Category Archives: self-damaging

green magic?

Posted on January 1, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Thursday January 1st: New Year’s Day, and just over four months since Isis came.   HAPPY   NEW   YEAR!   Just before Christmas P gives me a ‘Green’ feeder to try out with Isis. She bought two at Crufts this … Continue reading →

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blind….. deaf… really?

Posted on December 23, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Tuesday We have postponed the new feeding regime. Isis had to stay on her own for several hours today and I wouldn’t have been able to supervise her. This morning, off to Newbrook Farm (RSPCA). For the first time … Continue reading →

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insatiable Isis

Posted on December 22, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Monday As most of you reading this will know, Isis has self-harming rages. The trigger for these is frustration. Frustration occurs when she ‘loses’ bits of her food or treat; when she has to stand still to have her … Continue reading →

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who’ll crack first?

Posted on December 17, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Wednesday Back to Newbrook Farm (RSPCA Birmingham) again today. Even though our appointment is at 8.10 a.m. the traffic is already nose to tail in Kings Norton and Cotteridge. We arrive with two minutes left to walk up the … Continue reading →

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Isis strikes again

Posted on December 15, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Monday A bright ball of sun hangs low in the sky. In the park Isis is jumpy.     As usual, I encourage her to approach and sniff the things which startle her. Sometimes she flinches and seeks the … Continue reading →

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lose some, win some

Posted on December 11, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Thursday A quiet night and this morning Isis is very chirpy. Only one serious foot attack today. Occasioned by the harness being put on – this time in the car. So that smashes my theory that it is where … Continue reading →

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aftermath

Posted on December 10, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Wednesday Yesterday was horrible. I had removed Isis’s Buster collar to put her harness on and when she began spinning and tearing at herself there was no stopping her. Holding her increased her rage. She tore at her right … Continue reading →

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a bad mistake

Posted on December 10, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Tuesday At first I didn’t discriminate between Isis’s ‘twirling’ and her ‘spinning’. But they are very different. ‘Twirling’ can be disconcerting but for Isis it is a happy activity. She circles, head up, front paws lifted off the ground, … Continue reading →

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furry fury

Posted on December 5, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Friday Often, taking time to reflect on an Isis ‘event’ gives me insight into what triggered it. But I am still puzzled about Wednesday. A cold, bright frosty morning. Good walking weather. But not for dogs who can only … Continue reading →

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