Well, you win and you lose. I had the great sadness of two \u2013 not one, but two \u2013 dog beds going out to the skip. When I say \u2018beds\u2019 it was more parts of beds if I\u2019m being honest. I guess when more than 50% has already been destroyed it\u2019s not even a \u2018be\u2019. Anyway, I don\u2019t give in easily. Mum put a whole pile of old bones by the door ready to put in the skip. When she went out, she couldn\u2019t carry the last two so decided to take them later. I had other ideas. I retrieved them both and moved them to safer locations. A girl can\u2019t be seen to give in too easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I should take this as a compliment. Dad was saying that since I\u2019ve been the pack leader, which happened on the day I arrived, there have never been any arguments over key things like beds and toys. Back in the day, when Shadow ruled the roost, it was mayhem from what I can gather. Shadow is not a natural leader and it used to cause her a great deal of stress. If Alfie or Aristotle so much as put a claw, never mind a whole paw, out of place she would enforce order in no uncertain terms. I can\u2019t be doing with all that rubbish. I\u2019m happy to share. I save leadership for the important occasions, usually mischief related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our sleeping arrangements are a prime example. Mum thinks it\u2019s funny. We\u2019re all in our chosen beds when she goes to sleep and invariably by the time she wakes up, we\u2019ve all moved round. We even let Aristotle have the big bed last night and he couldn\u2019t stop smiling. We haven\u2019t had all three of us in it at the same time yet, but maybe we\u2019ll try that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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