Hi Carol,   
      
   >>   
   >> hahaha true when you saw her :) you haven't seen her lately though -  she ha   
   >> lost a bit of weight - finally.  Interestingly, talking to the folks at PetC   
   >> I found that none of the 'diet' dog foods are really low-calorie or whatever   
   >> except for this one the clerks pointed out to me.  So now that she's been   
   >> eating this dog food she's actually able to lose weight.. that helps her   
   >> arthritis quite a bit.   
      
   > Good!   
      
   Well, we couldn't count on that continuing, it seems :(  Priscilla had a bad   
   reaction or something (vet thinks it was coincidence to her leptospirosis   
   vaccine, really) and had a bad "rash" on her face - I couldn't tell what the   
   heck it was.. looked more like some kind of skin burn on her snout.. very very   
   weird.. Vet put her on a heavy antibiotic since it was spreading to her eyes   
   making her eyelids swollen.. and also Prednison because he really felt it was   
   an alergic reaction to something she ran into.. anyway, the prednisone of   
   course made her gain so much weight again.. a couple pounds really can make   
   walking almost impossible for her.. Well, she's off the prednisone now so I'm   
   hoping we can get things under control ... again :)   
      
   Cats have decided the dining room rug is better than their catbox!!!  I could   
   kill if I have to clean that rug one more time Lol... We have 4 catboxes now..   
   so I keep them clean and try to catch the culprit haha.. right    
      
   >  Cash is on a diet too. What was that on green beans?  Canned ok for   
   > it?   
      
   I use the ones from my garden and mix them with hamburger, rolled oats and   
   rice, then bake it in the oven (like  a big meatloaf ).. then when done and   
   it's cool, I throw it in the blender for a few seconds. You can try canned   
   greenbeans alone too.. just make sure they're chopped really well.   
      
   >> Kitties over here are doing well, btw., Finally got the vet here to check th   
   >> all out and they all got vaccinated for lepspirosis, etc. (they already had   
   >> rabies at the shelter) except for Lulu.. she just took off for parts unknown   
   >> the house and wouldn't come out for anything!! Finally, after they left she   
   >> strolled in as if to say, so there.   So now we have to grab her one o   
   >> these days, get her in the kitty transport and bring her to our new vet's   
   >> vaccine clinic.. bet she's gonna love that car ride hahaha   
      
   > LOL!   
      
   STILL trying to chase that kitty down to get her in for shots :(  She sees us   
   coming and runs like the devil :) :)   
      
   > Snow messed with our plans.  There's a rescue Beagle/basset boy named Cricket   
   > we are trying to see and bring Cash and Daisy.  Cash is almost certain to   
   > work as both love other dogs (and arent bothered if the other is also a boy)   
   > but Cricket is unknown for cats.  Daisy gets to come over in a cage and see   
   > if they try to kill each other or if she ignores him and he just sniffs and   
   > wags tail.   
      
   Sounds really neat!  Did you get out to see the new fellow?  Did you bring him   
   home? :)   
      
   > Grin, expanding family, the 4 footed way.   
      
   Great fun having more than one dog.. they really like it as well    
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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