We came across an old wardrobe sitting on a grass verge nowhere near any house. For a discarded wardrobe it was in quite good condition with fully intact mirrors. Kato peeped inside, it was clean and empty. Kato then got half inside and tried to turn round which made it wobble. Kato was very engrossed in the wardrobe. I let go of the lead and ( Read more... )

Took That Abe to see the Vet, not so much about her increasing weight loss, the now 12.8kg (down from 14.2 in four weeks) Abe is a heartbreaking skeleton, difficult to cuddle, but we have to persevere because that’s all she’s got right now. We went mainly about her confusion and endless agitation. Vet has prescribed vivatonin which sounds a little ( Read more... )

Seems to be descending into a world of bewilderment and dementia.

She is having mishaps with wee, doesn’t answer when we call and looks vague, vacant and as if she has no idea of where she is, or even who she is. I held out a treat for her and she just didn’t seem able to work out what was required. I can see it in her eyes that she is losing her ( Read more... )

Sheffdogs (1) aren’t going to like this

Anyway.....

Hippy and I were discussing the mental health of the four doglets and trying to work out who is the maddest. We settled on Abe (more of Abe's meltdown in a later post) to which hippy said “Eccentric yes, but not like a Penny”  (Penny being the mad as a bag of spanners half of Sheffdogs. If Penny ( Read more... )

kAt0's birthday passed without party or present - the Dog Child is now 4 and officially not a Dog Child anymore. Actually, that was at age 3 but The Sweetness was given an extra years grace just to get the maturity thing perfected. And perfect she is - as long as she has the space and steam-letting-off faclities that she needs.  This is noticable ( Read more... )