Yesterday it was miserable and drizzling in the morning. My Mistress told Megan that they\u2019d go for a nice long walk at lunchtime, in the hope that by then it would be fine. Megan had said she was feeling completely better so as she hadn\u2019t been able to go out for a few days, could they possibly make it a long walk and my Mistress had agreed. When they set off the weather was fine, so my Mistress didn\u2019t bother with a coat. Will she never learn? They\u2019d been gone about twenty minutes when the rain started. It was that really wet type of rain that goes through everything. I half wondered if they\u2019d turn back but my Mistress told Megan a deal was a deal and they carried on oblivious to the rain. They came back looking very wet. The bit that made it funniest was that an hour after they got back, the sun came out ant it was much nicer.<\/p>\n
Aristotle is being threatened with a much more rigorous training regime. He\u2019s been told he can\u2019t get away with playing the puppy card anymore and he needs to behave as an adult dog. He\u2019s had the whole \u2018You can\u2019t expect freedom without responsibility\u2019 lecture that we\u2019ve all had, children and dogs included. In our case it revolves around not jumping up, not barking, not whining when we can\u2019t have our own way, rather than so much about bedtime and levels of pocket money. Although I seem to remember there may have been a negotiation around bone allowance once in a while. For Aristotle\u2019s part he\u2019s got to sit when asked, without demanding to be given the reward first. He has to walk nicely on his lead and not jump either on the humans or me! I was a fervent supporter of that last point.<\/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":"