Today is an early start. By most people\u2019s standards perhaps\nthat\u2019s not the case, but I am not now nor ever have been a morning type of dog.\nYes, I know I make our Mistress get up at 5.20, but in my defence it\u2019s only my\nstomach that wakes up that earlier\u2026 and maybe my bladder. The rest of me likes\nto sleep rather longer and I generally go back to bed. Today, my swimming\nlesson has been brought forward. Now, if you knew me as a puppy, you would be\naware that I always refused a morning walk. I could never see why anyone would\nleave the house for longer than absolutely necessary before lunchtime. I have\ncompromised as I\u2019ve got older and normally start getting ready to leave the\nhouse for swimming at 10.15am. Today, I have to get ready a whole hour earlier!\nIt\u2019s positively obscene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our Mistress has pointed out that until recently I didn\u2019t need\nan extra quarter of an hour to get ready and get myself in the car. If that\nwere still the case we could leave at 9.30am today. What does she expect? I\u2019m\nold. It takes me a while to remember where I left my lead. It takes even longer\nto get my body to build up enough speed to get up the ramp into the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do find I\u2019m resembling Bambi more and more these days. I got\nto the bottom of the six steps to the back door yesterday and my legs just\nsplayed out in all directions with me lying on the floor. I didn\u2019t hurt myself.\nI just sort of slithered down. It took me a minute or two to gather my legs\nback together and stand up, but that could happen to anyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have a good Tuesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"