{"id":12146,"date":"2016-09-17T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=12146"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:37:06","slug":"saturday-17th-september-2016-you-have-to-be-in-it-to-win-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/17\/saturday-17th-september-2016-you-have-to-be-in-it-to-win-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 17th September 2016 &#8211; You have to be in it to win it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Next Saturday I\u2019m going to be running a competition to win free tickets to Discover Dogs at the Excel Arena in London on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> and 23<sup>rd<\/sup> October. Today I\u2019m going to give you a bit of a preview of what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DD-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DD-9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Agility\" class=\"wp-image-12150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DD-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DD-9.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Agility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Twice a year Discover Dogs gives you the opportunity to meet almost all the dog breeds in the UK. That\u2019s a lot of dogs. There are some like me, I\u2019m one of the working group of dogs and then there are the little pretty ones you can carry around and fall over as well as everything bigger, smaller, long and short coated and so on. You can get up close and personal with all of them, as long as their human says that\u2019s all right. Some of us like it more than others. It\u2019s a great family day out, although best to leave the cat at home as she might not think it\u2019s quite so cool! Under 12s can meet us all for free and adults can buy their tickets in advance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just about meeting the dogs. There is also the Scruffts semi-final, world-class agility, and more canine demonstrations. Best of all there are stalls selling lots of exciting things for you to take home and treat your pets with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that with about 200 dog breeds there you might get a bit distracted, but I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll find time to make your way to see the rest of my family and friends on the Entlebucher stand. I won\u2019t be there myself, but there\u2019s a chance that Wilma will do. She\u2019s trying to persuade our Mistress to take her for a day out in London so she can report on events on the day for Alfie. Anyway, if you can be patient a week I shall run a competition next Saturday with two pairs of tickets to give away absolutely free. It really will be a wonderful day out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aristotle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find short stories to read at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiedog.com\">www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\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%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=rosemary%20j%20kind\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Next Saturday I\u2019m going to be running a competition to win free tickets to Discover Dogs at the Excel Arena in London on 22nd and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/17\/saturday-17th-september-2016-you-have-to-be-in-it-to-win-it\/\" title=\"Saturday 17th September 2016 &#8211; You have to be in it to win it\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,91],"tags":[109,63,86,87,50,93],"class_list":["post-12146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-to-day-life","category-giveaways","tag-alfie","tag-aristotle","tag-competition","tag-discover-dogs","tag-entlebucher","tag-wilma","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27814,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12146\/revisions\/27814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}