My own fault I suppose. There I am, me and my big mouth,\nsaying that being in kennels wasn\u2019t too bad and I did quite like being around\nother dogs and then the next thing I know I\u2019m back again contemplating the same\nlittle patch of blue or grey depending on the weather conditions. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh I remonstrated with my Mistress when she packed my\nthings up yesterday. I tried to make her feel guilty for going to Granny\u2019s 75th<\/sup>\nbirthday party without me. I looked up at her with my big brown eyes,\nglistening with tears, my bottom lip quivering and I said \u201cWhat do you mean I\u2019m\nnot included?\u201d If nothing else it made her feel bad and she sat down with me\nand gave me a big cuddle. But explaining to me that dogs couldn\u2019t go to the\nrestaurant, was hardly going to make me feel better about the whole thing. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n She has promised to get me home in time for dog training. It may be that I can use dog training to get my message over more effectively. If I\u2019m left to spend too long with other dogs, she can\u2019t reasonably expect me to follow human commands at the drop of a hat. Sadly, I\u2019m so shallow that I may inadvertently do what she wants at the drop of a dog biscuit, but not a hat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile diets seem to be a bit of a theme in our family.\nAlfie did make me laugh talking about his diet changing back in 2016. It doesn\u2019t\nseem to have done him any harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now she\u2019s tried this before and I wasn\u2019t impressed then and\nI don\u2019t suppose I\u2019m going to be impressed now. Our Mistress is moving me onto\n\u2018senior\u2019 dog food. I\u2019d have liked to think that the term \u2018senior\u2019 was a mark of\nrespect, but regrettably it\u2019s just the nice way of saying I\u2019m past it, whatever\n\u2018it\u2019 was! This time Shadow is going onto senior food with me so that we can\nconsole each other. Oh, yes, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s got lots of extra things in it that are\ngood for my joints but I resent the description of being \u2018less active\u2019. I was\nnever that active in the first place so it would be difficult to be much less\nactive. Apparently it also contains something that will help me lose fat! Now,\njust correct me if I\u2019m wrong but it that part is so effective then there\u2019d be a\nfair few humans eating it by now. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ok, so I have managed to lose a kilogram while on the \u2018light\u2019 food I was eating up but I\u2019ve also been perpetually hungry and tried demanding meals at all hours of the day and night. I\u2019m not taking this lying down\u2026 ok, I might be lying down but I won\u2019t take it quietly. Last time our Mistress tried this I started raiding the bin in protest and I\u2019m not above a bit of protest bin raiding just because I\u2019m three and a half years older. Sometimes it\u2019s important to fight for what you need and I need food! Good old high protein, energy giving, fattening food. With having lost some weight you can see just how bad the lump on my shoulder is and I don\u2019t like it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t suppose I\u2019m going to get a lot of support out of\nShadow. She\u2019s never been that food driven and besides she\u2019s been saying she\nwants to improve her waistline in time for Crufts. That\u2019s girls for you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well that really is all from me. There is sunshine to enjoy\nand I\u2019m off to look for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dog Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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