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

[addy]

Well, things seem to be working out so good job Dr Mike and Trish

It does seem to be more environmental than protein related, so hopefull a food that agreed wth him in the past will work again. An occasional mucus poo is not so bad when a pup has IBD. Zoe went on like that for a few years before we lost control of it and she had to have metronidazole every day so an occasional mucus poo is not so bad, Trish.

[Trish]

Hey Tina - sorry I disappeared last night. We are meant to be going out to dinner tonight for a friends birthday. But last night I had a call from one of them asking where the heck are we all, she was at the restaurant alone! Silly girl had the wrong night DOH!! So she came over here and we went out to Mexican! Nice night, with a margarita or two! Now we get to go out again tonight for the birthday... I love holidays, but its going too fast with only 4 days left !! I am walking Flynny at a different place today, to avoid the stinky dead thing... we need a big tide to wash whatever it is away!

Addy, yep an occasional bad poop not too bad, its only when he starts acting off that I get more worried. I cannot see him right now, he is buried under a blanket and totally covered. Cold too, I have the heater on I hope we never lose more control than we have but there are meds he can go on, just won't be prednisone again if I have my way, so not happy with what it did to his liver and I will be on tenterhooks next week to see what the latest on his blood results next Tuesday.

[addy]

All I could do is think of our Flynny while I watched Koko chew and lick his paws This is something he has never done. They did say we are to have a horrific allergy season becuase of the polar vortex, everything will polinate and bloom at the same time. But I think it more than a coincidence that I bought some Zuke training treats (I used to give Zoe when she went to school years ago). They have barley in them, he has never had barley besides all the other chemicals they have which he never eats.


So it looks like the drama king can only eat the expensive stuff so now I have to find Honest Kitchen treats as he was not impressed with a turkey walk one bit!!!!! Turned his nose up at it, he did

I just had to come and tell you. I hope Flynny is not itchy any more.

[Squirt's Mom]

whoa....Trink has developed an allergy to something and changing her feed has helped very little. I had been given her treats from Cloud Star, which were new to the gang so I switched her to Zukes along with the feed change. hmmmmmm....maybe this baby will have to do without treats for a bit and see if that helps her. I do NOT want her to have to keep getting these allergy shots but she's just about rubbed the hair off of her back. Her's started while we were still in the dead of winter.

[addy]

whoa is right Leslie, how weird is that, I swear, Koko has never chewed his paws until a few days ago and he has had the Zuke training treats a week. I did not give him any this morning and he is at the groomers right now. She checked his pads for mats but he had none, or a bad nail so

[Renee]

I have been wondering how long Zukes would take to start making changes. They were acquired a while ago by one of the big companies (P&G?).

[Squirt's Mom]

As soon as I heard they had been bought out, I went to PetCo and bought about 6 bags! So what we have is supposed to be the original...tho who really knows?! They were bought by Nestle/Purina CO.

[Squirt's Mom]

And btw I wrote to Nestle and told them to please stay out of the dog food and treat business...that they did real good with chocolate so be satisfied and leave our dogs alone!

[addy]

Zuke's was bought by P&G

I found some low calorie treats at Honest Kitchen's website. I guess it is either that or Stella and Chewy. I have not purchased dog treats in a long time but I need something extra special that Koko only gets durring our walks, I need a "gold" treat and he gets blueberries, potato and organic turkey breast treats in the house so they are not worth anything to him outside. He has come a long way from barking at dogs and wanting to eat anything he can find if he gets all worked up about a critter like a squrriel. I need one crunchy milk bone kind of treat and one very soft treat.

Sorry to hike jack your thread Trish!!!

[Woodydog]

Hello you

I've tried to catch up and so far have got : people turning up at wrong date for dinner lol, mum and dad behaving, Mexican dinners, dr mike new grandson Flynn love it, Elle getting the "look" Flynn having the itchies. Phew probably miss some.

How is the holiday going, I hope you had a good rest. How is Flynn now, he goes in Tuesday for bloods doesn't he fingers crossed for low numbers, when is his scan is it May.

Hope to catch up soon x