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

[addy]

Coming home is the worst, I think the shock wears off and that awful feeling of, hey, this is permanent sinks in. So glad Beaudy and Lozz are able to keep you busy. Beaudy will keep you hopping. Lozz is a good girl.

Your winters can't be as bad as ours, lol, I would probably think it warm out

Hey, I saw online about a small New Zealand town was looking for people to relocate there as they need people to fill jobs. Not sure what kind. I told hubby, if only I was 10 years younger!

[Bailey's Mom]

Trish I am so very sorry to learn of your loss of Flynny. I have just spent a couple of hours reading back from October.......which is about my latest check in. I am so sorry for your loss but feel you made the appropriate loving choice. We all struggle with that. I kept wishing for my ageing doggies to go to sleep and just not wake up, but so far it has not worked out that way. The decision always seems to be gut wrenching....even when all signs point to that being the most loving choice.

You sound like you are doing really well, all things considered. I feel badly for your parents and hope you will be able to see them on a regular basis. Bob and I lost all four parents while we were in our thirties.....that was one hard decade. I am sure just as you did with Flynn, you will make the most of the moments they remain around and are mostly healthy.

Note: Yes, indeed, Addy is right-I slept with Palmer's bright yellow stuffed duck for a long time after he was gone. The duckie must be 18" long or so...with bright orange beek and feet. Once Bailey came along, I had to put it up high.....Bailey totally destroys any stuffed toy in record time. It's funny because I was thinking recently-there are nights where I wish I had something to hug hard.......and thought about Palmer's duck. I was thinking maybe I'd go to a toy store and see what I might find in the way of a stuffed animal.

And Leslie-what a wonderful "letter" you included. I have copied it and am keeping it with my other important K9C papers. Thank you for sharing.

Now-listen ladies-why was I not informed of the pahty with the girlie drinks??!! I would have flown over in a minute!! Someone could have "called!"

I think the two kittens sound marvelous and the timing was perfect. How great it is that Flynn got to meet them and become used to them and be big brother! And I had not heard the story of how you came to have Flynn. What a terrific story! It's so wonderful how things sometimes just fall into place....in spite of our maybe bumbling around.

Sending a huge hug your way-please do keep us posted.

Love,
Sus

[molly muffin]

I think and have always thought that Flynn just naturally was a guy with stories to be told . Maybe it is just the way Trish always has told them that makes them come alive for all of us. It is also, through the years been a constant that is now sadly missed. I'll never forget Flynn in his All Blacks outfit. Definitely should have been the poster dog for them. They missed out on that one.

[Budsters Mom]

I miss hearing about him too. Flynny, our Energizer doggy.

Big hugs Trish. xxxooo

[Trish]

Hey all we are doing OK here adjusting to the new normal, as with everyone it is the little things that catch you. I decided to have scrambled eggs for breakfast today, making them suddenly remembered the last time would have been for Flynny, trying to get him to eat. He loved those eggs so I ate them with a smile on my face remembering my boy! Gave a little to the kittens, they not like them much lol

Still not ready to write his story out, will be a novel I am sure. I am playing our song right now, this song seemed to come on the radio so many times after we left the vets... was quite strange, so now it is "our song" maybe a little strange to have a song with my dog, but I love it and it makes me smile too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCBSSwgtg4

Thanks for your messages xxxxx

[DoxieMama]

I love that you have a song with him. I think it's perfect. <3

[Joan2517]

Stairway to Heaven is my song for Lena. I had been wondering after she left me why there wasn't a song for us and then Stairway came on...and there it was! When I'm at my saddest driving to/from work it almost always comes on the radio and I know that Lee knows I need a sign...and I know she is with me.

[addy]

I love that you have a song too. Firsts are hard, I dreaded all the firsts.

I think of our wonder boy all the time. The other day, Koko and I were out walking and saw a dog. I told Koko, that little girl reminds me of Flynny, about the same size and similar coloring with that awesome look on her face. It was nice to think she reminded me so much of Flynn, though truth be told Flynn was a very handsome boy, so she really could not hold a candle to him.

But now when I see her walking, I will think of your darling.

So that's a good smiley memory

[Joan2517]

It sure is!

[Budsters Mom]

There are tons of good smiley memories when it comes to our wonder boy. Snoozing on the couch, with(Elle)the devil cat, in front of the fire at your folks house. Both of them cozy and warm. Obviously Flynny was unaware that Elle was there. "A good smiley memory"

So that's a good smiley memory