{"id":13924,"date":"2017-11-22T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=13924"},"modified":"2017-11-22T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T06:00:22","slug":"wednesday-22nd-november-2017-hibernation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2017\/11\/22\/wednesday-22nd-november-2017-hibernation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 22nd November 2017 &#8211; Hibernation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our Mistress and I have now completed building an extra layer of fat for the winter and are ready to go into hibernation. As far as I can see there is only own small flaw in our plan. Neither one of us is a species which actually can get away with staying in bed much past breakfast. Oh I\u2019ve suggested we ignore them all and build a cosy nest out of some spare duvets, but the rest of the house would soon moan when there was no dinner on the table. Instead we\u2019re seriously considering just working on a second spare fat layer in case of emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s these dark morning which are causing the problem. When the alarm clock goes off and it\u2019s still dark there really is very little incentive to get up. Our Mistress was explaining to me that if we moved further south then it would be less of a problem as the winters aren\u2019t quite so dark. I went and got a bag and asked when we could go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Anatomy-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13925\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilma seems to be coping with the dark days in a completely different fashion. Where she and Shadow have been walking there seems to be some sort of root that she gets a bit high on. Twice in the last few days she has disappeared into the undergrowth, come back munching on something and then bounced around oblivious to the laws of nature. Our Mistress thinks it\u2019s something she is finding in the hedgerow rather than one of our local farmers having developed an interesting side-line, but as Wilma won\u2019t actually tell any of the others of us what it is it\u2019s all a bit confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now here is a sneak of one of the pictures which is going into our Mistress\u2019s book on our breed. She wanted to help people understand some of the technical terms for parts of a dog and what better to do it with than a picture of yours truly. To be fair it was me in my younger days but what do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find short stories to read at&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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>Our Mistress and I have now completed building an extra layer of fat for the winter and are ready to go into hibernation. 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