Category Archives: deaf/blind dog

the perfect walk

Posted on November 17, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Sunday November 16th We have a perfect walk in Highbury Park. Isis takes the initiative. She jumps eagerly from the car. She leaves the car park, crosses the path and ventures onto the grass. Isis, I could hug you! … Continue reading →

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wow, I’m knackered

Posted on November 14, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  I have been very busy tonight. We’ve played fighting bears (I won), squeak the badger and empty the bin.             After all my exertions, Boss is giving me two days off while we work … Continue reading →

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vets, feet and bottoms

Posted on November 12, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Isis has rages. She flies round like an orbiting demon, growling, snarling and grabbing at her back foot. She frequently tears out clumps of hair. These rages are unpredictable, not having an apparent trigger, unlike the mealtime rages which … Continue reading →

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dog on the bottle

Posted on November 11, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Isis has discovered – or perhaps rediscovered – plastic bottles. The first had contained Jo’s Lucozade.       The second is a large milk bottle which must still smell of milk. I give it to her. She ignores … Continue reading →

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Oh, Isis

Posted on November 10, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  After Saturday’s trauma, and before attending the walk-in GP clinic in Katie Road,  I drive again to the park so that Isis can have a walk. But, not surprisingly, Isis doesn’t want to walk. I urge her on. She … Continue reading →

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wet day and onesies

Posted on November 10, 2014 by patinkingsheath

    Last week. A foul weather morning and     here they are: Isis in her skew-whiff spotty mac (today we don’t like elastic round our back legs) noble Conchobar in blue, and the delightful Nancy and Rufus in … Continue reading →

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yum, yum…..

Posted on November 7, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  It happens on Wednesday. I return from shopping, put down the bags in the hall as usual and make a cup of coffee. Suddenly I emerge from my reverie. Where’s Isis? Surely she can’t be — She is. She … Continue reading →

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we learn to play

Posted on November 6, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Researching deaf dogs, I have come across the theory that they fail to learn ‘soft mouth’ play because they are unable to hear their litter mates’ squeaks of pain. This would certainly explain Isis’s approaches. Routinely, she  grabs my … Continue reading →

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Isis gets bored …..

Posted on November 4, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  On Tuesdays Jo. and I usually work together in the front room. And Isis behaves very well, snoozing soundly in the back room. Today we need to use the computer so invade Isis’s early evening space. Both overhead lights … Continue reading →

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road wars

Posted on November 4, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Isis is still in the initial stages of her ‘loving the park’ (!) training and is getting very little exercise. I decide that her second outing each day will be a short walk round the block. It’s Thursday. She leaves … Continue reading →

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