Climbing out of last week’s vat of worry, I am tentatively relieved to report Cauta seems to have settled back into his skin again. He is much less jumpy, less likely to flinch, less anxious and has had no on lead incidents for nearly two weeks. So what happened? As how it always seems to […]
Following the troubles of last week we seem to be slipping into a deeper well. On lead Cauta is more volatile than usual, more explosive toward *some other dogs, and *some men and *some scooters carrying children. Although this is never consistent it begins to be an ever increasing blot on the landscape. We have […]
Since we returned from the weekend Cauta seems subtly different. He stays closer than usual, leans in more than usual. He makes it painfully clear how disappointed he is when every dog he meets either ignores him, doesn’t want to play, or actively avoids him. In the park, after being rebuffed again, he stands a […]
ISCP member Rowena’s latest update on life with Cauta, her Romanian street dog. A journal of our first weekend away… First hurdle – the car journey. Having taken him for what I hoped was a calming on-lead mooch just before, we hoped he would be all zen like in the back seat. Although he was […]
ISCP member Rowena’s journey of discovery with Cauta, her adopted Romanian street dog. Tuesday was an intense and moving day. Setting off before dawn we travelled through the mist to a warm welcome and an array of barns and fields. We entered the expanse of the training barn with stone cold feet, clutched hot tea, […]
ISCP team member Andrew Hale offers a free emotional and mental support service for our members. I have been running the support service for the ISCP for several months, and I have been amazed at both the uptake and the depth and breadth of issues that people have come forward with. It has proven to […]
Episode 17 of ISCP member Rowena’s developing relationship with Cauta, her adopted Romanian street dog. This week I have mostly been thinking on what is other in Cauta. How our companion animals are both simultaneously intensely with us, but also remain undeniable separate. Reading ‘Melancholia’s Dog’ by Alice Kuzniar has prompted this, as has the […]
I can tentatively report that Cauta seems to be back in the game. After a week of touch and go he seems to be steadily improving. The mystery remains over what was actually going on. But he does not seem to be in pain any longer, and is back to voluntarily jumping around. His stomach […]
Cauta is lying in his usual spot, framed in the doorway. I go toward him and sit next to him, he swishes his tail and shuffles to get up. As he does he yelps loudly. I am in shock, what happened? What hurt? What did I do? He staggers away, leaving me concerned and confused. […]
Good times happening. Since the last postcard we seem to have found our feet and paws. On consecutive days Cauta has been able to play appropriately with different kinds of dogs, and be called away more easily from dogs who want to meet, but don’t want to play. For instance, sometimes (but not every time) […]
