Category Archives: a vet visit

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaa – leave my feet alone!

Posted on April 30, 2023 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear every Sunday   Sunday April 30th 2023   What was that I said recently and so nonchalently about trimming Hairy One’s feet? Last week she had an appointment for a vet’s visit for her … Continue reading →

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minutiae, or a day in the life of a dog part 4

Posted on April 16, 2023 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear every Sunday   Sunday April 16th 2023   When we leave Highbury there is seldom any need to worry about the state of Hairy One’s feet. Generally, like the rest of her, they remain … Continue reading →

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the invalid

Posted on January 15, 2023 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear every Sunday   Sunday January 16th 2023   Warning to the squeamish: this post is all about what goes into and what comes out of a dog, so perhaps you may not wish to … Continue reading →

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a clean bill of health and lots of fluff

Posted on May 3, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Monday May 2nd 2022   On April 21st, when we visit the vet, Isis has a full medical check. We wait for a short while at reception, and the vet comes … Continue reading →

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a tough day for Isis

Posted on April 25, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday April 24th 2022   Poor Isis has a tough day on Thursday. First she is ambushed and plonked in the sink to have her rear end washed, then she is … Continue reading →

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the old and the new?

Posted on February 20, 2022 by patinkingsheath

     A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday February 20th 2022   ‘So now I’m not only cold and uncomfortable’, I wrote last Sunday, ‘but also b. tired. But more of that next week ………..’   And yes, … Continue reading →

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Isis speaks her mind

Posted on October 17, 2021 by patinkingsheath

  A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday October 17th 2021   I have had a horrible time. Human should be ashamed of herself. Don’t forget that I went for my speshul scritch fiting injection only a week and … 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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we’re coming round

Posted on September 12, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday September 12th 2021   I ring Fivelands as soon as the practice opens on Friday, and when I explain poor Isis’s predicament, we are offered an appointment at 2.30 that … Continue reading →

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scritch, scritch, scritch, scritch ……scritch ad infinitum

Posted on September 6, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday September 5th 2021   Oh dear. What a week. Poor Isis. The clouds begin to gather last weekend. It’s a bank holiday weekend. Of course. It would be. Isis is … Continue reading →

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