Category Archives: relationship building

is this really Isis?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   I have a very late night and am still awake at 4.00 a.m. Since she has been released from her protective but cumbersome Elizabethan collar, Isis has resumed her early morning … Continue reading →

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getting to know you

Posted on February 13, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Friday Just as I think I understand this little dog, I learn something new. Bits of evidence click together and prove past assumptions incorrect. Or a reason emerges for ‘inexplicable’ behaviour. What once seemed very silly appears remarkably … Continue reading →

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who’s a clever girl?

Posted on February 12, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Thursday     Isis has definitely become a real dog. She declares it to the world. Instead of merely pausing arbitrarily for a pee, she sniffs with great care at a stain on the path then, very deliberately, pees … Continue reading →

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a new day

Posted on February 11, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Wednesday There was a smile at the end of a trying day. Last night as I stood in the kitchen peeling a carrot or two, Isis, who is very fond of carrots, stood hopefully witnessing the procedure. But she … Continue reading →

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I’m shy!

Posted on January 29, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Thursday   It’s happening very, very slowly but Isis is actually standing still sometimes for Gr. and Be. to give her rump some good, firm rubs. She is also much more willing to sniff a carefully proffered hand – … Continue reading →

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is that you, Conchobhar?

Posted on January 28, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Wednesday Kerry told me that when Isis met another dog while she was at the rescue centre, she didn’t appear frightened and wasn’t aggressive, she just ignored it. Perhaps she was separated early from any siblings because of her … Continue reading →

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bite, what me?

Posted on January 24, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Friday   When Isis first met Gr. who is very much a dog person, he approached her with great care,  offering her the back of his hand and allowing her to sniff it very thoroughly. Then he offered her … Continue reading →

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Polymath wags her finger

Posted on January 22, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Thursday “Your posts are too negative”, admonishes Polymath. “You write in detail about the problems Isis has, but you skate over her progress. I think she’s done amazingly well….yak….yak….ker-yakkity…..” Yes. I have always been a glass-half-empty person. And I … Continue reading →

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I think we’re bonding

Posted on January 9, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Friday Over the last few weeks I have noticed that Isis is becoming increasingly aware of where I am as I move from room to room. The Polymath observed this change in Hairy One when we stayed in Wales … Continue reading →

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getting closer

Posted on September 23, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Isis now allows me to touch her all over, at least fleetingly and enjoys long strokes and rubs. I even gently fingered her pads today as we shared the futon. She allows Jo and I to touch her head and … Continue reading →

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