Saturday 31st May 2014 – A good memory

Humans so often underestimate us dogs. Yesterday I saw someone who I have not seen for a while but who was very important to me in my early puppy years. For a while I totally reverted to puppyhood and was rather enthusiastic in my greeting. I made such a nuisance of myself that I did have to be put in the other room, but the point is, of course I’m not going to forget someone who used to take me out and play with me when I was small. Even humans have a soft spot for people who were special to them and why should dogs be any different? We’re all much the same underneath. We have our likes and dislikes, our insecurities and our fears. We all like some love and affection, and we all like to be talked to with a gentle voice. I was feeling a bit down when I went to bed the other night, there had been an unfortunate incident with Shadow’s chew. I had come out of my den behind the desk not knowing it was there and she thought I was a threat to her chew and flew at me. Anyway, I was a bit upset and when I went to bed my Mistress sang me a lullaby and it did make me feel a lot better. Our hearts are just as tender as any other animal.

I haven’t updated you on what is happening with Megan. She’s still in Switzerland with our friends there. We’ve talked to her and she says what she really wants is a home where she is the centre of attention with a human all to herself. The only problem is that she wants that human to be our Mistress and that can’t happen. Apparently her mum was much the same. She’s now hoping to find a new home where she can be the centre of attention. My Mistress is really sad and so is Megan, but she can’t be an only dog here and my Mistress can’t be her human and not ours. It’s hard but then some things in life are like that.

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