{"id":10267,"date":"2015-07-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=10267"},"modified":"2015-07-11T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T05:00:00","slug":"saturday-11th-july-2015-good-luck-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2015\/07\/11\/saturday-11th-july-2015-good-luck-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 11th July 2015 – Good Luck Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aristotle writes<\/em><\/p>\n

Today is such an exciting day for our breed. It is only the second time we have run the tests in this country which allow dogs to qualify to join the breeding programme. We make sure that the dogs pass their health tests and then do a test of their character when all sorts of things happen around them and they have to stay nice and calm. Then they are checked to make sure they are sufficiently close to what we should look like. It\u2019s a bit more complicated than checking if we have an extra leg that no one has noticed, but does involve checking we have all the right teeth and that we are the right shape and size. Anyway, there are five dogs doing their tests today, two girls and three boys. One is my brother Basil and one is my sister Cinders. I\u2019m not allowed to go and watch this morning as I\u2019d get in the way, but I can go to see them this afternoon and take part in the Fun Day games. You wouldn\u2019t believe all the things our Mistress has to do to make the day work well. She was even up before me this morning and had already done some things last night. I offered to help making the sandwiches for the lunch for everyone but oddly my offer was turned down. I really can\u2019t think why! She has said I might be able to have a corner from something if it doesn\u2019t all get eaten.<\/p>\n

My sister Addie is coming all the way from the north coast of Scotland to be at the fun day. She hasn\u2019t been \u2018home\u2019 since she left when she was eight weeks old. I wonder if she\u2019ll recognise it. It\u2019s going to be so good to see one of my litter mates. I did see Dora last year, but she is too much like Mum and that was asking for trouble. Oh and of course I saw Amigo a while ago too and that was good. It\u2019s a shame that Amigo can\u2019t come to play this afternoon, I\u2019m sure he\u2019d have liked to see Addie too. Dickens will be here too so it really is very exciting.<\/p>\n

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