish wasn't ahead of the forecast yesterday and now it's caught up"! LOL never fear, though, I just threw that jeep into 4 wheel drive and off I went.

Oh I agree, staffies are lovely. Some of our friends have had them for ages. Now they are down to just one :( His name is Angel and he is adorable! He thinks he is a lap dog and boy do you know you have a dog on your lap when he is there. Hahahahaa He can knock me over when he is in giving kisses mode. LOL

ugh, yea, back to work soon. I'll be waiting to see how hubs is doing as to whether or what days I'll go into the office this week.

Oh that is too funny about Flynn high tailing it inside when the sprinkler came on. Yea, he has energy galore, but not even energy and happy summer days will get him under a sprinkler. It's a wonder you are ever able to bath him. LOLOLOL

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Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hey you, Glad to hear you had a nice lazy day at the winery, just what you need to re-charge the batteries before work. :)

Please to hear that Flynn is still doing well and enjoying life to the max :D

I hope you weren,t late for work this morning

Did you have a sore head :eek: hope your having an ok Monday, comes around far too quick!

Loved your update on Tracys thread when he ran away from the sprinkler, my two would do the very same thing. I can just imagine him scampering off in disgust :D

Tia used to think she was a lap dog, hated sitting on the floor, she used to even sit on the seat in the vets waiting room :D

Hey Trish - hope your Monday has went well, and little superdog is still living it large :p

No, I didn't have a sore head Sharlene :) :D Flynny sure is still doing well and continues to enjoy life, he is a bit put out his walking buddy (Dad) is under the weather lately but I have been walking him each night to make up for it :D

Mike rang tonight for a catchup, we are not repeating his bloods/BP etc until the end of February because everything was so good last time. A little nervous about that, but no point putting him through needless vet visits, he sure has had enough of them!! He still wants to get the biggest lipomas off, he said before he has to remove the dog from the lipoma! I agree but it is only two months since his last surgery:eek:. Mike has three weeks leave in February and he said either we do it now, because he wants to be there for the postop period to make sure all is going good with Flynn or we wait, do his bloods/UPC/BP checks late Feb and then if all well surgery a week or so later which is what we have agreed to do. He said I am to txt him if I have any concerns while he is away, as he is only going to be on holiday a couple of hours out of town and he wants to advise what we need to do if anything cropped up... did I say how much I love this man!!

Now, Flynn's scan is due in the next month to check his liver. I asked him about whether he could do it here and email the scan to his specialist team in Auckland for review. He said unfortunately not as his scanner is the 25K model where as the specialists ones are like 150K and he said the difference between the two models is like night and day. He said his scanner is enough for local vets checking pregnant animals and the babies and if there is a real obvious big tumour in a pet but is not high powered enough to see small subtle changes so we have to go to Auckland for that unfortunately. The specialist vet scanners have mega pixels which make for a much clearer picture. So I guess that fits in with what we tell everyone here about high definition ultrasound scanners. Plus the guy that does them in Auckland is a specialist radiologist vet and there are not many of them in our country and he thinks Flynn most definitely needs his expertise. Bah humbug so we need to do that trip.

I have decided not to try and board Flynn, I have two trips up to Auckland in the next month for concerts, but he would have to stay 3 nights at the vets if I took him on either of those trips and he would most definitely hate that and so would I leaving him there. So I am going to have to bite the bullet and plan another trip just for him. With a bit of luck I can go up and back in a day, otherwise I will find a pet friendly motel for the night.

We still both avoiding starting prednisone for IBD, he said as he is so good we will just keep that up our sleeve.

So we are all happy with this! Flynn was too when I told him he does not have to go this week for any testing :D:D:D xxx

Hey You - Did I every tell you I love your Mike too, it is so good to find a vet that is all about the animal and not just the money.:D I did laugh at the remove the dog from the lipoma lol.

A special trip for his US, suppose it is needed especially the high resolution one, they are the best to notice any sort of changes. Glad you are managing to stay off the pred for the moment, Flynny diet must be working for him good on you !

Well Flynny has been through some surgeries what,s another one to him, bring it on I,m sure he will sail through it like his last ones, love to read his is doing so well, you obviously are looking after that boy very well :p

Hey Tracy, I saw your little light on :) yes we are lucky indeed to have him! Certainly when you read the stories on here about some of the vets others have to put up with. Your ones were great too, both local and specialist. Honestly do not know what I would have done without his support and care of Flynn and putting up with my Type A personality wanting everything crossed and dotted but I think a lot of us are like that on the boards!! I wonder if the vets have a forum to destress where they talk about the crazy K9C'ers :D:D

That made me laugh, can you image if they did have a forum, lol but I guess they must be used to it, I know Craig was used to me, questioning and re questioning everything, but he was sweet about it.

Why are you not in bed Mrs, its late over there, I just popped in before I get ready to go my daily walk, don,t think it will be far today as its bitterly cold :D

Yes, I think if I ever had to interview any new prospective vet I would ask that, how they deal with questions, communication in general like email because it is those little things that mean so much and the support is vital, I remember reading a lot of a vets work is dealing with the owners! Man, I would drive me mad so all credit to him!!!

Yep nearly midnight, just watching a tennis game... I love sports :) It's live Australian Open... Djokovic looks like he is going down...

Not really a sports fan, although I love the athletics and the tennis, hows my Andy Murray getting on, Djokovic going down mmm surprised at that he usually does very well, he may very well pull it back as I,ve seen him do that before :)

Funny you said that lol as he just broke back and looking like it might go to 5 sets now... can't stay up that late!! Andy smashed his racket last night, like a petulant boy :p but he won!

Go Andy that,s the Scottish temper for you :D

Oh I love Flynn's new avatar photo! It may not be so new but I've been away from the board for a bit. He is such a cutie and glad to read he's doing so well.
We have off leash hours in Central Park and it's amazing how little trouble there is between dogs and between owners. It's a delicate balance though.
Trixie has had a touch of naughtiness lately too!! :p I think it's cabin fever..with this brutal cold and snow she has not had any long walks since Sunday morning...ugh..so she is all over the house looking for opportunities to take things she shouldn't. She also wants me to chase her and play tug of war...not my favorite indoor games!! Sometimes I wish Trixie would be the kind of dog that drops a ball for a throw and brings it back right to me and drops it again...but NOOOOO. Typical terrier she wants a bit of a battle....anyway glad to hear Flynn is being a bit naughty himself because he must be feeling pretty good to be looking for some trouble!! ;)
Hope he continues to do so well!! :D
Barbara

whooo hoooo almost the weekend! Love it when Fridays roll around. :)

Hope you and Flynn have had a good week. Hope your fish cooker is doing better and going to be home soon. You know Flynn will be missing his buddy. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Barbara... that's the look he gives me when he thinks it time we went for a walk... he stares me out and then gives a bit of a bark :) He has been naughty, tonight on his walk he was running along and right by the edge of our field he came across a cat sleeping in the afternoon sun, they gave each other quite a shock, the cat leapt up and then it was a full on chase which luckily the cat won by jumping a fence :eek::eek: He does the fetch, he brings the ball back and drops it for me and then barks till I throw it again. If it is too wet for a walk, I toss it for ages until he tires of it then sits down to chew the ball up! Glad you have off leash areas, they really need it to get a good run. The exercise is so good for them, strengthens everything including heart and I get him loose at least once a day.

Dad is still in hospital Sharlene, I am going to take Flynn tomorrow with Mum. I will bring Dad down in a wheelchair to the café, there is an outside area which I know I can sneak Flynny into, he does miss Dad so it will be nice for them both. Then on the way home I am planning a nice run for him in the dog park. Hopefully Dad will be home on Monday if all goes well, he had a long line put in for IV ABs today which he has to have daily for six weeks. So this has been a bit of a sucky week with Dad so ill and having surgery but hopefully he is starting to turn the corner and Flynny will have his fish cooker back soon!! xxxx

Oh I'm glad that he is hopefully getting better. I know the family And Flynn will be relieved when he is home and out of the woods. 6 weeks! Yikes that's a long time, but assume he really needs it to knock back infections. Wishing him all the best.

Dogs, love a good run don't they! :) and trouble, they love to get into trouble hahaha

oh gee, Molly and a cat met up in surprise like that one day (around the corner of a hedge) except the cat jumped straight up in the air and then headed for molly. Molly hadn't been touched by the cat, but ran towards the street (this is on leash) howling like she was being killed. I almost had a heart attack because I thought for sure the cat had got her with it's claws, but nope, didn't happen. Molly is a drama queen. I pulled molly back on the leash, picked her up, checked her out, all was well, her heart was racing though and the cat sat and looked at us. I put molly down again and continued on our walk and looked back only to see the freaking cat was stalking us down the sidewalk and would stop when we stopped, go when we went. That cat still periodically stalks molly when we are on our walks, but they've never come that close to meeting since.

Oh I like the plan to sneak Flynn into to say hi to your dad. That will be quite the adventure, fun time. :)
have a good weekend
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Trish, somehow I am not seeing what has put your dad into the hospital. Undoubtedly I am being blind as usual and it is right in front of my face somewhere in your thread :o, but bear with me and please tell us again what has gone wrong. And also tell your dad he has a lot of adopted children all around the world who are sending him well wishes!

I love the notion of sneaking Flynnie in for a visit, too. I bet he'll be excellent therapy for everybody who's out in the cafe that day -- not just your dad! ;) :)