I\u2019m very proud to say that both Shadow and Megan have now passed their Kennel Club Silver Good Citizen Scheme. They were all very nervous when they went off to the test, but the girls did brilliantly and both passed with flying colours. They are going to start working on their gold awards now. There is just one small problem. I know that in principal I do not agree with the idea of a dog being subjected to obedience training. I\u2019m more of a free spirit that likes to be able to think for himself. It\u2019s just that I\u2019m starting to feel a little left out and I know I\u2019m already 5 years old, but I\u2019m talking to my Mistress about whether she would consider enrolling me for the bronze class next year. I don\u2019t like the thought that the girls are getting all the accolades while I sit at home twiddling my paws. I know that they don\u2019t have their own book out and don\u2019t write on a daily basis, but their careers are mapped out in developing the breed and that is something I can never do. I just think that maybe I ought to prove I can be just as well behaved as they can. There are things I would need to work on, coming back immediately when called would be one and not begging for food would be another. I\u2019ve agreed with my Mistress that we will spend half an hour in the garden giving me a little test and see how we get on.<\/p>\n
On a completely separate subject my Mistress is fed up with online auction sites. All she wanted was a single new carrying strap for her mobile phone. You would think that was fairly simple, but you\u2019d be wrong. I may have told you, one was ok as long as the one you wanted was black, but being my Mistress she wanted purple. In the end she tried buying a pack of ten from a site she\u2019d never used before that turned out not to work very well and wouldn\u2019t complete the transaction. She sent an error message to them, but they didn\u2019t respond. Then she found another site that was selling a hundred straps, 10 each of 10 different colours including purple. Her entrepreneurial skills kicked in and she decided to buy a hundred and sell 99 of them. They arrived and there were 20 each of 4 colours, 18 of colour number 5 and one each of colours 5 and 6. That of course meant there were 3 colours missing altogether. So now she is complaining to them that the batch it was not as described. Meanwhile the first site, despite it being their fault, marked her as a bad payer so she is threatening to sue them for defamation. It\u2019s funny how that has made them sort out the problem when they wouldn\u2019t respond to anything else! I think she was having one her \u2018don\u2019t mess with me\u2019 days!<\/p>\n
Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK – https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"