Throughout Kato illness we did the bargaining thing. One more Christmas (we got two), one more Landmark with people she feels content with (Martello Tower with J &S), one more summer, one more walk with people she adores (thanks G & J) one more visit from P&B so she could chew P’s beard (we had several), one more science defying back from the brink ( Read more... )

“Right” I said “I’m going to drop this prescription into the doctors and leave you tied up here behind this tree, I’ll be 1 minute tops”

“One whole minute, that’s a lifetime” Kato looked at me, I could see the forlorn realisation in her eyes that I really was about to dessert her.

“You can see me through the window” I said trying to hold back my ( Read more... )

Regular readers will know that Java and Abe have not been in the same space for over two years.  With Lindsay gone, kAt0 being an adult (of sorts!) and Java having made friends with other dogs on her private retreats with her Wallace, we wondered if the dynamic in the pack had changed. So yesterday, with both on leads we stood in the garden,pockets ( Read more... )