Well, the weather isn\u2019t getting any better. We did have a lovely walk yesterday, dodging the showers, but it all felt very much like autumn. At least the leaves are still on the trees, so it\u2019s not feeling too bleak yet. I was all for staying in bed and did suggest to our Mistress that maybe once she\u2019d done everyone else\u2019s breakfast just she and I could go back and lie down again. Sadly, she seemed to think there was too much to do, which was a pity. I think it\u2019s one of the downsides of not being an only dog, you don\u2019t get so many lie ins with your humans. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d really want to be an only dog, but I would like the total adoration that comes with it. I\u2019ve always been part of a pack, so it would be strange really. I can\u2019t imagine not having to fight to keep my chew or being able to eat tea at leisure in case one of the others decides they fancy what\u2019s in my bowl. Alfie is the only one who\u2019s ever been an only dog and he says he rather liked it. He\u2019d be an only dog now if we\u2019d give him the chance. I think we all drive him nuts, but that\u2019s what being a family is like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking of family, Wilma will be cross if I don\u2019t send congratulations and all our best wishes to her sister Valeria, who had her puppies a couple of days ago. She\u2019s got four little boys. Sadly, the little girl in the litter didn\u2019t make it, which is always hard. One of my sisters didn\u2019t either and I know Mum and our Mistress still think of her. Anyway, we\u2019re really happy about the boys and glad all is well. Wilma says if they are as lovely as her nephew, Salvo, who lives here in England then the world will be a better place for it. I said I thought Salvo was her half-brother, but it turns out he\u2019s both. This family tree thing can get very confusing when you\u2019re a dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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