Tuesday night I laughed at my Mistress. \u2018I don\u2019t know why you\u2019re watering those plants, we\u2019ve been promised heavy rain.\u2019 She persisted. As it turned out, she was right. We didn\u2019t get the heavy rain, we had some large spots that were an apology for it but then a humid overcast day. There was some thunder, but even that didn\u2019t really get going. To be honest a decent shower would have brightened everything up outside as it\u2019s looking a bit parched.<\/p>\n
The good news is that my Mistress has stopped sneezing all over us and has moved on to coughing all over us instead. She is starting to feel a little better than she was but still had to spend part of the day in bed. Megan is desperate for her to be better so they can start on their long expeditions again and I must admit we are all voting for that. Megan\u2019s not a dog who likes to sit around. She would work if someone would give her the chance to herd some cattle. My Mistress has even contemplated asking out friend in the village who keeps cows if Megan can have a chance to see how much comes naturally. I said that doesn\u2019t seem fair on the cows. Did I tell you I\u2019ve come up with a theory on why shaking a tin of coins, which can be used to persuade a dog to desist from bad behaviour, has little impact on us? I think the metallic sounds are programmed into our genes. Generations of ancestors have been brought up herding cattle, each of which wears a cow-bell round its neck. Everywhere our ancestors went there were metallic sounds, admittedly they were melodious rather than raucous but it\u2019s bound to have had an impact on what is ok as far as we are concerned. There must be something we don\u2019t like, but my Mistress hasn\u2019t found it yet!<\/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":"