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

Glad to hear he is feeling more like his old self and hope he continues to improve. I could smell that odor when reading your comment! YUK!

Glad Ian is doing better today and hopefully he'll continue to improve every day.

Must be something that is making the rounds. :(

his brother died last tuesday of spreaded colon cancer.
he was operated 9 months ago, but the cancer came back.
so, i was very scared when i saw this mess yesterday morning...............
but so far, so good with ian.

I can imagine how scared you were. I am so glad Ian is better.

Big hugs

Oh gosh! I bet you were really frightened after learning of his brother's plight. How is Ian today?

Squirt got impossible to pill and very expert at getting the good stuff off then spitting the pill. :rolleyes: She finally decided that was too much work for a Queen and simply refused anything that MIGHT have a pill hidden in it. :D I resorted to either crushing pills or finding liquid forms and putting that in something she liked to eat. It worked 95% of the time - especially if the food was something different from her usual fare. ;) When the pills were really bitter, honey was our friend.

ian is doing very well!
he is very hungry today, a few days without vetoryl and not eating whole meals, has made him hungry.
so he ate his normal amount of food and his vetoryl [only 15 mg today]
like leslie said he is very difficult to pill and you will have to think about how to fool them every day.
he is not very food orientated.
liquid and crushed....no way! the best way with ian are capsules, he doesn't smell them, but when he has bitten one and has tasted the stuff he is very suspicious again. and most capsules are big.
luckily he can live without them for a few days, and after a lot of treats without pills, i can most of the time fool him again.
my working dogs- shepards and border collies- were very easy to pill;
mouth open and voila..........., but these smaller dogs are softies, and get stressed very easy!
pill time is not my favorite time of the day.
so far nothing going on with enya, so i hope she stays free from it.

So good to hear that this seems to have passed for Ian.
I'm sure he'll be back on track in no time.

hugs

Merry Christmas Iris, Ian and Enya. Hope you are doing something nice for Christmas.

Big hugs

thank you sharlene, going to my aunt with the doggies, stay the night and back home friday.
[in the nl's we do have 2 christmas days]
the dogs are getting older, but doing fine.

Just dropping by to wish you Merry Christmas from Henry and me