{"id":11845,"date":"2016-06-20T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=11845"},"modified":"2016-06-20T06:00:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T05:00:35","slug":"monday-20th-june-2016-finding-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/20\/monday-20th-june-2016-finding-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 20th June 2016 – Finding Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s so hard when you are really sociable and live in the middle of nowhere. Mum says she\u2019s almost starting to understand why young people move away from villages. It\u2019s not helped by the fact that the others aren\u2019t nearly so sociable and haven\u2019t built up a group of friends that I can meet and play with. Shadow snapped at a puppy that I\u2019m hoping will be my playmate when she saw him yesterday and that really isn\u2019t going to help my cause. Mum took me for a special walk yesterday, somewhere we always seem to see people, but it was much quieter than usual probably because it was father\u2019s day. We saw two dogs who both growled at me and didn\u2019t want to play and I was starting to think we may as well have gone to our usual place, but then we met a lovely family who didn\u2019t have a dog with them. The children were a little wary of dogs, but after saying hello to me for a few minutes they were much more sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve got one of my training classes tonight so at least I shall see some of my friends. It\u2019s at the Scout Hut up the road so maybe we can have a bit of a run together before class. At home Ari does make a good playmate, but with his legs being poorly Mum can\u2019t let him play chase with me too much.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alfie and Bella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Alfie said I could show you the picture of him with his girlfriend Bella on Saturday. Honestly, I don\u2019t know what sort of relationship they\u2019ve got but neither one of them were smiling for the photo! Mind you, he\u2019s been more grumpy than ever since she went home so maybe this is Alfie at his happiest. I guess old age is hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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