Don\u2019t ever underestimate the importance of bottom scratches to a dog. Now I know that this is going to sound odd and it will only make sense to you if you\u2019ve read the last couple of days, but here goes. I have always really liked having my bottom scratched. My Master has always been a very good bottom scratcher. There he was giving me a lovely bottom scratch and it suddenly jolted my memory about who he was. After that I went to him for a cuddle for the first time this week. It meant as much to my Mistress as it did to the two of us. She was starting to despair of me ever remembering who he was again. Now here\u2019s the problem, how am I going to remembers him while he isn\u2019t here? If his smell, which is still around the house doesn\u2019t do it, how can he send me bottom scratches so that I know him when he comes home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One thing that our Master has been enjoying while he\u2019s at home is feeding the birds. I think our Mistress\u2019s enthusiasm is infectious. They stood a few feet away watching the birds who came down and were joined by a Goldfinch, a Robin, a Blackbird and some starlings. Our Mistress says there are Sparrows and Chaffinches too amongst others. It\u2019s nice now the bird table is out of Shadow\u2019s way so she can\u2019t lie in wait for the birds. I think our Mistress wants a garden seat in the front garden now so that she and Aristotle can sit and watch together. Isn\u2019t it funny how different to his mother he is. He wouldn\u2019t dream of hurting one of the birds, while his mother would think she was failing if she didn\u2019t give chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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