Category: dogs

walk in the woods notophthalmus viridescens

two dogs in the back seat of a Prius
Tilly is all about walking it down slow, saving energy, not breaking a sweat, securing the chow. Eva is Thunderpaws, ten strides to every step Matilda takes. Eva runs the high road, the low road and encircles the enemy, simultaneously. The dogs have opposite approaches but remain best friends.
red eft crosses the road
While Tilly was focused on food and Eva ran overwatch a red eft crossed our path unmolested.

Heaven

GEC Lewes
People rarely come back to share the details of heaven so I imagine my own. Family and all the old dogs.
Eva in the oaks
Walking to the ocean, birdsong, psithurism, dappled light, pathways, conversation, quiet, waves. All of that.

Medicoes

fog
The dog was never far.

twin humans in fog
See dog nose. RHS

fall down game
37 years ago I’d model helplessness for E & H. They’d carry me in the pool, pick me up when I fell down. Diagnose me with their tricorders. It was role reversal practice, prepping for having healthcare power of attorney. Skills for the 21st Century. Now.

Puppydom

april 2017
The young Matilda
Geeorgetown Vet low angle
Tilly had a UTI, I had sciatica. Both of us on the floor at the veterinary hospital. This was five years ago, better now.

Privacy

dog at top of stairs
Privacy is good to practice. Conditions in societies without privacy don’t appeal. An exception to the joys of privacy occurs when incapacitated. In a closed room with no windows. Unable to move. God knows you are there. Dog knows you are there. But neither watchmaker God nor dog have the skill set required to fix your fall. Hug the concrete.