Category Archives: a joyful dog

are you enjoying your walk, Isis?

Posted on August 7, 2022 by patinkingsheath

There will be no blog next week (Sunday August 14th) as Isis and I are having a short break. A post should appear every Sunday. Sunday August 7th 2022 We leave the lovely, dirty spaniel … Continue reading →

we’re back on track

Posted on July 17, 2022 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday July 17th 2022 Well, that was a nasty episode. I’ve just realised that, for the first time in at least four weeks, I didn’t even feel the urge to … Continue reading →

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our walks: (2) Holders Lane

Posted on June 27, 2022 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday June 26th 2022 June has been a difficult time for us, as there have been so many flickery days: days when sun and shade have alternated minute by … Continue reading →

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our walks: be careful what you wish for part 2

Posted on June 20, 2022 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday June 19th 2022 Off we trog back up to the field, stinking of eau de canal. At least, I imagine that we both stink; however, when we pause by … Continue reading →

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out and about on terra firma

Posted on April 17, 2022 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday April 17th 2022 At the moment, Isis is part way through her annual undercoat moult. This process never fails to fascinate me. … Continue reading →

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news from Isis*

Posted on April 4, 2022 by patinkingsheath

* transcribed by Human A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday April 3rd 2022 You’ll never believe what happened last week. We are walking on the fields beneath Holders Lane, when I catch a very strange scent. … Continue reading →

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what the hell’s going on? part 2

Posted on January 17, 2022 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday January 16th 2022 Last week I meanly left the story thus: ‘But I know that however weird her behaviour might seem, there are always reasons for what she … Continue reading →

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what the hell’s going on?

Posted on January 9, 2022 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday January 9th 2022 It’s January 2nd when we head down Dogpool Road, turn right onto Moor Green Lane, and park opposite The Highbury pub. It’s a dull, damp, … Continue reading →

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November is for sniffing

Posted on November 8, 2021 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday 7th November 2021 November is the month for sniffing. Everywhere a dog goes she is assailed by irresistable scents. Let out into the garden … Continue reading →

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a scritchy relapse

Posted on October 10, 2021 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday! Sunday October 10th 2021 Oh dear. Oh dear. After her apparent improvement, poor Hairy One’s frantic scritching resurges. The skin on the outside of her ears is red … Continue reading →

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