The next few days are critical. If Shadow\u2019s season starts then it is likely we are going to have puppies born around Christmas or in between then and New Year. She says from how she\u2019s feeling she thinks it\u2019s going to be soon and all the signs are there, although I\u2019m not prepared to go into detail. From previous performance today is the day that if she starts would make it very likely for them to be born on Christmas Day itself. Tomorrow would make Boxing Day most likely. Given it is our C litter you can see possible names coming up. I\u2019m guessing that\u2019s why my Master, born on Boxing Day, is called Christopher. We could have a puppy called Christmas or maybe that\u2019s too obvious. If it were the B litter we could have had Brandy and if it were E we could have had Elf, but it\u2019s C. Anyway, we\u2019re all hoping we can get through these few days not least because my Mistress likes to get Shadow and the puppies checked by the vet and I\u2019m sure our wonderful vet would much rather finish her Christmas dinner in peace. The problem with this whole thing is that if she leaves it much longer there are other dates which become a problem. My Mistress has tickets to go to see Billy Joel. She\u2019s always known they are at risk, that\u2019s why she bought tickets for two different dates that are 8 days apart, in the hope she can go to at least one of them. I hope she isn\u2019t going to be disappointed. Knowing how these things go, I\u2019ve got visions of her not getting to either of them. When we have enough stud dogs in this country it will be so much less of a problem. She\u2019d only be away for 2 or 3 days at the most instead of a week. That\u2019s not going to happen for Shadow breeding though.<\/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":"