Tuesday 18th March 2014 – Old Dogs Can Still Have Fun

I think I am reaching that age when you realise that realise you are going to be a long time dead so you may as well enjoy life while you can. I don’t know what started it. It might have been the swimming, but not only am I now asking to go out for walks when we are out I want to go further. I’ve regained my sense of adventure and with it has come a new found ability to stand my ground. When Aristotle challenged for my spot next to our Mistress on the settee I gave it up as usual, but then I lay on the floor thinking ‘Why should I? She’s was my Mistress first and I’ve still got rights.’ Without warning or preamble I leapt from the floor to the settee, landing on my Mistress and Aristotle and moving him out of the way. I have apologised to my Mistress for the large purple bruise on her leg but I have no plans to apologise to Aristotle. It’s about time he knew his place! Our walk yesterday did go a little bit wrong as the caravan is back on the corner of the lane we walk along and that involves going past the dogs. We had a very loud argument but try as I might I couldn’t get near them as my Mistress is strong enough to stop me. She did explain that they were likely to have made mincemeat of me if I had gone near, but I was feeling quite brave. Then when we got to the point we normally walk to and were about to turn round I said I wanted to go further. I wanted to explore and find new things I hadn’t seen and smells I hadn’t sniffed. I still draw the line of curling up with the others and I am not ready to argue with Shadow but actually I’m feeling pretty good for an older dog.

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