Category Archives: Isis is no angel

knickers, photos and a sock

Posted on December 24, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Wednesday On Monday I take Isis into the garden then return upstairs for a shower. I must be clean for the photoshoot. Unfortunately, Isis too returns upstairs. But she does not want a shower. She has other thoughts. On my … Continue reading →

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mayhem in the kitchen

Posted on December 18, 2014 by patinkingsheath

    Thursday Before 8.00 a.m. Ca. calls. Earlier, Huggy, her St. Bernard, was unable to get up from the floor. Although he now seems to have come round, she wants to keep an eye on him and asks to … Continue reading →

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I love you … but

Posted on December 8, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Monday   Isis is waiting for me to emerge from the shower. She doesn’t do waiting. She is bored. Very bored.     Thanks a million Isis. Yes, don’t tell me: I know it’s my own fault. I left clothes … Continue reading →

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a single duvet

Posted on December 7, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Sunday   The RSPCA hospital at Newbrook Farm is in need of all kinds of bedding,  so on Saturday I collect a single duvet offered as a pet bed by a fellow Birmingham Freegler. We return home. I leave … Continue reading →

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I don’t have anything to play with

Posted on November 23, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Because Isis is able to see only light and shadows and cannot hear enough to follow sounds, I struggle to find playthings which engage her. I think that she is missing out, so would be grateful for any ideas. … 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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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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the terrible twos: problems with a Dentistix

Posted on October 29, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Isis learns very quickly so it is easy for me to train her to do things which I do not want her to do. I should have learned from a very early incident. During her first week with me I … Continue reading →

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Sunday – a day of rest?

Posted on October 15, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Off and on in the early hours I am aware that Isis is not in the room with me. I vaguely assume she is sleeping in the hall. When I get up I discover that she is not in the … Continue reading →

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my kingdom for a purse!

Posted on September 28, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Isis’s second day at dog school today. This time I intend to make a better impression. I make the ‘target’ I should have made last Sunday and used for practice, check that I have ten pounds for the class and … Continue reading →

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