I have discovered one of the reasons our Mistress needs a dog. It\u2019s to stop anyone deciding she is clinically insane. I caught her yesterday talking to herself at great length and actually holding a whole two sided discussion. She\u2019s always said it\u2019s us she\u2019s talking to and I\u2019ve been happy to accept that for the last eight and a half years. Now I\u2019m not so certain. I know you can get webcams to go on dog collars so you can see what we are doing when you aren\u2019t there, but I\u2019m thinking of getting one for a human so I can keep tabs on her behaviour when she\u2019s on her own. To be honest I think someone should!<\/p>\n
I should take time out to say that Thursday was a sad day at the end. We had a phone call to say that Charlie, an Entlebucher who was 11 years old had died. I only met him the once, but he was a nice chap and did make me feel welcome as it was not long after I\u2019d come to England. He was one of the first litter born in this country and has a number of brothers and sisters still alive, although he\u2019d lost his parents a while ago. It means our numbers have gone down to 50 again.<\/p>\n
We still don\u2019t know how Megan is doing as the result of her progesterone test was not back when we last spoke to our friends in Switzerland. We should hear over the weekend. We really need some more to keep our numbers up. It isn\u2019t easy trying to develop a breed and do it properly. Perhaps it will be good news and that will cheer all of us up, especially my Mistress who is feeling very down about it all at the moment.<\/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":"