Squirt - my Queen has crossed The Bridge

[Casey's Mom]

Desi loves to bury her face in the snow and roll in it and Casey loves to eat it as she walks. Casey also loves to roll in snow and they always race to the last bit of snow on the ground in spring to go potty. I know my dogs would truly miss snow so yours must be having so much fun!!

Love and hugs,

[marie adams]

Hi Leslie,

I just read your post on Palmer's thread about Trink and her antics--LOL it put a smile on my face after having one of my melt downs on the phone with a customer--that is not very professional--hahaha!!!

Take care!!!

[Squirt's Mom]

Hi Marie,

I am happy that our Little Bauble could give you a laugh today! She's kinda magic that way!

Hugs,
Leslie and the girls - always

[addy]

Leslie, you and the girls are all kind of magical that way

Hope Squirt continues to feel good on her Lysodren and hope little Trinket is feeling better and giving you a poo.

Hey, would it be hard to cut the Lysodren pills into 1/4 pieces?

Hugs,
Addy

[Squirt's Mom]

Hi Addy,

Squirt is doing really good with her Lyso now. The first two weeks on her dosing day, she would be a bit lethargic and have some tummy upset. But this week she has acted no differently when she got her dose Wed. so I take she has adjusted.

Cutting the pills is no problem at all! They are large pills with one side already scored. I have numerous pill cutters so I designated one of them as her Lyso cutter. I cut a pill along the score line then put the halves in the cutter and cut them in half again. To make sure she gets the full 125mg/week, I only quarter one half of the pill at a time and separate the halves that I quarter from each other. Does that make sense? I cut one whole pill in half - I put one half back in the bottle - I then cut the other half into quarters - I keep those quarters in a separate bottle - there are never more than 2, 1/4 pieces in that bottle at one time.

When she gets her Lyso, I feed her most of her meal as usual but reserve about a tbsp. Then I put the 1/4 pill in the remainder of her meal and give that to her along with about tsp. of peanut butter for the fat. She now thinks she is getting a special treat on those days!

We woke up this morning to find that the connections to the propane tanks had sprung a major leak over nite. $$$$ floating away! So I'm off to get parts and see if I can fix it to get the heat going again. My little electric heater just can't compete with the 20 degree temps we've had a nite!

Hugs,
Leslie and Squirt

[Squirt's Mom]

OMG!

My SIL just brought an envelope out to me. I didn't recognize the return address. When I opened it, out fell a hand-ful of pictures of Squirt! They were set in a Christmas setting and she is even wearing a hat in one of them! They are GREAT!!! and such a total surprise! Apparently, the lady who groomed her just before we went to AZ took them and is just sending them to me because Squirty is freshly groomed and looking so spiffy.

At first, I thought my SIL had had them done as a gift for me and could not figure out how she got Squirt away from me long enough to have her groomed plus a photo shoot and me not know it! Regardless, I was tearing up already when Carolyn said she didn't do it. LOL

I will have to get them scanned in somehow and share them in her album. This is so great!

[lulusmom]

Cutting the pills is no problem at all! They are large pills with one side already scored. I have numerous pill cutters so I designated one of them as her Lyso cutter. I cut a pill along the score line then put the halves in the cutter and cut them in half again. To make sure she gets the full 125mg/week, I only quarter one half of the pill at a time and separate the halves that I quarter from each other. Does that make sense? I cut one whole pill in half - I put one half back in the bottle - I then cut the other half into quarters - I keep those quarters in a separate bottle - there are never more than 2, 1/4 pieces in that bottle at one time.

And I thought I was anal-retentive.

[Squirt's Mom]

LOL....yeah some just aspire!

[Squirt's Mom]

Hi ya'll,

Squirt is happy. I don't know how else to describe it...she is HAPPY!

On our walks, she is constantly looking back for me and when we make eye contact, she turns and trots on a bit further but never gets out of sight and is never lagging - she is leading now. She will stop and sniff a spot, then bounce away wagging her tail, head up and grinning! It's like everything she finds is new all over again.

She is being mischievous again. We have a signal for picking her up and she usually turns and stands for that to happen. The last few days, tho, it has become a game - one I had forgotten about but she hadn't! I make the signal, she comes like she is going to cooperate, then she starts backing away and spinning and bouncing, grinning like a fool the whole time, her little eyes just sparkling with joy as I try to get hold of her! I have remembered that snapping my fingers is the signal for her to stop playing that game if it is necessary to pick her up right then for some reason....but I haven't had the heart to snap them yet. It gives me immense pleasure to see her having such a good time and to know that she remembers how.

Her drinking is back to normal again and she hasn't asked to go out after we are in bed in over 2 weeks. Her skin has more pink to it now and not so much black/purple. Her panting has decreased dramatically and she is sleeping much more peacefully at nite. Her tongue is pink again and not that red color it was. This may sound odd, but her head had felt hot to my hand but it feels much cooler now. She rests on her bed or on one of her blankets instead of the bathroom floor during the day and, at nite, is snuggling next to me again instead of keeping herself separate. She acts no differently now on the days she gets the Lyso than she does on any other day. So, I feel we are making progress and the decision to add the Lyso was the right thing to do.

I love this little mutt so much and am so, so glad to see her acting as if she feels younger and happier than she has in ages.

Hugs,
Leslie and the Queen

[addy]

Such good news Leslie. I am so glad Squirt is responding so well.

Ya' did good!!!!!

Hugs,
Addy