It seems you can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks after all. Aristotle is back asking to go to bed at 8pm again. He\u2019s managed to stay up later for the last three weeks, but little by little he is going back to his old ways. He says there is nothing wrong with being a creature of habit. The problem is he is giving Mum a choice. Either she goes to bed at 8pm so that he\u2019s happy or he has to be put in his crate with the door closed. I\u2019ve tried to explain to him that he can go to his crate with the door open \u2013 that\u2019s what I do, but he\u2019s not having any of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\u2019d be happier to go back to sleeping in his crate and not being disturbed. The problem is, I took a liking to what should be his crate in the utility and I take myself off there when I want a quiet forty winks. He\u2019s got my crate in the hall, which he also likes but it\u2019s a bit small for him to stretch out. Mum is going to have to work this one out, I\u2019ve given up. The irony is that Shadow has gone the other way and doesn\u2019t want to go in a crate at all. She starts howling if Mum asks her to go in, even for five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re having a day out tomorrow. It\u2019s not so much fun as it sounds. Dad has to go to the hospital back in York, so Mum is driving him there. We\u2019re all going for the ride. I don\u2019t mind too much, but I do hope Shadow isn\u2019t going to howl all the way there and back in the crate in the boot.<\/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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