Category Archives: self-harming

foot and mouth trouble

Posted on May 4, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Isis looks very sweet. She has just been brushed and since it is dry outside she is still her normal colour. This afternoon I hammer in wooden posts around the … Continue reading →

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end of the line

Posted on April 3, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.     They say mishaps always go in threes. They don’t. Sometimes they go in fives. After Tuesday (when the shower pull switch comes off in my hand, the Co-operative store is … Continue reading →

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she’ll soon be bald

Posted on March 28, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Saturday   Over the past forty-eight hours Isis has been a little ***, growling, snarling and biting her hair off at the drop of the proverbial hat. I keep fantasising … Continue reading →

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tantrums

Posted on March 11, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    New posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Wednesday       We’ve all been there. Children’s playground. Small child with beatific smile plays on the swing, or roundabout, or slide. Parent warns, “Last one”,  but this … Continue reading →

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back on track

Posted on March 5, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Thursday   Two missed posts. Oh dear. What’s the excuse? Choose from these: have been somewhat overwhelmed by Hairy One’s rages; have suffered a period of extreme idleness, or “but I did clean four floors on Tuesday.” Hairy … Continue reading →

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a very angry dog

Posted on March 2, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Monday   Yesterday’s missing post? Put it down to Isis. Or maybe it’s all my fault. After a long, enjoyable walk in Highbury Park, Isis joins Ji. and me in the front room. It faces south and is … Continue reading →

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close shaves continued

Posted on February 23, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Monday After getting high on sleet flies and shaving her foot, Isis rests for a while. But she doesn’t wind down. Doors are always a challenge for her so I am prepared for trouble when she asks to … Continue reading →

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close shaves

Posted on February 22, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Sunday   Ji. and I take Isis out early today as the dry weather is supposed to break at one. But a sleety rain begins just after twelve and Isis, of course, goes into rain flies mode, flinging  … Continue reading →

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second day at school

Posted on February 14, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Saturday     We join the second group today. Julie thinks that as these dogs are more experienced and settled than the beginners it will be a calmer atmosphere for Isis. Everyone is friendly and the dogs seem … 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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