![\"Just](\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_2559-300x225.jpg\")
message for you all, but he said I could write about my New Year\u2019s resolutions today. No one round here can believe how much better behaved I am now than I used to be. I even heard them saying that as things stand I\u2019m the best behaved dog in the house, which takes some believing and does rather make me think I\u2019m letting the side down, but there you have it. Our Mistress says that it gives her hope that all her training efforts have not been in vain and that it is worth all the work. I wouldn\u2019t go quite that far, but she may have something of a point. It was when I was playing rather vigorously in the kitchen with Wilma while everyone was trying to have lunch. Our Mistress simply said \u2018Enough\u2019 and I stopped in my tracks and sat down. Wilma took a little more convincing but maybe I could help to teach her. So here is my New Year\u2019s Resolution. I\u2019m going to try to be the best role model a dog could have and show Wilma all the right ways to do things. I may teach her the odd trick like opening the kitchen door as well, but essentially I\u2019m resolving to be a good and helpful dog. What I\u2019ve come to understand is the better behaved I am, the more freedom I get and the more love and cuddles as well. You wouldn\u2019t think that it\u2019s when you stop being so demanding that you start to get everything you want would you? Anyway, that\u2019s the way it seems to work round here. Wilma still scares me witless but she\u2019s growing on me now we\u2019ve started to play together. It\u2019s funny, with Alfie she plays tug and not much else. With me we wrestle but don\u2019t tend to play tug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, if I don\u2019t catch you before, have a happy New Year and remember I\u2019m not promising to be good all the time but when Wilma\u2019s watching I will be on my best behaviour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"