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Oh, poor Rita!  Backandforfing commencing at once.   

Ducky, when Merlin had an IBD flare-up and refused to eat because his tummy hurt, but I HAD to give him his Metronidazole for him to improve (and it's best to give it on a full stomach), I used wet food to syringe some into his mouth. It wasn't pleasant for either of us, and I hated doing it, but if he didn't take his meds it would only get worse.  I would also use Sucralfate an hour and a half before his meal - again, I'd crush it into a powder, added a little water, mixed it up and administered it via a syringe. It helped line his stomach so it wouldn't feel so bad, and then, more often than not, he would consent to eating something. 

I'm sorry about the new lesion.  Keeping her in my thoughts. 

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Charlie! Furgiff me, fren! SNOT my fault I'm gud-lookin

How did I miss a pikchur ob Zorro's bum? And more importantly, how did *I* miss a picture of Zorro's bum? 

Dat's inipropriat when yoo say it mummy. Yoor only allowed to comment on da niceness ob MY bum.  

2 hours ago, palmettobug said:

Charlie, unfortunately da Ol Hag had a tite grip on da leeshes, so we culdn't even try to get dem.

Current eckspeerients and comments like dis are starting to make me fink dat hooman mummies are kind ob party poopers.  

Miss Jen  Rest and recharge.

Miss Patsy, glad yoo gots gud Spring wedder again  

Tis late. Mummy is habbing a little anxiety and feer around taking me bootie on and off when going out (i wear won ob dose Paws rubber booties to keep mw snitches cleen when we go walkies). She says dey're "hard to put on and take off uncooperative houndies" - though dat sounds pritty passiffgressiff to me, to be honnist. When she tried to take it off me lass night I growl and snarl loudly at her, butt it woz her fault, and she nos it - we woz in bed in da dark because she'd turned off da lite to sleep and den rear lized dat she'd furgotted to take me bootie off after last out. She backed off and put a lite on and gave me a biskie to focus on and tried again (sucksessfully.) She woz reminded dat she needs to halp herownself wiff dose fears by KNOT doing dum dum fings. And she woz grateful I did KNOT bite. I woz just askeered. It is KNOT normil to be poking and prodding around a houndie's futs in da dark ob da nite. Pffft.

Lupin

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Gud luck wiff da pripparashins fur da beeg paint job, Nancy Mam.

15 hours ago, BatterseaBrindl said:

Well. I am getting organized and cleaning. Pap..Knot so much.   

Mummy says she is stunned at dis uneggspected diffrints in behaviour, plusalso she says she's flooint in sarcasm. 

We saw a reel on instagranny da udder day dat showed a bewtimuss warm day and den a scene frum da followink day, when everyfink woz cubbered in sno!   Dat's a bit cheeky fur late April.  

Bitzi fren, is yur guest still wiff yoo? I luff da yoo haffs a dog fren around fur a while.  

Angus we luff dat Misset Skipwerf cartoon!   We saw it sum time ago and sent it to me aunty Nancy who is mummy to Nico, because Nico has eggsaklee da same big saddle-like blak markings on hims bak!  

We're glad BossLady is getting herown space for to werk in.  

AndiPants, did Miss Chris finitch her book?? Did she eben rememberate to feed yoo? Mummy gets so distracted and forgetful when she's finitching her book. It's a wonder I haffn't starbed yet. 

Wot's all did nonsense about a floofy white poopie in da offish? How rude. Wot am I - chopped libber?? 

Wutebber, he's juss a little snot, he is KNOT a fashun houndie like meeeeee

 

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I saw the "good" news about FancyToo while checking in yesterday afternoon, and was sooooo relieved. I didn't have time to post though. Not saying tick diseases are great or even good, but everything is relative... so glad and relieved for you and your pawrents, FancyToo  

Ok, off to catch up. In the meantime, here's something to brighten your hump day. The CBO of the law school brought in her Samoyed and.... He has a new baby brother, shown below!

You're welcome!!!   

He looks like a little fuzzy bear cub

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Jupe me fren - FIVE poos? In won sitting walking? Dat's most impressif.  

Backandforfing fur our fren FancyToo...   

3 hours ago, palmettobug said:

Neurologist really didn't address the weather headaches, I guess two Excedrin and a Pepsi it is.

Seriously? It's not like they don't make you wait for an appointment long enough, or charge enough  

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Oooh! Lookit Angie and Kiva in dare fancy noo collars!  We luff dem! Mummy LUFFS orange, plusalso she luffs Misser Skipwerff's cartoons! Greyt zoomie collar  

We'll be finkin ob FancyToo dis mornink and startink to backandforf at 11:30.  

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Dis me enjoying da sunnyshine at da litehouse park 

Dis me at da beech again

Ok I fink dat's enuff Lupin adbenchurs fur won day.  

I hope I didn't postie too much, sorry. 

Mam, keeping our paws crosst fur Pap's rezults  

Wiki, haffs Miss Jerilyn's fumms terned all green?  I heer dat happins to hoomans.  

7 hours ago, dante2zoe said:

Troo story - this morning at o-dark thirdy, BossLady was FINALLY sound asleep when she herd a THUD.  She immediately thot Lacifur falled off the bed, as she does fall off the couch, the chair, dog beds, you get the pikshoor.  Ennyway, BossLady got up and looked around the bed and nuthin.  Then, BossLady saw a lump on the foot of the bed.  Lacy had fallen off the bed, but she was unner the cubbers at the time and was stuck between the mattress and sheet!  The sheet is long enuf that and she is tiny enough that her weight did not pull the sheet out and she was pinned.  How BossLady managed to eggstracate her without laffing and waking up  is still a mystery.  She halled Lacy out and Lacy promptly went up to the top of the bed and sprawled acrost BossLady's pillow and zonked out.  BossLady hadda move that liddle carcass that suddenly ways 200 pounds off her pillow and all Lacy did was groan and moan and refoosed to help.  Fun times.   

Oh my gosh. That's adorable.  

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We will be finkin ob yoo so much tomorrow, FancyToo, Be brave, fren. We will be waitink wiff bait on our breffs to heer dat it's "juss" dat grompy old guy Arfur Itis.     Holding you in my thoughts, Robin. 

So I did KNOT get tooken to no litehouse or beech or anyware ecksitink dis afternoon because I woz tooken to da feelds fur speshul birfday lunchytime walk and when we got back me paw woz bleedink a little. Mummy cleened it up and kisst me snoot and said don't liklik, so I did KNOT.  Unka Nick snootervized me and he told her I woz bery gud boi dis afternoon. BUTT mummy woz werried about making me paw werser so we juss walked around de neighbourhood dis afternoon. She says I can KNOT, KNOT KNOT KNOT, rip me sewings or liklik dem and make dem feckted. 

So lass week she tooked me to her werkjob. She pak me bed in da car, and packed me in dare too. She brot a fan, treatos, a blankie, me furst aid kit, da werks. Da stoodints luffed me. Her co-irkers (apart frum won) luffed me. 

Dis Miss Emma  Yoo alreddy no her (yas, she werk in da same place as mummy!). We luff her bery much. 

We eben hadda little nappy togedder  

I napped in da offish

and eben took da elemavator!  Mummy says I yam da only houndie she's ebber had hoo woz completely unfazed by dat big moobin bocks. 

Dis below is me Mummy Reminder(tee-emm) Face. It remind her dat de time train fur me neggst treato delibbery haffs arribed at da station,  changed drivers, and departed again, and she misst dat train entirely. I had to do dis quite a lot dat day.
[Do NOT lookit dat little stain, it's prolly mummy slobber, teehee - ok fine it's mine]

While downtown I still took da time to smell da flowers

Ware d'yoo fink yoo're going mummy, yoo're KNOT allowed to go wee, I need snootervizin

Den we went to da beech dis weekend and also to da litehouse park. 

Oh hai

 Cant rememmer how menny piccies I'm allowed per postie. I guess I make anudder postie juss in case.

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Oooh Miss Noo Carol, mummy aksed me to aks yoo witch Kingsolver nobble yooze reedink. She likes her a lot. Izzit her latest, Demon Copperhead? 

Sorry I haff misst soo much! 

We're going to cotch up tonite, mummy haffs promised me and yoo do KNOT brake a promiss made on a burfday! Dat's rite, it's me burfday tooday  I yam sicks. 

I can KNOT wait to reed all yur posties frum GIG!   

Fur now I juss want to say dat me and mummy is werried fur yoo, FancyToo, pleese be alrite, ebery time we reed about pain and limpink in a houndie our heart hurts and we get werried. When is your poinkment?  So we can backandforf proppalee? 

As soon as I haff time I tell yoo all about me adbenchurs frum lass week and da weekend. 

Luffs fur now, 

Lupin 

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2 hours ago, dante2zoe said:

Lupin, we hope you are feeling bedder.  When I had haff of my toe open, I hadda ware a muzzle with a stool guard (or duck tape) to keep me from licklickicking and allow me to not have to ware that stoopid cone.  Hope you are heeling fast! 

Oh for goodness' sake... why didn't I think of that?? What a great idea. Thanks Cindy!

Ducky, thank you for the Wound Powder recommendation. I have bookmarked it. Just yesterday I was wondering why on earth I didn't have stiptick powder in my houndie first aid kit. I always did, not sure what happened to it  Indispensable stuff when you have a houndie!

I hope everyone who's going to GIG has a fabulous, wonderful time!  I am already looking forward to the pictures, which I KNOW you will all take.. right?   

Sorry Angie's rear is dying  Please feel better soon  

Pap is home, yay. BUTT his levels are still too low. Ugh. Fingers crossed that his check-up shows more promising test results next week. 

I have to run and I know I've missed lots, I should be able to catch up by the end of the week. Lupin is at work with me today. He is so good, polite, quiet and well-behaved. The students adored him. I don't ever bring him to work because I do IT support so I don't spend hours and hours in my office - I'm often floating around the building. But I have to keep an eye on him because of those stitches snitches.

P.s. Thank you so much for your words of support and suggestions regarding places I will always associate with Pippin. It's a work in progress, and I loved all your suggestions and kind words.  

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I haff red eberyfink and I haff to bery sucksinklee condense all me replies tooday, so heer goes         

Yesserday woz a very bad, no gud, horrible day in da life of Lupin,  One minnit i yam chasink sum dastardlee squirrel (and bery neerly cotched it!) and den da neggst fin I no, I yam bleedink proffooslee onto da (noo  ) rugs, da yoga mat, da floors, eberyware! ... and mummy can KNOT stop da bleedink. Dis happen juss as a croo came to kill our front spruce d-e-d. (  <~~ deese mummy' s teers) and dey juss... took it! Took it away! Dare's juss a stumpy stump left now!  Mummy said  dey had to because it was old and dying and unwell and could crash into peepul's roofs.  Dey tooked da tree and also lots ob bikkie monies. 

Ennyhoo while dey woz bringing me tree fren down, mummy had to take me to da 'mergencee vet and da won she woz going to take me to woz closed, so she had to take me to da place where Misser Pippin lost hims leg and den died. We woz eben seen in da eggsak same room in witch she was told dare woz nuffink dey cood do and she woz going to lose him. It woz bery bery hard fur her. Den she had to leeb me dare fur seberal hours and den she gabe dem - fur 3 stitches and sedation and monitorink - $1200   (<~  dees mummy's teers again, KNOT reely mine coz I woz trippink ball$ at da time so coodn't reely fink about da consequences ob such a bill on me bikkie allowance). We did KNOT sleep much and mummy is now at her werkjob eben doh she reely, reely doesn't want to be heer, and she is terrfied dat me stitches is going to come loose and it's going to cost anudder $1200 to ficks.  SHe desprittly needs a work frum home job. RIte now Unka Nick is sooperbizing me witch is nice ob him butt it's stressful fur him, after Merlin and Sagan he didn't want no moor dogs because he doesn't want da responsibility and hassle, butt he is fond ob me and so he is werking downstairs so I don't haff to ware dat horrible, HORRIBLE lizard beefin' collah  

Dis going to be life fur da neggst 2 weeks. I slept ok lass nite butt mummy did KNOT  It's ok doh. She says she will do wotebber it takes. 

I cotch up when I can 

Lupin, woonded in da Skwirrel Warz on his bery own turf

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Mam, we're sorry to hear dat da bringing down Pap's lNR lebbels has been unsuccessful thus far  We'll keep our paws and fingers crosst dat dey can figger out da rite medicamaashin dat halps soonest  

Wiki, Mummy says she doesn't no iffn she cood ebber leeb da house iffn she liffed wiff yoo and yoo gabe her dat look. I fink she wood haff to gib up her werkjob too, and den dare wood be no monies fur fud, and den yoo wood starb. So fank yur lucky stars dat yu liff wiff yur Mistress  

Welcome back Miss Kathy and Misser Jim! Hi Ivy and Cherry  Oh! Yoo'll be going to GIG after all! 

Flashy, it's prolly fine knot to like peenit butter. I meen... yu're weerd, but den I am a houndie hoo can't roach  so, yoo no, we all haff our little idiot - idiom-  idiostink-  quirks.

Mummy is trying to kill me d-e-d. We wented to da beech, and along a trail to anudder litehouss, and den dis afternoon mummy put in a turd try at da feelds. Da furst two attempts ended in her bawling her eyeballs out because Misser Pippin is eberyware dare - dey used to go dare togedder seberal times a week and had a little unposken rootine dey always followed. Pippin wood pee and poo and den mummy wood frow a treato in da air and he wood jomp and cotch it, and den he'd set off runnink like da wind, butt only until he reeched a spassific boosh, where he waited fur mummy to cotch up.  Mummy is determined to obercome the dred she feels dare from his absence, because it is a nice place and around de corner frum us, it wood be a shame KNOT to go again. So she deecide to try again, and picked a loop she hardly ebber did wiff Pippin, and it woz ok! She try to focus on me and sang sum songs, and den by the end she werried the loop woz too much fur me. I woz bery tired. Prolly KNOT such a great ideer after I did seberal steep steps frum da raised trail to de beech earlier (and did dem like a champ, by day way, or so I'm told   )

Diss Breakwater Light - SpringPoint Ledge - wiff me noggin' in da way 

Dis me at Fort Williams Park yesserday

Dis me eggsited to go on anudder adbenchur

It's apposed to be nice again tomorrow. 

We're going to try to go to bed erly. Mummy juss finitshed a kewl and gripping book about de discubbery ob Ernest Shackleton's Endurance in da Weddell Sea (Antarctica) in 2022.   Mummy is a nerd about dis stuff. Da ship was lost to da ice in 1914 and sank. An incredible story ob survival ensued. Anyhoo, so now she haffs to decide wot she's reeding neggst. 

Miss Chris mummy is in awe of all da werk yoo do in de garden ebery yeer to get veggimals. Yoo too Miss Lucy! She witches she did dat too, butt she duzn't no de furst fink about it and it feels intimidaratink.

Lupin

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Ok so basiclee me sad tale ob woe is dat my schedule got messed around a lot yesserday. I woz alreddy in a sumwot grompy mood doo to da sky refoozink to stop peeing on our collectiff heds fur daze and daze. It woz beginnink to drive me and mummy mad. Free walks a day plus 3 outs in da yard, dat's FIVE paw wipings and FIVE times ob comin home drenched to da bone, Eggsaustink. 

Den mummy went to pick up Unka Nick hoose been in Seattle, ecksept she got the day rong (because, silly her, she herd "I'm coming back thursday" and didn't use her psychic abilities to figure out dat wot he ment woz "I'm leaving WA on Thursday on a red eye overnight flight and will arrive on Friday").   Den on Fried Day she reely woz fried, and she woz on da way to de airport and got a notificashin dat hims flite woz diverted to Connecticut.  Den dey said "ok, we're flyink at 5:20pm" so mummy got in de car and by the time we arrived at de airport there'd been anudder delay so the flite had only juss left.   Wotebber, finally it landed and we got him and I woz all confoozled because he smelled kind ob familiar so I wagged me tale butt I woz uncertain, and den after a few seconds it dawned on my tiny brayne me dat I no dis dood! He liffs in da same house as me. So den me tale start to wag a lot.  It woz freezink cold and I eben had me fleecy obercote on and I woz still tremblink, mummy had to hold me close and warm me. The winds were insane and dat's why the flite woz diverted and then delayed. 

So ennyway mummy duzn't eben no hoo she is anymore, she woke up and cuddled me dis mornink and let me out and fed me brekfist and start to put on  and suddenly she glanced at de clock and it said 7:30am. WOT?? Dare woz sum salty talk, let me tell yoo, and mutterinks about what the  am I doing up at this time on a Saturday, fings like dat. So she woz like, oh well, and had sum  and den we hopped into da car and went bak to Fort Williams Park (da litehouse park). It woz a trooly bewtimuss mornink and we walked all da way to da litehouse and beyond and den terned back up and down sum hills. It woz like 52F / 11C and sunny! Mummy's jumper came off half way froo and me hound tee came off too. It's apposed to be sunny and 60F/15C fur da neggst few days  Da oshun woz bery bewtimuss dis mornink. I postie a foto and reel later. 

Haffs a gud afternoon eberywon! 

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Dat Samba luks like a frenlee chap! I bet yu're da bestest host ebber, Charlie. I woodn't mind takink a bacashin to Montréal meownself! Do yoo haff enny bacancies? When duz hi seezin start in yur city? I need to kno how menny treato currentsy I need to bring. Plusalso wot if dem prat troll people at da border tell me I can pass, butt haffs to giff dem a brown envelope ob treetos? Wot mummy? Dat prolly duz KNOT happen in O Canada? Oh. 

Flashy, diss noo no-peenitbuttah nooze is perplecksink and, I mite even say, downrite disterbink.  Wot cood yoo possibly meen by refoosink peenit buttah? Yu haffs feever? Yoo staged a shockin refoozal as a soshul commentary on da contradikshins ob modern life? Talk to us, Flashy. Acksplane yurself, fur da luff ob eberyfink dat is gud and and troo, like 2+2=4. Dis nooze juss defies compretenshin. 

Fanks fur da usual lavish display ob snax, Ms Jen. I halped meownself to sum ob dat gahlic bred. Noms. Plusalso sum key kitsch quiche.  

Glad Pap got into a room. I hope de rest ob his horse spittle stay is unebentful butt KNOT too borink. 

Fingers and paws crosst fur master ... 

whoops I postied too soon. I tell yu me sorry tale ob woe frum yesserday in anudder postie.

Lupin NoFumms

 

 

[A Myka photo for Kerry]

I made it! I made it!

I just binge-read the whole thread. Oh Myka, how I miss seeing you, sweet girl. I used to joke that Merlin had a secret crush on her, but of course I was the one with the (mega) crush.   

Thank you for sharing all these lovely pictures, Jen  The photos that showed off her silly pointy ears were always my favourite! 

[Said No Dog Evah]

  

[It’s Finally Snowing]

So beautiful! Don't hog it all though - send some to southern Maine!   

[Leela, the podenco]

Ducky, I'm just so sad for Leela and for you. 

Her transformation from horribly emaciated to happy (that second photo speaks volumes) happened thanks to wonderful groups like the Senior Sighthound Sanctuary and fosters and adopters like you. I am so glad that Leela got to live her last months at the House of Duck. She couldn't have landed in a better home. 

I wish so much that you'd had more time together.    

[Friday is for pizza]

Wiki!  

[What missing leg?]

Willa  

I sob emotionally like a loser everytime I see her bouncing around like a champ   

Same shoulder as Pippin. Mere weeks apart. Completely different outcome. I am so so happy for you all, and especially for your beautiful girl. It's so lovely to see her so full of life!  <--- happy tears!

 GO WILLA!  

On 10/1/2023 at 9:37 AM, ramonaghan said:

Barking to wake us up bc she is bored

 

[Is it a FAIL]

 So many little sighs and swoons over here  

[It’s Our Gotcha Day]

Oh noes, I missed the party! Happy belated Gotcha Day AnnIE & Punkin!   

[AnnIE I’m Just Ridiculous]

Awwwwww.  I think i agree with your vet.

Perfect.  

[Greyhounds Don't Sit, Tripod Edition]

Who's a good girl???? What a superstar.   

[Willa has osteo [Update: amp 8/1]]

So glad to read that Willa is doing so well! She's a fighter, that one! And your heart must have been so joyful when you saw the return of the Willa Waggles!!   

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much, but I've been thinking of you of all as you navigate the first week post-amp.  

Rest in peace, handsome Richard