Today is Valentine\u2019s Day. It might be one of those human things designed to take your money, but it seems a good opportunity to talk about our feelings. Dogs have deep feelings too. There I\u2019ve said it. I know boys don\u2019t really talk like that, but I\u2019m old and it\u2019s excusable. We feel many of the same things you do. We feel love. We feel adoration. We feel sadness. Humans are not so very different, except in their arrogance at believing they are unique. You only have to look at Aristotle\u2019s face when he gazes at our Mistress to realise just how deep his feelings are for her. I guess I might look much the same but I don\u2019t see my own face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my whole life there has only been one girl dog who I have fallen in love with. I was about seven or eight before that happened too. Oh I\u2019ve had female friends and even now Wilma and I are very close, but I\u2019ve only gone starry eyed over one other dog ever. My beloved Bella. I don\u2019t know what it is about Bella, but she made me feel safe. She made me feel good about being me. I wish I could have spent much more of my life around her, but she lives a long way away and I don\u2019t travel well now. Anyway, I just want to wish her a very happy Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t talk about the depth of our feelings without mentioning my lovely old Mum, Anka vom Bogenthal. Our Mistress said she has never heard a more pitiful wail than when I said goodbye to my Mum, the very last time I saw her. Maybe I sensed it was going to be the last time we were together, I don\u2019t know, but I loved my old Mum and it was hard to say goodbye to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So today, while you humans are taking time to tell your human loved ones how much they mean to you, take the time to tell your dogs too. Whilst you\u2019re at it, listen to your dog and let them tell you how much you mean to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With all my love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ps \u2013 we\u2019re still waiting for the abscess!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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