Last week, which should have been the bank holiday but wasn\u2019t because it was moved to this week, it was sunny. This week, which is the bank holiday, is not. If they hadn\u2019t announced in advance that the bank holiday was being moved, if they\u2019d just crept up on it and moved it at the last minute, today could have been a gloriously sunny day. Mind you, being English we\u2019d have found something else to complain about. At least the village photograph isn\u2019t likely to have too much problem of people squinting due to the sun. There\u2019s a silver lining to almost every cloud. I\u2019m looking very hard to find the silver lining of the cloud of not being invited to the Hog Roast, but I must say on that front I am struggling.<\/p>\n
Mind you, yesterday was worse when my Mistress was looking through the leaflet for the different types of dog food available and found I should now have progressed to the \u2018senior\u2019 variety. I presume she is planning to move to the \u2018senior\u2019 human diet as we are, to all intents and purposed about the same age. I\u2019ll vouch for her being less active than she used to be, although from observation she doesn\u2019t seem to be having a great deal of problem with weight gain so I may be struggling to have a paw to stand on in my argument. It all started when Shadow asked if she could try a wheat free food. She\u2019s just found out that her daughter, Dora, is allergic to wheat and it might explain the frequency of upset stomachs that Shadow has if it is genetic and passed on from her. She doesn\u2019t fancy having a blood test, but said she wouldn\u2019t mind changing food to see if it made a difference. Dog food ordering would be so much easier if we all ate the same thing, but it would mean we all ate a different food, which gets very confusing at mealtimes.<\/p>\n
If you would like to download a copy of the book version of my Diary from the first year for free you can go to https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/69099<\/a> and then when you get to the checkout you need to put the code BS54S. The offer runs until next Tuesday.<\/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 You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"