There are certain aspects of getting older that seem to come to us all at some point. I’m starting to find I need to get up to go to the toilet. To be fair it was 5.45am and that is nearly morning, but my Mistress wasn’t so pleased. Since the clock has changed my bladder just hasn’t adapted. Most mornings I’ve managed to wait until about 6.15 and our Mistress doesn’t grumble quite so much about that. We’ve talked about it and I’ve said if I could possibly go out a little later at night it might help and we’re going to give it a go. Otherwise we’re going to need to work out what works best for us. I suggested maybe that my Mistress could take me out when she gets up to go to the bathroom in the night, but she says if she had to go out in the cold at that time she’d have a job going back to sleep. She said perhaps I should drink less before bed. I pointed out that it wouldn’t be a problem if she’d provide us with an inside toilet. She didn’t really have an answer to that one. I’ve got a wart on my nose I’m not really happy about either. I know I shouldn’t worry about my appearance, but it’s spoiling my good looks and I don’t like it. At least as a dog you don’t have to worry about either losing your hair or finding hair growing in places it didn’t used to and you’d rather it didn’t now! I’ve always had hair ears and they are just fine, and my nose has never been hairy and isn’t going to be! My coat is as glossy as it ever was and just as thick – I think my Master may be jealous of that.
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