Category Archives: walking my deaf/blind dog

a day in the life of a dog

Posted on November 28, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  A much calmer day today. One might almost call it normal – almost. Isis elected to sleep downstairs last night. Perhaps she needed her own space to recover from last night’s frenzy. I go downstairs in my lovely new … Continue reading →

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parks are for walking in

Posted on November 22, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Our delightful walk in Highbury Park last Sunday feels like a new beginning. And all the getting in and out of the car seems to have helped as Isis now leaves the car eagerly whenever I open the door. … Continue reading →

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a trip with Isis

Posted on November 19, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Off to RSPCA Newbrook Farm again yesterday for a check-up. The sun is glaring at the front door. Isis tries to hide and has to be carried to the car. Once at Newbrook she will only walk in the … Continue reading →

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the perfect walk

Posted on November 17, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Sunday November 16th We have a perfect walk in Highbury Park. Isis takes the initiative. She jumps eagerly from the car. She leaves the car park, crosses the path and ventures onto the grass. Isis, I could hug you! … Continue reading →

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Oh, Isis

Posted on November 10, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  After Saturday’s trauma, and before attending the walk-in GP clinic in Katie Road,  I drive again to the park so that Isis can have a walk. But, not surprisingly, Isis doesn’t want to walk. I urge her on. She … Continue reading →

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wet day and onesies

Posted on November 10, 2014 by patinkingsheath

    Last week. A foul weather morning and     here they are: Isis in her skew-whiff spotty mac (today we don’t like elastic round our back legs) noble Conchobar in blue, and the delightful Nancy and Rufus in … Continue reading →

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road wars

Posted on November 4, 2014 by patinkingsheath

Isis is still in the initial stages of her ‘loving the park’ (!) training and is getting very little exercise. I decide that her second outing each day will be a short walk round the block. It’s Thursday. She leaves … Continue reading →

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‘a certain Slant of light’…?

Posted on November 2, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  ‘There’s a certain Slant of light Winter Afternoons That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes.’   Wrote Emily Dickinson in 1861. Beautiful poem. You can feel the interior dread.   Dread is what poor little Isis seems to … Continue reading →

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slowly, slowly catchee monkey…….

Posted on October 30, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  This morning we repeat yesterday’s itinerary. Will we get Isis walking in ‘her’ park today? Will she emerge from the car, eager to explore? No. I take photos of her would-be-friends, instead. There’s the noble Pyrenean Conchobhar (pronounced ‘Connar’) … Continue reading →

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we walk again …

Posted on October 30, 2014 by patinkingsheath

  Isis is very food orientated so it seems sensible to use this to advantage. She has been reluctant to leave the safety of the kitchen. Thus, on Monday when she is taken into the back garden she discovers treats … Continue reading →

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