Category Archives: dear little Isis

what a good dog!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    New regular posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, extra ‘news flashes’!   Wednesday September 9th 2015   Glancing from the back room window today I see that Isis is preparing another necklace.       No doubt … Continue reading →

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those amazing ears!

Posted on August 21, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Friday         Isis has been busy regrowing her beautiful ear hair. Did you ever see more magnificent ears? Virtually every time she walks out someone remarks on … Continue reading →

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looking back

Posted on August 12, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Wednesday It’s hard to believe that in seventeen days Isis will have been here for a year. I’ve just re-read my first blog entry. It was August 19th 2014 and … Continue reading →

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Saturday review

Posted on May 30, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Saturday   Isis has been eating on her own in the kitchen for almost a week now without her protective plastic cone. I command her to sit, then I put down … Continue reading →

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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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pass me my halo, human

Posted on April 18, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.   Saturday   Isis only came upstairs once while she was wearing her Elizabethan collar. It is three days since she split it and I had to remove and replace it … 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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it’s a first

Posted on January 10, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  Saturday   While we were in Wales Isis notched up four ‘firsts’. One is very negative. We are returning one morning from the beach and descending the concrete steps. They are bordered on one side by the sea wall … 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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