Time for another Sunday Sevens – linking up with Nat at Thread and Bobbins.
- On Sunday we took a walk around the river at Okehampton.
2 Our vistors were still with us, so we stopped on route for a cuppa at the café at Okehampton station. The only trains that run are the heritage service that goes a few miles down the track and four trains to and from Exeter, but only on a Sunday in the summer!
3. Back home this fledgling robin hung out with us in the garden.
4. Popped into my lovely LYS, the Woolly Beader, this week to picked up a new Knitpro Karbonz to replace my broken circular sock needle. I’ll let you know how I get on with it.
5. And somewhere in the week, I snapped this beautiful butterfly in my garden…
6. On the not so happy side, Mr Hicks had come up with yet another urine infection the week before last. On Tuesday this week I was told the new drug that is doing his skin so much good appears to be causing urine infections in a lot of dogs. So on Wednesday I stopped the new drugs. Hoping against hope Hicks doesn’t get as bad as he was just before Christmas, as the only route left now is going back to steroids, which were causing cushings symptoms.
7. But something that did make me happy, was bumping into a lovely friend in the village taking her two of her dog’s puppies for a visit to her neighbour.
Aw poor Mr Hicks.I hope his drugs get sorted.A beautiful butterfly on your budlia. Its a Red Admiral.x
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Thank you. I knew the butterfly but not the plant name. Mind, I only know three butterflies 🙂
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He does go through the mill doesn’t he, poor boy. I hope they can find some new drug for him that works without side effects. Did you ever look into turmeric for him?
Here’s just one item singing its praises http://www.turmericforhealth.com/turmeric-for-pets/6-ways-turmeric-benefits-in-canine-skin-diseases
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He certainly does. Unfortunately there is no other drug 😦 Doing my best to manage it and apparently we can try pulsing the one he’s just come off. But first steps first are to make sure he’s clear of urine infections once off antibiotics. No, I forgot about the turmeric. Although I thought that was for arthritis?
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It claims to be for lots of things – including skin conditions.
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Will give it a go – although I’ve tried a lot over the years that doesn’t work, which had left me quite cynical. I think the bottom line unfortunately is he was over immunised at the rescue when he was a puppy, so he has a duff immune system
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Hope you can source an alternative treatment for Mr. Hicks to prevent a flair up again. Such a quaint little station and quite an inquisitive little Robin, I’m sure it’ll be a regular with you when gardening 🙂
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Thank you. The station is lovely. Although it would be nice if we had a real railway station too.
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I’m sure it would benefit getting around much more….though, I bet it would also add to the masses of extra visitors ~ swings and round-a bouts ;-)….that could actually be a good thing for your new little business ~ perhaps, you should push the local council and see if it might happen?!
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No chance! There’s no line anywhere near. When the sea wall came down at Dawlish – the only rail route down into Cornwall – there were promises of money to rebuild the railway around our side of the moor, but politicians forget their promises very quickly.
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Shame they don’t keep their word!!…if they lived there I’m sure it would be a different matter 😉
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You’re right it is. it’s not until you live down here, you realise how most of the money stays in London and the home counties or goes ‘pet’ projects. I really get cross about H2S2 too when we don’t even have a railway line. Things like the NHS – our hospitals are often going on black alert – they never did that at all when we live up country. Okay, climbing of my soap box. 🙂
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LOL I think you deserve a turn up on that soap box!! I just hope someone will make a difference, the politicians have so many empty promises, they leave so many ”pies” in the sky, it’s tragic they are allowed to run the country. Hold on to the hope….ONE DAY, a politician will make right all previous promises…..;-)
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I’m just astounded that they seem to have cart blanch to promise anything then change their mind with no accountability at all 😦
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To think they all studied to the highest degree to be such diabolical politicians???!!! What a waste;-/ they should have studied a course in lying….at least they would be living up to their achievement honestly;-)
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Not sure some of them need a course, it seems to come very naturally.
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LOL ;-D
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Poor Mr Hicks, he has my sympathy, I’m on my 2nd lot of meds for a urine infection and know what he must feel like. Otherwise it looks like you’ve had a lovely week. Fingers crossed for Mr Hicks 😀
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Oh no! Sorry to hear you’re unwell. Hope you’re feeling better. Urine infections are horrible. Mr Hicks says thank you 🙂
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Aw lovely Mr Hicks. I really hope he feels better soon. Look at those cute puppies!
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Thank you. I so wanted to take one of those puppies home.
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Oh poor Mr Hicks 😦 It’s so often the way though, that meds clear one problem but cause another. Hope you find something that suits him better x
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Thank you. Sadly we’ve come to the end of the line of meds that don’t cause problems, but I found out we may be able to pulse the one I’ve just taken him off – but we’ll have to see.
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Poor Mr Hicks, he looks sorry for himself. All that puddle dipping gone. Nice series of pictures.
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Thank you. Although HRH is good at looking sorry for himself when everything’s fine too!
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Hi, great week, but so sorry to hear about Mr. H. Hoping for the best for him.
I am not sure if this would help, but we have a product here called Regal (Regal Pet Health) that I use for my dog, as she is getting older as well, and it works wonders.
All the best and take care.
Hugs..:)
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Hello. Thank you for the suggestion. What does the Regal pet health do?
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Hello. You are welcome. Regal pet health is a natural range of products for dogs and cats. For dogs it includes just about everything you could need. Skin, joints, ticks, stress, recovery, etc.
There is a UK website as well. Feel free to read up when you have a moment:
http://www.regalpethealth.co.uk/
All the best, and hugs to Mr. H. xx
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Thank you. Will take look 🙂
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Poor Mr Hicks, I hope he gets better soon. We have had a lot of red admirals this year – it is so wonderful to see them.
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Thank you. Yes, the red admirals do seem to be doing well this year. There’ve been loads of them and they all seem huge.
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I hope you find a solution for Mr hicks soon.
Looks like you had a good week though. 🙂
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Thank you – and yes, good week otherwise 🙂
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Oh no, not again, Mr Hicks! He’s not been lucky, has he? Our House Martins have just fledged – we miss their chirruping. They’d made a nest on top of our en suite window whilst it was open one day and regularly flew in the bedroom by mistake.
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Aw! Bless them. Ours were in the workshop in the old stables, driving LH crazy with all their droppings.
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I know it’s already Friday, but I am just now reading and had to send a warm thought to Mr.Hicks. The robin is lovely, I do love seeing and hearing them about. Take care, Bekki.
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Thank you. The weeks fly be, don’t they 🙂
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