Shadow is not content to\ndig in the grass or by the fence. The pots that my Mistress so lovingly\nplanted, aren\u2019t looking as well as they did. Now in fairness, one whole pot was\nfinished off by the frost but the rest were doing quite well, until Shadow discovered\nthem. She has now dug up and eaten the plants from another pot, and but for our\nintervention was in the process of starting on my Mistress\u2019s favourite. I know\nshe intends to plant them in a flower bed. I just hope that the bed was going\nto be in the front garden and not where Shadow could get to it. I think flower\nbeds in the back garden might be a thing to be avoided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then there were Mum\u2019s attempts at making Aristotle do what he\nwas told. Have you met Aristotle? That is so never going to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aristotle is being\nthreatened with a much more rigorous training regime. He\u2019s been told he can\u2019t\nget away with playing the puppy card anymore and he needs to behave as an adult\ndog. He\u2019s had the whole \u2018You can\u2019t expect freedom without responsibility\u2019 lecture\nthat we\u2019ve all had, children and dogs included. In our case it revolves around\nnot jumping up, not barking, not whining when we can\u2019t have our own way, rather\nthan so much about bedtime and levels of pocket money. Although I seem to\nremember there may have been a negotiation around bone allowance once in a\nwhile. For Aristotle\u2019s part he\u2019s got to sit when asked, without demanding to be\ngiven the reward first. He has to walk nicely on his lead and not jump either\non the humans or me! I was a fervent supporter of that last point.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well I\u2019d best go, Alfie\u2019s got an upset stomach so Mum won\u2019t\nleave him unattended for too long. She\u2019s spent way too much time clearing up to\nwant to do much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a great Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aristotle\u2019s training\n2013<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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