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

yes another non-winter winter.........................
a few days of nightly frost and that was it.
lots of rain and wind forecasted the next days. 10+C.
how is henry doing? loving his beach walks?
enya wants out, so off we go.
[in the rain, bleeeh!]

I was reading about the storms in the UK - not good. They've had some nasty flooding already this year. I'm guessing you're getting some of the same storms :(
We've just had around 6" of snow today, which is good as our driveway was a skating rink thanks to the recent thaw / freeze. I took Henry to the beach the other day and the frozen sea ice was making lots of noise so Henry was barking at it :)

I've stayed in contact with Tracy over in Scotland and they have been getting it hard this year. Had a bad one last night, knocked down trees and did damage to buildings.
We've been so much milder than normal, although got snow and ice last night, but going to warm up tomorrow, then freezing again by end of this coming week.
Sure makes it hard for dog walking when it does that freeze/thaw/freeze stuff!

@henry...barking at sea monsters, i hope you scared them away!
i think the weather is off everywhere...strong el nino or climate change?
i guess both.
i would love some snow, so you can send some to us.
it isn't even cooling down at night. very sticky.
although freeze/thaw/freeze weather isn't very desirable too.
i hope at least the energy bill will be low this year.

How is Enya doing? How's the weather been?

enya is doing fine, still some mild cushing symptoms, but hardly any progress. her 14 th birthday is may 2.
mentally; she is still missing her brother. doesn't want into the van anymore without him, so we are walking in the neighborhood.
she still manages 30-40 minute walks in a slower pace.
she once injured her left front leg and that leg has arthritis, so she is pretty stiff in the morning. she is on a nsaid painkiller every day now.
but since i missed walking longer distances, training a dog etc. i found a new one on the internet.
not a planned litter, mom is a belgian sheperd malinois and dad a blue merle border collie. his name is midas, born jan. 6th 2016.
i only had to pay for the id. chip, shots and worm stuff and european passport.
enya hates him but i knew this would happen, so i seperate them in the house. and seperate walks too.
i hope the link will work. here he is 6 weeks old.
i will upload new ones soon.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...pscsxugh6o.jpg

we had a warm winter again. this week it is 15C [60F] and wet. bulbs are blooming [almost done], green grass, so spring it is.

Oh my goodness but isn't Midas adorable!! Such a cutie. What is it about a puppy that just brings so much joy to our lives.

Sorry to hear that Enya is having the stiffness from arthritis. Hope the meds are helping with that.

We are having a bloody cold April here, snow, 13cm the other day!! Word is though that summer should hit around the end of April, so we might skip spring almost completely here.

So sorry to hear about Enya's arthritis. Hamish suffered a bit in his last year and I had to take him to the vets a few times for a pain shot. He also had some acupuncture treatments which worked well if he stayed calm enough for the needles to stay put (so not often!!). I also gave him some glucosamine / chrondrotin pills which had something to do with New Zealand if I remember correctly - I'll try to find the details as they did seem to help, and they had a very doggy friendly smell so he loved taking them.

Oh my, little Midas is absolutely adorable. Do you think Enya will accept him at some point?

So jealous to hear of your Spring. We never seem to get it here. By the time the snow disappears the temperatures are starting to get silly :(
We had lovely Springs in the UK - the farm where we lived was a carpet of yellow daffodils.

@sharlene 13 cm of snow in april.........................not what you expect in spring.
and straight from winter-summer......must be weird!

@mc davis yes spring in the uk is lovely!
i can understand you miss the uk climate.
like sharlene going from inches of snow straight into summer temperatures must be weird.
the nsaid pills do work for the arthritis, but she sometimes refuses to take the pill and then she is a bit lame in the morning.


@ both; i don't think enya will accept midas , he is too bouncy and active for her.
he is wearing me out too ha, ha!
after all he is a working dog.
trying to upload more recent pics to photobucket.

We're supposed to get around 10cm of snow at the weekend :eek:

Oh the joys of a bouncy puppy. I spend my walks telling people that Henry is friendly, but may bounce over their dog to get to them!