{"id":5975,"date":"2012-02-15T00:06:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T00:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:31:44","slug":"wednesday-15th-february-2012-never-do-things-by-halves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2012\/02\/15\/wednesday-15th-february-2012-never-do-things-by-halves\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 15th February 2012 &#8211; Never do things by halves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is steam coming out of her ears she\u2019s working so hard. My Mistress has had the misfortune to have several good ideas all at once and is now trying to put them all into practice. I\u2019ve offered to help, but I\u2019m not so good on the sales calls. I can do the short story reading and tell her which ones I think will sell as part of her new short story download service, I can even do some research on software on the internet, but she seems to think she needs to do it all herself. If truth be known, she\u2019s loving it. Our job has to been to keep her calm and provide her with some moral support. That\u2019s an easy job for a dog. We work in shifts. I get into bed and give her a cuddle from about 5 in the morning, then Ari takes over for a shift in the morning. Megan does the exercise shift and takes my Mistress for a long walk in the middle of the day and I\u2019m sure Shadow has her uses, but I\u2019m not talking to her at the moment. My ear, where she bit me, is infected and painful and I\u2019m not feeling myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all of you who are still hoping to win free tickets to Crufts, we will be running another competition on Saturday, but in the meantime you can nip over to my other friend Alfie\u2019s blog where he is running a promotion tomorrow. He\u2019s been helping making sure all the display boards are up to date for us. He\u2019s asked if I can put another board together with some photographs of the puppies on it. Ari got quite excited until I explained to him it couldn\u2019t just be pictures of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ari was talking to some of the dogs at dog training last night about Crufts. Some of them will be taking part in the obedience ring. I don\u2019t think any of them have qualified for the show ring, but they are all trying to look their best in time. He asked if he was going to have any special preparation for going. He thought maybe a doggy massage or personal trainer, but my Mistress said he was lovely just as he is and didn\u2019t need anything extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about Crufts at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crufts.org.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.crufts.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:alfie@alfiedog.me.uk\">alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There is steam coming out of her ears she\u2019s working so hard. 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