{"id":6977,"date":"2012-11-28T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=6977"},"modified":"2024-04-10T16:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:58:49","slug":"wednesday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2012\/11\/28\/wednesday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whilst I know you want to hear all about the puppies\u2019 day, my first piece of news is about Aristotle. As you know he\u2019s a very bright dog. Because of his bad leg he hasn\u2019t been able to do much lead walking and so hasn\u2019t got the hang of walking at heel. He tries to bound along while attached to my Mistress and is strong enough to take her with him. Anyway, since his swimming has strengthened his leg muscles he is able to go for little walks and as my Mistress was on her own with him today she decided it was time he learnt to walk at heel, nicely in the lead. For the first few hundred yards when he got ahead of himself she reeled the lead in and made him do a circle around her back until he came back to the heel position. By the time he got to the end of our road he had totally understood what she was driving at and all she had to do was say \u2018Uh huh\u2019 and he\u2019d drop his speed and come back to heel. It took the girls ages to learn that one and I\u2019m not even going to begin to comment on my lead behaviour. Now I know it\u2019s only one day and he needs to remember by tomorrow but if he keeps his training up at that rate he\u2019ll be the most obedient dog in the household.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bumble Day 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The puppies had a frustrating morning. Shadow just wouldn\u2019t settle and so they were feeling quite hungry. Every time she went in and they got a smell of milk and woke up all excited, she\u2019d get out again because she\u2019s heard another noise. By lunchtime my Mistress was getting very fraught and sat with her for a while. Then she took her for a little walk and after that Shadow began to relax and the puppies were able to eat their fill and roll into little piles of happy puppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Mistress thinks Bumble\u2019s face is going to look rather like Aristotle\u2019s. He\u2019ll be a very handsome boy if he does. All the girls love Ari. I\u2018d hope Bumble gets to be a stud dog. It is possible that he will but we need to wait to see if his tail curls and if he\u2019s ok in all other regards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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