I think that having a puppy about might turn out to be quite fun. We developed a new version of the game of tug yesterday. We were in the kitchen, with my poor Mistress trying to do some work, when I discovered that if Shadow sat in one of the beds holding the end of the rope, I could pull her all round the kitchen. We had a great time causing mayhem.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the first time she\u2019s done it, but it\u2019s certainly the first time I\u2019ve seen her. Yesterday Shadow chased rabbits in her sleep. It was funny watching her little legs running along while she was lying on her back going absolutely nowhere and then every so often making little woofing noises. It made me wonder whether we would actually try to chase the pet rabbits that will be arriving soon. I have, for good measure, peed on their hutch and run, just so that they know that I am at least above them in the pecking order. I think they may be the only members of the family that I am higher than, I\u2019m certainly below Shadow. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, that isn\u2019t to say that\u2019s the way my Mistress sees it. I can tell I\u2019m still her number one dog and I know that won\u2019t change, but I\u2019m not into all this fighting for my place in the pack thing. I\u2019m only prepared to do battle with Labradors and Jack Russells and with both of them it was because they started on me first. I even stepped back yesterday when Shadow wanted to get her nose into my food bowl. To be honest that one surprised my Mistress but as long as she\u2019s there to look out for me I\u2019m not going to go hungry.<\/p>\n
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