Tag Archives: training my deaf/blind dog

out with the old and in with the new? Part 2 – a positive step!

Posted on February 6, 2022 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday February 6th 2022   Before Isis arrives in England, I have a Dogwatch house and garden check to make sure that she will be safe here. (As I reflect soon … Continue reading →

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we’re coming round

Posted on September 12, 2021 by patinkingsheath

    A post should appear each Sunday!   Sunday September 12th 2021   I ring Fivelands as soon as the practice opens on Friday, and when I explain poor Isis’s predicament, we are offered an appointment at 2.30 that … Continue reading →

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Isis – you could take her anywhere

Posted on March 24, 2019 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday March 24th 2019   Could you take Isis anywhere? Not quite. But there is a huge, and, I think, substantive, improvement in her doggie … Continue reading →

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Isis dines in

Posted on January 16, 2019 by patinkingsheath

  Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Wednesday January 16th 2019   It’s a long time since I bewailed the return of Hairy One’s hysterical approach to mealtimes. After she came to live … Continue reading →

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y-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-wn

Posted on September 16, 2018 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra bits in between.   Sunday September 16th 2018   Lucky today. Ji. is just finishing cutting back the brambles, teasels and unidentified shrub which I planted in the front … Continue reading →

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naughty little Isis

Posted on November 1, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, maybe, extra ‘news flashes’!       Sunday November 1st 2015   Our progress on the polite eating programme stalls. For about ten days we have been stuck at the one … Continue reading →

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a dog’s day

Posted on September 27, 2015 by patinkingsheath

  New regular posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, extra ‘news flashes’!   Sunday September 27th 2015   Working all day on the fence, I have a ring side view of Isis at play. She has a bright red … Continue reading →

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homework

Posted on February 26, 2015 by patinkingsheath

    Thursday   The greyhounds in our Saturday group walk to heel, halt when commanded, execute right and about turns and wait in their beds before being called to their owners’ sides. They also practise playing with toys and … Continue reading →

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