Shadow, as you know, is taking part in a dog show on Friday. We all know she\u2019s not really a show dog, but our Master summed it up when he was talking to her yesterday. He said that if she was the only dog in the class she is in then she shouldn\u2019t be too upset if she came second! Of course, if that happened both she and our Mistress would be upset, whatever our Master says. We know she is a little on the rotund side, but she and our Mistress have been sympathising with each other on that score and say it comes of being a woman of a certain age. In Shadow\u2019s defence having 22 children hasn\u2019t helped an excuse our Mistress can\u2019t use! Anyway, they have one training session to go to on Thursday night to see if that helps and four days of dieting left, but that\u2019s not going to make much difference. Wilma is looking pretty good, but she is still reliant on our Mistress and on them both doing the right things, which quite honestly is a bit of a long shot. It\u2019s only Tuesday and our Mistress is already wondering what inspired her to a) enter the show at all and b) think it would ever be a good idea to try to take two dogs. This will be yet another opportunity for her to appear the rank amateur she is! I knew she\u2019d have been better taking up crochet as a hobby, but she wasn\u2019t going to listen to an old dog like me was she!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m off swimming today. I never thought I\u2019d see the day that I\u2019d say I\u2019m really looking forward to it, but it\u2019s one of the few places these days that I feel safe and confident and we can all relax. Wilma comes to cheer me on, which I quite like too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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