{"id":23594,"date":"2021-06-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=23594"},"modified":"2021-06-05T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T05:00:00","slug":"born-to-herd-saturday-5th-june-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/05\/born-to-herd-saturday-5th-june-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Born to herd – Saturday 5th June 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Born to herd<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Never mind run, I was born to herd. We had a lovely walk yesterday and one of the fields now has cows in it. I was of course on a lead, as I always am around livestock. But a girl can dream. I thought I looked pretty good sitting with \u2018me herd\u2019. Mum says that it doesn\u2019t matter what I say she is not buying me any cows. I think that\u2019s just plain mean. I could have real fun if they were my own cows. Oddly Mum seems less convinced and started discussing the dangers of an untrained dog around cattle. It\u2019s in my blood. I could do it. She on the other paw remains unconvinced. She pointed out that she too has ancestors who were farmers and she could equally well say it\u2019s in her blood, however she is not about to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting for Dad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dad is still busy learning what all the plants are that we see. Mum and I were waiting patiently for him. Again, she was a spoilsport not wanting me going into the long grass. I know she\u2019s looking out for my well-being, but quite honestly what happened to the freedom to choose my own mistakes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were more people around when we were walking yesterday, which was making Mum a little more nervous, but it was all right and we kept at a good distance \u2013 except when I saw a dog I wanted to play with. I might have forgotten myself then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get well, Winston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our friend Winston in Canada had got to have chemotherapy for lymphoma. We just want to send him all our love and tell him we hope it all goes well and is successful. Mum said to reassure him that the side effects from chemotherapy aren\u2019t as bad for a dog as a human. I don\u2019t understand the science behind it, but that\u2019s good news. Please get well soon, Winston. We\u2019re all rooting for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wilma has decided that she is born to herd. Now all she needs are some cows of her own to practice with. Mum is not being cooperative.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-day-to-day-life","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}