Shadow cut our paw when she was out running on Monday. I\u2019ve never seen so much dog blood. It was very worrying. I suppose in reality there wasn\u2019t all that much but it was very red and seem to get everywhere before my Mistress was called in with the \u2018dog and children repair kit\u2019. That\u2019s what the first aid box is called in our house. It sums it up really. Anyway, Shadow\u2019s paw was promptly washed in salt water and pressure was applied to stop the bleeding. Then my Mistress applied a little dressing and plaster and wrapped a bandage around it until she could see the vet yesterday. I have to say my Mistress had done a pretty good job and the vet simply redressed it and gave Shadow an antibiotic injection to be on the safe side. She had to keep off it for a couple of days but can have her bandage off today and will hopefully be back out for a walk on it, although she\u2019s not supposed to be getting it too muddy. I think she will probably have to stay on her lead today so she doesn\u2019t go tearing off across the fields. I think to make up to her and Megan my Mistress is going to take them round their normal walk twice. My Mistress says after a day in London she needs the fresh air and exercise. I\u2019ve never been myself, but she tells me it is busy and the air is dirtier and there\u2019s lots of noise. I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s really for me. I\u2019m more of your country dog than your city dog. I like to hear the birds singing and the sheep baaing in the field along the road. I even like hearing the cockerel in the garden behind ours. My only regret is that we don\u2019t have a little bit of land that I could start my own little farm on. It wouldn\u2019t be a real farm, just a few animals I could be friends with who weren\u2019t dogs. My Mistress has suggested a llama and an alpaca but to be honest she doesn\u2019t know the first things about them. Then I said we could start a rescue centre, but then I don\u2019t suppose there are any llamas around here who need rescuing.<\/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":"