Ari still doesn\u2019t actually want to go swimming, but at least yesterday when he got into the pool he started off without too much persuasion and swam a few lengths before saying he really wanted to get out again. It was funny when my Mistress came to put his harness on him to set off. It was too tight. With all this exercise his chest is filling out and he\u2019s becoming quite the little man. After a while in the pool they put some water jets on for him to swim against the current. It\u2019s the first time he\u2019s had to do that and it made him use all his legs more fully to be a strong enough swimmer. He said it was an odd sensation swimming really hard and not going very far. By the time he got out he was feeling all woozy and wobbly so although he had been promised a trip to the garden centre to choose a new bowl for his mother, my Mistress thought that really ought to wait and brought him home again straight away. He perked up on the journey home and was ready to give me a run for my money. It is a shame he can\u2019t join in the games of ball as I\u2019d much rather run after the ball with him than I would the girls. I\u2019ve taken a new approach with the girls. I know they don\u2019t want me to get the ball so I don\u2019t even try. I do pick up the occasional stray ball and bring it back, just to feel as though I have achieved something, but for the most part, I have decided I will be a herding dog and run round to keep the girls together in their pursuit of the ball and then herd them again to bring them back to the right place in the garden. Now that my Mistress has realised what I\u2019m doing she\u2019s praising me for that rather than being sorry I don\u2019t get the ball.<\/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":"