{"id":11695,"date":"2016-03-10T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=11464"},"modified":"2016-03-10T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:00:57","slug":"thursday-10th-march-2016-life-is-exciting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/03\/10\/thursday-10th-march-2016-life-is-exciting\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 10th March 2016 &#8211; Life is Exciting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Wilma here and I\u2019m taking over the diary for a few days. I shall have so many exciting new experiences to tell you about. First off, I\u2019ve decided I don\u2019t want to refer to our Mistress as that. I want to call her what I do at home, so she\u2019s Mum. Obviously it\u2019s more confusing for Aristotle as he lives with his real mum, but my birth mother lives in Switzerland and I call her Mama anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know where to start with everything there is today. I\u2019ve packed my rucksack ready for later and I promise I\u2019ll take lots of pictures. Not only will I bring you my first report from Crufts tomorrow but I shall have been on my first train journey too and that sounds pretty exciting. For the time being I have other exciting news. I passed my puppy course. I <a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2958-e1457524072767.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11465\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2958-e1457524072767-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2958\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a>actually did really well, but I don\u2019t want to boast. My friend Jas passed too but I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll go on the bronze course together or whether we\u2019ll be on different ones. Mum has promised to arrange a play date for us, so it\u2019s not as though we won\u2019t see each other. Dad came to see me in my final class at Puppy School and I felt very proud having him watching me. We got chance to show the tricks we\u2019d learnt too and if it hadn\u2019t been for a Jack Russell that\u2019s better at tricks than he is at obedience then it would have been me getting the applause!<\/p>\n<p>Mum was really sad leaving Alfie behind for a few days. She said if she didn\u2019t have me to look after her she didn\u2019t know how she would do it. Ari has promised to take care of Alfie and Mum has said if he feels worse and needs her then he should just ring and we\u2019d be home just as soon as we could get there.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I\u2019m now staying with my grandparents for the next few days and have promised to be good. It\u2019s a bit daunting as I have to sleep upstairs and the stairs are quite steep and I\u2019m not used to them. Our Mistress has promised to put me on my lead for the way down until I get used to them so that if I slip she can give support. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have them sorted in a day or two. I am finding it odd without the others around and though I don\u2019t like to say too much about it to Mum, I\u2019m worrying about Alfie too as he\u2019s my best friend in the whole world.<\/p>\n<p>You can find short stories to read at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiedog.com\/\">www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\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%253Daps&amp;field-keywords=rosemary%20j%20kind\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s Wilma here and I\u2019m taking over the diary for a few days. 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