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

hi sharlene, flynn was not related to ian and enya.
he was a pedigree border collie, so nothing to do with the others.
the worry comes from the fact that this long period of hot and humid weather did not do the dogs any good.
she was showing more and more symptoms and getting more pot bellied every day.
so i took the risk of starting her very low on 15 mg vetoryl.
she is doing a lot better after 5 days now.
testing her means fully sedate her and that scared me very much, knowing she needs a lot because she is very stressed at the vets office. and because of that it will cost her a long time to clear her body from all this stuff.
last time when she cut her leg badly it took her half a day.
i took her back to give her an antidote. very scary.

Oh, I thought Flynn was a litter mate. My mistake.

Yes the weather can be quite hard on them when it is too hot.

Yes I see what you mean. Poor girl.

Sharlene and molly muffin

it is still cooler over here, so the dogs are feeling much better.
enya is on 15 mg for 13 days now and her belly is already less in size.
she is doing fine, except for the fears.
like tipper and eli she has become paranoid sometimes of noises and things we don't see, but she does.
especially in the dark. her eyes look clear, no greyish film or anything like that.
a bit skittish in the house too.
aside of that she is much fitter, so we are happy.
ian is still doing very well on the vetoryl for 9 months now.
sept. 4 he will be 13.5 years old.

Hope that Enya continues to do good. You'll have to keep an eye on her, as being skittish can also be a sign of the cortisol going low, so they don't have that natural protection of adrenal burst when they think there is something going on.

Glad the weather is cooler for you now. We on the other hand have had the coldest july and october since they started keeping records. Isn't that a joy. NOT! They are now saying me might have a colder than normal winter too so no idea what that will mean for the rest of the world.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

I'm pleased to hear the vetoryl is helping both dogs, and also that it's started cooling down for you - that will definitely help.
I do hope we have a colder winter than last year - we kept having odd warm days which melted the snow which then turned to ice.

i always will watch the dogs carefully.
i hope enya will slowly lose more weight, because she looks like a pot bellied piggy. her brother looks normal now, so i hope she wil too in a few months.
a colder than normal winter, brrrr!
mc davis and sharlene, i hope it will be a winter for you with steady temperatures, so you can go outside to walk the dogs without blizzards and tons of snow and ice.
last winter it was like spring over here, and the winter before we had 3 months of snow and again in april.
i think the climate is off, and we don't know what to expect anymore.
a cold summer after that long winter you had, doesn't sound too good.
it is only max. 65F now/20C so one could say it is cold some days when there is rain.
but the weatherman said that it will be pretty hot again next week?
well we have to wait and see. i hope he is wrong.

my ian will be exactly 13.5 tomorrow, so time for a small birthday party.
he is still doing very well.
his birthday meal will be tripe, his favorite!

Happy 13.5 birthday to Ian - I hope he enjoys his birthday treat.

How is Enya doing after another week on the meds?

Is it still cooling down for you?
We had one truly wonderful day of 16C last week (so I took Henry for a 4 mile walk), then temperatures rocketed along with the humidity. It was 30C when I left the rink at 10pm last night and my car was covered in condensation so I ended up putting the roof and windows down and had to use the wipers on super speed just to see :eek:

thank you for the birthday wishes, it was cooler for 2 weeks, but it is hot and humid again.
16C is what they like here too, good weather to make long walks.
great that your henry is still able to make those long walks.
but 30C and very humid in your area, not what we and our dogs want!
ian's sister enya developed fears like tipper and eli had/have on this forum.
afraid of noises, the dark etc., even in the house.
she made me and her brother very nervous.
her pot belly was much less in size and her body was doing fine, but her mind wasn't.
so i took her off the vetoryl a few days ago to see if she would recover from that side effect.
and she is more happy now already, but already looking fatter and begging for food.
15 mg vetoryl for an 11 kg dog should not be too much. i will wait till there are more symptoms and then try again.
she is still fit enough to make long walks and loves to swim in the lake and river.

Happy 13.5 Birthday, sweet Ian!!!