{"id":14994,"date":"2018-08-22T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=14994"},"modified":"2018-08-22T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T05:00:42","slug":"looking-ahead-wednesday-22nd-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2018\/08\/22\/looking-ahead-wednesday-22nd-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking ahead – Wednesday 22nd August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2009 our very first Fun Day<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve been looking ahead at dates for next year. I don\u2019t mean the things that our Mistress wants to do, but the four of us. We\u2019ve been looking at the dates for the Fun Days and events that we want to have with our family and friends in this country and there is one very important one to sort out. In June next year, our Club will be ten years old. The dogs who were present at our very important decision to form a Club were obviously me and Shadow, together with Eika, Guapo, Charley, Orson and Queenie and an Australian Shepherd called Raven. I\u2019m not in touch with Raven if she\u2019s still around, but Guapo and Charley have sadly since died. I\u2019m guessing Eika won\u2019t be around now either as she was older than I was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I\u2019d just love to think that the other four of us could all be around for the tenth birthday next year. The only original committee members still running the Club are our Master and Mistress. Thankfully a lot of other lovely people got involved over the years and the future is looking good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Memories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It brought back happy memories of the rivalry I felt with Guapo, me peeing on his human\u2019s shoes at that first meeting. I wonder if he\u2019s forgiven me by now. I was in big trouble for that one. The actual decision to start the Club was taken in the house down the road from here, where we first lived when we moved to the village. It all seems so very long ago now. Shadow was just a young puppy and ran rings around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swimming Rings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Now Shadow just swims rings around me. It was our swimming lessons yesterday. She really is a natural. Once she\u2019s in the water you should see her little legs go. I was feeling anxious and didn\u2019t really want to be in the pool. Our Mistress did her best to encourage me and reminded me how much good it does me. I got extra food rations afterwards too, even though I\u2019m on a diet, so it had compensations. I could even be persuaded to go more often if that were the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 2018 Rosemary J. Kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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