{"id":12453,"date":"2016-12-19T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=12453"},"modified":"2016-12-19T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:00:22","slug":"monday-19th-december-2016-santas-stunt-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/19\/monday-19th-december-2016-santas-stunt-double\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 19th December 2016 &#8211; Santa&#8217;s stunt double"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday Dad got to be Santa\u2019s stunt double. I don\u2019t have any photos of it yet but I\u2019m hoping that Mum took some for you. He loves the chance to play the role and thinks it offsets the times people only remember him as playing the baddy in pantomime. Of course his only stunts were eating mince pies and drinking mulled wine, but he was quite prepared to travel on a flying sled if there was the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3989-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3989-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3989.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I was delighted that Alfie gave me his new jumper. It doesn\u2019t actually fit him, despite Mum apparently ordering the right size. We always seem to find this with dog clothes. They don\u2019t really size them for dogs with broad chests and long bodies. Anyway, the good news is that it fits me and I\u2019m very happy about it as I rather like it and it means on Christmas Eve Mum and I can wear almost matching jumpers. I\u2019m so lucky to have a doggy pal like Alfie. We get on so well. He never minds me being around, which is more than can be said for the others. He even lets me cuddle up to him, which I really like doing. It does make me wish I\u2019d known him when he was younger. I think we could have been great playmates then. He does tolerate when I forget his age and jump on him now, but then just asks quietly if I could stop. For some reason he particularly doesn\u2019t like it when he\u2019s trying to pee and I jump on him. Mum says that I can still be quite an annoying puppy at times, but I see it more as enthusiastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I\u2019m looking forward to all the Christmas excitement and especially to my big walk with Koppa on Christmas morning. He\u2019s an Entlebucher too and we\u2019re going for a really good muddy romp together before the humans have eaten too much to want to do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love Wilma<\/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>Yesterday Dad got to be Santa\u2019s stunt double. 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