Dedicated to my beloved Scotties
Not that Bobby’s sad – Bobby is never sad. Life is far too exciting and challenging and wonderful for Bob to ever be sad. This colour could match his name though: “Sparhawk Sapphire Knight”. Apparently the lighter the shade of the sapphire the more expensive it is, so it’s said. Fortunately Bob’s not that expensive, but he is irreplaceable!
Meet the newest arrival in the Sparhawk household – “Lio” the Lion – yeah couldn’t think of anything more suitable.
Fin only loves ONE baby. All the others get destroyed, ripped to smithereens, or their “squeakies” forcibly removed in a matter of minutes. All except THE ONE. Fin will just lick, and clean and lick and clean and ………. so we call it His Baby.
So, Dad went to London on Friday (reception at the Canadian Embassy, He got to wear a Silver Medal, offered him by a Canadian Rower – how cool is that – not that much in our doggie eyes!) and then he went to the Olympic Shop where he purchased Lio for Fin and a t-shirt for Her. Notice that me, Bobby got nothing!
Do I care, no not really, cos I stole Lio from Fin for a while and gave him a good old bite or two or three …….
You can see Fin with Lio and his original “baby” bottom left of picture.
It’s Sunday afternoon here in the UK and we thought we’d visit our blog to report on Fin’s latest ACTH test results and to share this information with our friend Angus.
But rather than being able to share some good news, we sit here at the computer in shock to read that Angus sadly passed away on Friday.
Our thoughts and sympathies go out to his family and doggie friends, as they too must be stunned by his death.
We are going to spend the rest of Sunday in quiet contemplation of yet another “fur-end” leaving us all too soon.
We dedicate this fabulous quotation we stumbled upon some years ago about a Scottie:
Angus
“a loyal companion is hard to find, hard to lose,
and impossible to forget“
We know this is Her favourite colour, but poor Gus, fancy being turned into this! Although we think he does look rather cool …..
We thank all of you for your words of support regarding Finlay and “his Cushing’s Disease”. It unfortunately came far too soon after the loss of our beloved Gus, but life can be that cruel and so we continue to take each day as it comes and cherish each and every moment.
Some of you have asked for more in-depth details about Finlay and his Cushings, so Bobby reports as follows:
After his first ACTH Stim test he was given 30mg of Vetoryl, with a repeat Stim test due 10 days later. His blood count was extremely high. The cost of these 14 days of meds was £23.00
After the second ACTH Stim Test (20th July), his blood results have dropped, but not to within the “safer” range we would have hoped for. So our wonderful Vet has increased Fin’s vetoryl to 40mg per day, with another Stim test in two weeks (3rd August). The cost for the increase and for another 2 weeks of meds is £33.00, making approx £56.00 a month for vetoryl. Perhaps this cost will decrease should the vetoryl decrease in potency.
The weather wasn’t too good here in the UK so we couldn’t assess Fin’s walking ability – he usually did “emergency stops” and would take time getting his breath back before carrying on. The one walk we did manage he seemed to enjoy so much, that there’s a buoyant feeling that the vetoryl is working.
As far as food is concerned – he still thoroughly enjoys his breakfast and dinner and if given the chance, would eat lots more.
So, things look promising here, and paws and fingers are crossed that the next blood/ACTH test will prove the case.
We do hope that those of you “suffering” with Cushings are able to report good progress – please let us know, as we are all one big happy blog family.
Lots of RoooOOoodles from the Sparhawks
Sparhawk Scotties 