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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe puppies are like little raptors when they are taking milk from Shadow. I\u2019m starting to feel quite sorry for her. They are very effective at suction now and poor Shadow doesn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wrote a little letter to the puppies yesterday. This is what it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Puppies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you look out through the window of your room you will see gently falling white stuff. That is snow. In the land of our fathers (it dawned on me yesterday that to a dog in this household all our fathers are Swiss) you get a lot more snow than you get here. You need to make the most of what we get as it often goes again quite quickly. One day you may be lucky enough to go to Switzerland. I\u2019ve been and so have both your mother and Megan, in fact Megan was born there. They have lots of snow that stays right through the winter. Sometimes we get it for a few weeks so you may get chance to play in it before you go off to your new homes. When I was a puppy my Mistress used to tease me by throwing a snowball for me to chase. I\u2019d look for it for ages, not realising it had disappeared back into the rest of the snow. Be smart little puppies and don\u2019t bother chasing snowballs. The only ephemeral things worth chasing are your dreams. Don\u2019t lose sight of them. If you want to be a ballet dancer or a belly dancer don\u2019t let anyone say to you \u2018You\u2019re a dog, you can\u2019t do things like that.\u2019 There is nothing more limiting than your own minds. If you believe you can do something then you probably can. In just a couple of days you will move into your big pen and your days of helplessness will be at an end and the beginning of your whole life lies ahead. Grow up to be excellent examples of our breed and all that is best of our character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With love from<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uncle Alfie<\/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":"