My Mistress is seriously considering joining a gym. She has got past the \u2018it seems like a good idea\u2019 stage and has done the \u2018let\u2019s have a try\u2019 stage. She is now that the irreversible \u2018parting with the money\u2019 stage. This is definitely the point she should look back and consider her previous, unsustained, exercise programmes. I argued that it was enough just to walk us, but she seems to think she should be breaking into a sweat and exercising more vigorously. On that basis she can forget doing it with me, I\u2019m more of a \u2018let\u2019s potter\u2019 sort of a dog. Shadow seems willing to break into a sweat, so perhaps she should oblige. The funny bit is that after her trial, my Mistress is currently at that \u2018aching all over\u2019 stage due to the muscles that haven\u2019t been used for a long while, probably since the last spurt of gym activity, which is probably at least six years ago!<\/p>\n
Two days of glorious sunshine simply weren\u2019t enough. I was enjoying doing a bit of basking and it had the added benefit of drying the ground out, making it much harder for Shadow to dig. Why don\u2019t they cover useful things in dog training like how to stop your dog barking and how to stop them digging up the garden. I wonder if she\u2019d bury a bone if she was given one.<\/p>\n
The road closures are continuing. You almost have to guess which one is going to be closed for repair next. I suppose we should count ourselves lucky that they didn\u2019t decide to do all three routes into the village at once. If they did we\u2019d just have to have stayed at home and twiddles our paws.<\/p>\n
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