You get yourself all worked up only to find there\u2019s no swimming. Worse than that, my Mistress actually forget to tell me she\u2019d had to cancel it. I was ready at 10.50am saying \u2018I can\u2019t reach my collar and lead down from the hook, please can you pass them to me?\u2019 as any good dog would. All I got in reply was \u2018Why?\u2019 I reminded her we were going swimming, presuming she was having one of her absent-minded moments only to have her say \u2018I\u2019m really sorry, Alfie, but we\u2019re not going.\u2019 Well that ruined my day. Actually, my whole week! Going swimming is my highlight. It gets me out of the house to somewhere I feel safe and gives me a nice rush of happy chemicals from the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now don\u2019t get me wrong, our Mistress does know how important my swimming is. It wasn\u2019t actually her fault. So, here is an appeal to delivery companies everywhere. If you tell someone you are going to call on Tuesday afternoon, please don\u2019t at 10pm the previous night text them to say you have changed it to 11am to 1pm \u2013 the very time I was due to go swimming. You just don\u2019t know what the knock-on implications are. In this case, they have given rise to a very disappointed old dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It wasn\u2019t just because it was any old swimming session. I don\u2019t actually know when I can go again. Our Mistress can\u2019t take me next week and then I\u2019m having my paw operated on, so it could be weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so delivery companies everywhere, unless you want on your consciences lots of disappointed dogs, then please stick to what you\u2019ve said. I wonder if I could sue them for the upset they caused me yesterday. I think they should at the very least be sending me a box of Bonios in compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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