This time it is not our own puppies but those of Annie and Higgins, but welcome to the world little puppies. As I write this 3 have arrived bringing our numbers to 50 but more are on the way. They are following a Harry Potter theme so we have Albus, Aberforth and Arthur so far and still at least 2 to arrive. Reaching 50 is amazing when you think I was number 10 in 2008. If things go to plan there will be another three litters this year too so we may well get as far as 65 by the end of the year, which is an amazing development.
In another exciting development our smoke alarm problems may be nothing more than the initial fumes from the paint in the unit as it settles down. We have been advised to run it for a while with lots of ventilation and then see if the problem has cleared. So we spent a nice sunny afternoon with the fire going yesterday. The back door was open and a couple of windows and all went well. It wasn’t as warm in the office as you might think as it was quite cold outside and there was a good draft running through, but in principle it should get better. It would have been a perfect afternoon if our Mistress hadn’t wasted it all with computer problems that she still hasn’t managed to fix and which are causing her a lot of worry. It was one of those days where if one thing went wrong you could guarantee there would be a domino effect and several other things would go wrong again. I said she should just take some time out to stroke one of us as things always seem better if you are relaxed and even if it didn’t make a difference to her it would make me more relaxed to be stroked!
Alfie’s Diary – the Book is available at Amazon UK –https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00583ZGSA
You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com