Category Archives: these dogs!

breakthrough

Posted on November 29, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday November 28th 2021   Sadly, stupid Human has accidentally deleted last week’s post, the duck with the orange feet. But now she’s trying very hard to stop gnashing her teeth … Continue reading →

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she’s a darling!

Posted on November 14, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday Novenber 14th 2021   My narrative, as usual, is in black print. The blue print is my interpretation of her canine thinking.   ‘S/he’s a darling’ is a Black Country … 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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haven’t you punished Human enough?

Posted on November 1, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday October 31st 2021   Unquestionably, it was a bad idea to subject Isis to a veterinary health check, for her payback does not end with the unsavoury happenings recounted in … Continue reading →

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a podengo’s revenge

Posted on October 25, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday October 24th 2021   Yes, this week Isis Podengo definitely gets her own back on Human. It’s Sunday, and we are sitting relaxing on J’s patio, eating chocolate eclairs. I … 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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and off we go!

Posted on October 3, 2021 by patinkingsheath

A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday October 3rd 2021   It’s a very good week for walking. There are few of those days which Isis hates, when the clouds race across the sun obscuring it completely, then scud … Continue reading →

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preparing for a guest

Posted on September 27, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday September 26th 2021   Phew! Feels like we’re approaching winding down after several frantic weeks. The ‘frantic’ element is, as always, my fault. It is unreasonable, I discover, to imagine … Continue reading →

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a difficult week

Posted on September 19, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday September 19th 2021   Isis’s skin has been much better this week, and the scratching much reduced. Her skin still looks pinker than normal though, is hot to the touch, … 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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