Aristotle has most definitely reached sexual maturity. The poor boy sat down with me earlier and said he just didn\u2019t know what was happening. He can tell his mother is approaching her season and as soon as he gets near her he just wants to play. What is confusing him even more is that she wants to play with him. They were rolling over and having a right old game this morning. He says the play is ok but he can\u2019t help thinking some of his other feelings are all wrong because she\u2019s his mother. I just patted him on the shoulder and told him he\u2019d grow out of it eventually. He\u2019ll get to an age where instead of wanting to play he wants to go and hibernate somewhere until it\u2019s all over. In the end for everyone\u2019s peace and quiet my Mistress has adopted the policy of two of us being her with her and two apart and has split us boys and girls. It did mean things were a bit more settled but on the downside it meant we couldn\u2019t spend the afternoon with our Mistress. Overall though it did seem a fair solution. My Mistress is hoping that Shadow\u2019s season won\u2019t start for at least another week as then she will be on top of things and ready to enjoy the trip. She wants our breeding test out of the way before she has to think of travelling and that\u2019s a week on Saturday. It\u2019s funny watching her counting dates to see what is at risk. She\u2019s going to see Billy Joel, or so she hopes, at the end of the month, so she doesn\u2019t want Shadow\u2019s season to clash with that. Then of course she doesn\u2019t really want her having her puppies on either Christmas Day or New Year\u2019s Day. Oh this breeding lark is complicated. One day she says, when there are enough dogs breeding in this country, she\u2019ll just have stud dogs instead. I guess I won\u2019t be around by the time that happens.<\/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":"