It turns out that the rest of the family frowns on the idea of my being a perpetual Playdog. Apparently the fact that I was expecting them to foot the bill for my lifestyle is not acceptable and despite my arguments I am expected to do something useful now I\u2019m an adult. I pointed out that I already work part time covering for Alfie at weekends, but from the response I got that is not enough and I\u2019m expected to work full time. What strikes me as odd is that Alfie as a full time writer doesn\u2019t earn very much and that was acceptable, Shadow with her having puppies isn\u2019t really making any money and that\u2019s acceptable so why is it that I have to find a proper career? I\u2019d probably quite like to be an assistance dog as that would mean being close to my human all the time, as long as my Mistress was that human. Maybe I\u2019ll turn my mind to the little jobs I could actually do for her, fetching and carrying for example. I do try to do the washing up, although my Master insists on doing it again when I\u2019ve finished, which doesn\u2019t really inspire my confidence in my work. I wonder if we could develop our own range of dog biscuits with me as taster and maybe suggesting flavours we could try. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do today, I\u2019m going to think of flavours we could combine to make biscuits. I wonder if steak biscuits would work? We could certainly use some bacon fat in them that would taste yummy. Maybe I could start with bacon and carrot, they\u2019re some of my favourite foods, although I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever really tried them together. I\u2019m off to the kitchen to see what I can find.<\/p>\n
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