Oh this is funny from two years ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to our Mistress this is positively the worst time of year for Shadow to have puppies and to be fair I can see her point. We are all sleeping in the utility; Shadow, our Mistress, me and the entire spider population. It seems to be the place they gravitate to on their march in search for warmth. They come in through the back door and head for the nearest staging post. Our Mistress does not like spiders. She is also very short sighted and there is nothing freaks her out more than when she has taken her glasses off at night and then she sees a black blob moving. So far she has chalked up five kills in three days and she doesn\u2019t expect today will be any different. I tried scaring her by saying the relatives of the ones she has killed will all come and get her in the night, but she didn\u2019t appreciate my humour.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ha and this from four years ago shows you Alfie\u2019s true approach to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Mistress has someone helping doing some gardening yesterday. It meant when we went outside we went one at a time so we didn\u2019t bowl the poor chap over. It was interesting to observe our different reactions. Ari went first. He barked a lot and kept bounding over to him. Basically he was saying I\u2019m friendly but don\u2019t even think of crossing me. Megan barked and backed off. She was saying, I\u2019m not really sure about you, I want to keep you where I can see you, but I\u2019m told you\u2019re ok so I\u2019ll give you a chance. Shadow didn\u2019t bother with much barking, she woofed a little so he knew she could be fierce and then let him give her a bit of a pat and a stroke. They didn\u2019t completely make friends but they did at least get to the acquaintance stage. I on the other paw took a radically different approach. I didn\u2019t bark. I didn\u2019t go up to him. I just went out nonchalantly and cocked my leg over his bag of grass clipping. Just saying!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s always been Alfie\u2019s way. If he doesn\u2019t like something he pees on it. That has applied over the years, according to our Mistress, to everything from mole hills to humans whose dogs he\u2019s not keen on. I suppose there are worse things he could do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a happy weekend<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"