Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

[Simba's Mom]

Your Molly is so funny, oh how I love to hear the good stories too, we all need those belly laughs, good for the soul....Simba is not enjoying the snow one bit, he runs out there then puts his paw up like oh its so cold, needless to say his little under thing is deep in the snow, but he doesnt seem to mind that so there he pees, one paw up, oh sim!!

[jmac]

Sharlene,That is hilarious! I can just picture it! What a little stinker! Thanks for sharing such a funny story!

Julie & Hannah

[Trish]

Yeah dawg, keep off MY tree! You tell em MM!! xx

[SoggyDoggy]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! Oh Gawd, I can picture that so clearly! I just woke the boys up laughing!

What a precious! Please give her a big kiss for me, that is just priceless!

[Squirt's Mom]

Oh my word! I can just see that! What a hoot! You tell 'em, Molly Girl! That is YOUR tree! LOLOLOL

[molly muffin]

So, I don't know if your dogs are like this or not, but molly is ticklish under her front leg pits (?). If you get her on her back and start tickling her, she"ll start growling when you tickle her under her legs. So the other night I had her down on the floor and we were playing tickle and I'd say this one is for Naomi, and this one is from Leslie and so on and so on, going through everyone here. She was a mess of squirming, growling, smiling, loving dog. I think she quite enjoyed herself.

Now, 2 nights ago, molly had an accident upstairs, first one in a very long time and it was Strong smelling. Not her normal pee smell, and she'd just had a walk a couple hours before going to bed. Well, you know the Bissell is your friend, and we cleaned up. The next morning though I decided to take a sample into the vet to check for a UTI. In house showed nothing and I know they were going to check on slides too, but then they called and said that the vet wanted to send out for a culture, which I had actually already asked to be done, because you never know. $225! Good golly Miss Molly. That thing better grow diamonds at this rate.

Course I probably could have just waited a couple days to see if anything else seemed off or not, because that's right, not a thing since, no accidents, no more frequent urination breaks needed, food is fine, water in take is good and tonight she (this is an awful habit of hers that I've tried to get her to stop but she won't) she acted like she just had to smell this tree, and is smelling the ground all around it and then when this guy walks by (that I know she noticed before needing to go smell that tree) she lept from behind the tree at the guy. I had her on a short leash so she couldn't actually get anywhere near to him and he walked on by. Then she completely decides she could care less about the tree and takes of with a prance in her walk straight up to our driveway and up the front door. THE BRAT!!!

I'm thinking they are not gong to find a UTI at all and I'm going to have to learn to not head to the vet with urine at the first impulse. I'll be really happy if she doesn't have a UTI as she doesn't need that, but then I wonder why the smell that night. She was in a snit that night and was tail sucking something awful and when I'd try to get her to stop she would run off and hide in another room, so it might have been attitude peeing, but the smell was still strong. I haven't noticed it since of course, but even hubby confirmed it smelled strong.
*sigh*

The Molly saga continues. I know I shouldn't panic but I always remember, that the ultrasound showed an enlarge liver, lymph nodes and adrenal glands, so we know there is something wrong, but we don't know what and even though she does all these antics and acts fine most of the time, she does have off days. It's just she always bounces back rather quickly and then it's easy to be in that state of denial that anything is wrong at all. Makes me think that I'm nuts sometimes. The technical things that I know now, from being on here, just don't make sense when it comes to molly it seems.

She does always make me laugh though with her antics so that is good that she still likes to get in trouble or cause trouble I should say.

Hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[Fellasmom]

Sharlene
I can never thank you enough for all your kindness the past few weeks.I'm only just beginning to read thru your threads.I was in such a state of shock when I lost Fella that I could barely think of anything else.I laughed at your sweet Molly and the tree!That is def something Fella would do!.I look forward to hearing more about her as she sounds adorable!!Thanks again and big hugs to you and Molly!!
Love,
Patty

[Budsters Mom]

Sharlene,
Molly sounds like quite the character jumping out from behind the tree at that guy! . We should team her up with Buddy and that would really be a gruesome twosome! Hehehe!

We all worry about our babies. We all panic when they don't seem quite right. You've always been there when I've popped in panicking because Buddy wasn't acting quite right. We are here for you and Molly too. I've rushed to the vet several times to find out that Buddy was absolutely fine and I overreacted once again. Isn't it better to have that reassurance? So, you took a urine sample in. If it shows to be something, then you got a head start on it. If it shows to be nothing, at least you were proactive. Sometimes people wait too long for other symptoms to appear. I've seen it time and time again.
Yes, treating this stuff is very expensive, But I don't want to think about the alternative.
Sending much love to you and Molly,
Kathy and Buddy

[Trixie]

Well who gave that guy any permission to go near that tree while Molly was busy giving it the once over!? I mean really mister...couldn't he see that Molly was on a sniff fest and he probably got his smell all mixed in with what she was busy with! Of course she went after him...you know he deserved it!!
I hope the test shows that everything is fine. Sorry for the cost but maybe being reassured that she doesn't have any issues with her urine will be worth it...the vet bills are mind boggling aren't they?
When we went for the ultrasound and the 8hour test they made me sign a paper beforehand stating how much it was likely going to come to...and it was a lot! When it ended up being about $150 less than the estimate I about jumped for joy. It was still plenty of money but I felt like we got a break for once!
What can you do? I keep wishing we had a vet in the family! That would help wouldn't it??
Hope you and Molly are having a nice evening!
Barbara

[Harley PoMMom]

Re; urine odor, did Molly have something different to eat? Is she spayed?

$225! Good golly Miss Molly. That thing better grow diamonds at this rate.

Now, that was funny!!!