To be fair it wasn’t the children that the problem, unless you are counting me! We had the photo shoot yesterday and it was not completely as scripted. The humans did all the things that were asked of them, but it’s fair to say that the dogs didn’t and I wasn’t the only culprit! I don’t think Alfie was really in the mood for it. He’d got a few aches and pains and was generally feeling pretty grumpy. He and I had a bit of an argument, which didn’t help as then he didn’t want to sit anywhere near me and in the end Shadow had to sit between us so that he would even come into shot. He didn’t even want to look into our Mistress’s eyes when we tried to recreate her favourite photo with him. I gave it my best, but staying still is not something I’m especially good at and as for Shadow, well she just wanted to bounce. Looking on the bright side, we all got lovely long walks out of it (so that we’d be calmer – that didn’t work then!) and we all got lots of treats to get us to face the camera, lie down and generally cooperate. It was fun. I didn’t get any shots on my own, which I was disappointed about. Alfie’s got some great ones from his last shoot and I had in mind being able to have a similar portfolio, but my Mistress has said that if things work out she might let me have a session of my own one day. I know that’s all a big vague, but I think it’s the best offer I’m going to get.
I’m really fed up that it’s not fine and sunny anymore either. I was really enjoying my sunny walks. I’ll make do with rainy ones, but it’s not nearly as good. Everyone is so much happier when the sun is shining.
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