As yesterday was a quiet day with no exciting activity we looked again at the list of prospective names. You know what it\u2019s like, one day you like one thing and then the next you like something else. Anyway, we sat down with both my Master and Mistress and have a list of boys and girls names numbered one to eight. I think that should cover us for every eventuality. In order the boys will be Casanova, Chekov, Chuckles, Chaos, Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley!), Che, Cosmos and Cupid. The girls will be Cinderella, Crimble, Crumble, Cuddles, Cracker, Chancer, Calypso and Cloud. Of course we aren\u2019t expecting there to be anywhere near 16 pups but we are covered if the litter is all boys or all girls. I said they are taking a bit of a risk calling a puppy Chaos. There is a serious risk he may decide he has to live up to his name. I think that they are hoping that Cinderella will help with all the work and I already know that Cuddles would live up to her name if we get that far in the naming.<\/p>\n
Father Christmas was on the village green yesterday afternoon. Aristotle begged to be taken again as he went and had his photo with Santa two years ago and he still believes in him. I\u2019m past all that so said I would stay at home to care for Shadow. It\u2019s nice she likes having me around at times like this. I think it makes her feel safe, although what she thinks I would do if there were a problem is anybody\u2019s guess. We are all sleeping in the utility, my Mistress, Shadow and me. It\u2019s a bit cosy but we are all content. Ari is fed up as he is going off to kennel today. There is only so much bouncing puppy you can take when there are little ones being born. He was very good last year but then he wasn\u2019t full grown and wasn\u2019t quite so full of bounce. He\u2019s fed up that he won\u2019t be the first to see his brothers and sisters but that can\u2019t be helped.<\/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":"