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My diet is over
My diet is over and I’m a happy dog. Just don’t tell Mum, she doesn’t know. Oh, she’s still giving me diet food and watching every small amount of food she gives me, but the moment I have been waiting for has arrived. Crops are starting to be available to me in the garden. The wild strawberry plants have wild strawberries on them – how cool is that? Mum will never notice. She’s allergic to strawberries so wouldn’t want them anyway and she will assume the birds have eaten them. I still have to wait for the apples, pears, cherries, hazelnuts, carrots and parsnips amongst other things, but I can start on the strawberries.
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Bucket List
Mum looked up where the term ‘bucket list’ originated from. Apparently it’s things humans want to do before they ‘kick the bucket’ or more to the point die. I have decided that by the same token for a dog it should be called our rainbow list – the things we want to do before we cross the Rainbow Bridge. Actually, when you think about it, Rainbow List is a much nicer name than Bucket List.
Mine isn’t likely to have things like ‘See the Taj Mahal’ but it might well have ‘Visit every National Park in the UK’. I need to give it some thought and then present it to Mum so she can help me achieve it. Here’s a question to all you dogs out there, what should I put on my Rainbow List? We could work on it together and maybe I could even meet you at some of the places. What do you think?
Distressing
My bed has been washed. This is a very distressing event for a dog. It has taken me a long time to build up those levels of dirt and old hair. It’s worse than that. Some parts of my bed have been thrown away – actually binned! It took me hours to shred it the way I like. Now I’ve got to start all over again.
Love
Wilma