{"id":11059,"date":"2015-12-09T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=11059"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:56:31","slug":"wednesday-9th-december-2015-growing-very-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/09\/wednesday-9th-december-2015-growing-very-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 9th December 2015 &#8211; Growing Very Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wilma weighed in at just over 15kg yesterday. She has suddenly put on a spurt of growth and as you will have seen in now in the next size of harness and filling out nicely. She seems to get bigger by the day. She met a polar bear yesterday and wasn\u2019t very impressed. Ok so it wasn\u2019t a real polar bear but it did move and she did bark at it and hide behind our Mistress. In true Entlebucher style though she did come straight back out to investigate and wasn\u2019t the least bit frightened but seemed to want to tell the polar bear she was boss. I hope she never tries that in the wild! She went to see Ari swim and had no qualms trying to join him in the shower. She is actually doing really well and so far in her training knows \u2018sit\u2019, \u2018wait\u2019, \u2018come\u2019, and is well on the way with \u2018lie down\u2019. Coming to heel is a bit more variable and she\u2019s just learning touch and tap which is where she has to touch our Mistress\u2019s hand with<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/015655374ac659b153171f715deb427711aec8c30c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/015655374ac659b153171f715deb427711aec8c30c-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wilma - sit and wait\" class=\"wp-image-11061\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wilma &#8211; sit and wait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>the correct paw \u2013 her left to our Mistress\u2019s right and vice versa. She learns really quickly and does enjoy her training. Our Mistress says she is going to start her with \u2018stay\u2019 in the next few days too. Oh she\u2019s very good at going to the toilet when told to now as well, which is really useful when we go out somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hate to say it, but I was right about my anal glands. Oh I hate the sight of the vet\u2019s gloved hand. I know what\u2019s going to follow and quite honestly it is not something I look forward to. I guess you men know most closely what I\u2019m talking about, but we won\u2019t go into that either! Anyway, I feel much better for having them sorted out. My shoulder\u2019s not so easy though. I\u2019ve got another lump deep under the muscle that\u2019s causing a problem. Our vet is sending it off for analysis but thinks it\u2019s just another fatty deposit. The other fatty lump has got much bigger and I have another lump in my neck too. Our Mistress was telling the vet all about my anxiety issues but to make it easier I demonstrated them instead. Another dog came into the waiting room when I was in the vet\u2019s surgery and I panicked even though there was a door between us. I have to go and collect some new medication today that may help me to calm down a little. She let me go out the back way so I didn\u2019t have to meet the dog, which I appreciated. With any luck the medicine will start to make me feel a little better soon. It has all set me thinking about how many days I work and whether I should be handing a bit more of my diary over to Aristotle or dare I say it Wilma. I did wonder with the two of them starting to get on so well, whether they might like to write some between them. It would give the female perspective as well as the male. I\u2019m going to talk to them about it and see what they think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking of the male and female perspective, our Mistress was delighted when our Master did notice the new Christmas lights and was very pleased with what she\u2019d done. She must have done quite a good job as our neighbours have commented on them too \u2026 and not in a \u2018doesn\u2019t your house look tacky\u2019 kind of way either! She said it was making her want even more lights, but I said she should quit while she was ahead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find short stories to read at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiedog.com\">www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=rosemary%20j%20kind\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wilma weighed in at just over 15kg yesterday. 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