{"id":12371,"date":"2016-11-21T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=12371"},"modified":"2016-11-21T06:00:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T06:00:15","slug":"monday-21st-november-2016-almost-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/11\/21\/monday-21st-november-2016-almost-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 21st November 2016 – Almost a year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s a year ago this week since Mum drove to Switzerland to collect me and bring me home. I would never have guessed how that year would be. It\u2019s always worrying leaving your friends and family to start a new life, but it all worked out fine and I\u2019m really happy. It will be my nephew, Ralph\u2019s turn next to make the journey. I heard from him this weekend with some pictures of him at his puppy play training. He says he\u2019s loving it and having great fun. He\u2019s staying with the same people in Switzerland that I stayed with before I could come to England and I just know he\u2019s getting the best start in life a puppy can possibly have. I hope he will be as happy with his new family here as I am and hopefully I will get to meet him soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re all busy working out which classes we will be entering at Crufts next year. It\u2019s really complicated and I don\u2019t understand, but apparently there isn\u2019t a veteran\u2019s class, so the one that Shadow thought she would enter won\u2019t be available. She\u2019s fed up. She says she doesn\u2019t want to be compared to young dogs whose stomachs haven\u2019t sagged after 22 puppies and who don\u2019t have a touch of arthritis in their hip. She doesn\u2019t think she will look good in comparison. Alfie tried to tell her with her grey hair she would look much more distinguished, but she just stuck her nose in the air and walked off. I\u2019m too old for the puppy classes now so I shall probably be against more experienced dogs, which is a bit scary. The good news is that our Mistress\u2019s friend is going to take me into the ring as our Mistress is having problems with her vertigo with all the turning around you have to do. I hope I don\u2019t let her down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a good week<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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