{"id":12434,"date":"2016-12-13T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2016-12-13T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T06:00:16","slug":"tuesday-13th-december-2016-a-message-to-all-you-young-pups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/13\/tuesday-13th-december-2016-a-message-to-all-you-young-pups\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 13th December 2016 – A message to all you young pups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s a while since I\u2019ve passed on my wisdom to all you young pups out there, but it seems like a good time to do it. There are now less than two weeks until Christmas, when Santa Paws will visit all you good little pups and bring you presents and treats. I\u2019ve heard of puppies who, as they grow up, stop believing in Santa Paws and that\u2019s a dreadfully sad thing to happen. Really, it\u2019s as you become that little bit older and wiser that you should move from wondering if he\u2019s real to recognising the whole importance of everything he stands for. Believing in Santa Paws is all about trying to be a better pup, not so you will get presents, but so you can bring joy to those around you. You young pups have a very important job to do, especially at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the family album – Me, Shadow and Megan (Who looks so like our Wilma) taken in 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The spirit of Santa Paws is there to encourage you youngsters, and you not so youngsters, to be generous and giving and to think of all those around you, regardless of being offered treats. Oh, I\u2019ll admit as well as the next dog, that an extra biscuit here and there does not go amiss but we shouldn\u2019t come to expect that. We should give out our doggy love simply because it\u2019s what we do and there are humans and other animals alike who will benefit from our smiles and our nuzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, young pups, when you write your letters to Santa Paws, don\u2019t just write the things you\u2019d like for you. Write the things you can give that will help others. You might just find that giving is even more rewarding than receiving, although maybe not if what you were receiving was steak!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you start wondering if Santa Paws is real, then it\u2019s time to start believing in the spirit of Santa Paws and all it can mean to make the world a happier and more woofly place to be, for all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love to you all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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