{"id":5534,"date":"2011-11-13T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2011-11-13T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T08:00:33","slug":"sunday-13th-november-2011-happy-birthday-to-me-and-an-update-on-alan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2011\/11\/13\/sunday-13th-november-2011-happy-birthday-to-me-and-an-update-on-alan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 13th November 2011 – Happy birthday to me – and an update on Alan."},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s my birthday. Happy birthday to me. I shall get the puppies to sing to me later, but I\u2019m sorry that I won\u2019t be able to video it as My Mistress has gone off to London to Discover Dogs at Earls Court. She is on the stand for the Entlebucher. I said she didn\u2019t look anything like one of us but she didn\u2019t find that all that funny. She is a bit fed up that we are either not fit to go or are too young. Then she said \u2018At least for Crufts I can take Aristotle.\u2019 That stopped me laughing. \u2018What do you mean, you take Aristotle?\u2019 I asked. Surely by then he will be living with someone else. It was then she suggested I sit down. \u2018Am I going to need a drink?\u2019 I asked, eyeing the bowl of water. The long and the short of it is that Aristotle is staying. My Master has finally conceded that if it will make everyone happy then Aristotle can stay. I don\u2019t think he has actually consulted me and I\u2019m not absolutely certain at this stage that I think it\u2019s a good thing, but my Mistress has promised it won\u2019t affect my place in the household and I will still get to sleep on the end of the bed. It therefore looks as though I need to decide which days of the week I want off and delegate some work to him before he gets his paws too settled under the table. I may draw up a few rules of the house too. Nothing unreasonable, just protecting my own position. I\u2019m starting to think that when I was emphasising \u2018Go\u2019 Aristotle as an encouragement, I was using the word \u2018go\u2019 in the wrong context. It should have been more \u2018go!\u2019 Aristotle.<\/p>\n

Today there will not be a video this afternoon. I know you\u2019ve had one every day except the one they were ill, but I shall have to start weaning you at some point. Anyway, my Mistress isn\u2019t here to help me operate the camera and although I said we could video something in advance she said that rather defeated the object of monitoring them day by day.<\/p>\n

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Alan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What I can bring you is a little update on Alan. It is interesting but we are really beginning to think that he and Duke (Amigo) were twins and came from the same egg. We were thinking that but thought it impossible as they were not born consecutively, but then the vet explained that twins would be on the same side of Shadow most likely and as she gives birth alternately from one side then the other it is very likely they could be twins with one born between them. They are just so alike and have been very close to each other since birth. It will be interesting to see if they stay alike as they get older. The old nature versus nurture debate will be followed with interest.<\/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":"

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