What could be worse, now I\u2019ve taken to enjoying my walks again, than to be told that there is no walk today? It\u2019s worse than it sounds at first hearing. The reason there is no walk is not because we are doing something I would enjoy but because I have to go swimming. Today both Ari and I have swimming slots one after the other. I know I should be grateful and it was starting swimming that gave me back some of my vigour and a desire to start going for walks again, but I\u2019m over that now. I don\u2019t need to keep swimming. My Mistress says she doesn\u2019t want me to get my old terror of the water back, but what does she think the look on my face is when I go now? That is certainly not a grimace of pleasure. I suppose I should be grateful that she is not making me go every week, unlike Ari I will only now be going every three weeks \u2018just to remind me it\u2019s ok\u2019. Who is she trying to kid? It\u2019s water, it will never be ok!<\/p>\n
Rather surprisingly, Shadow\u2019s season has still not started. It is now over 33 weeks since her last one and she has never gone this long. She had all the symptoms that it was going to start a few weeks ago, but she is completely over all that now and is back to normal, if Shadow can ever be described as normal. Frankly I find anything quite that bouncy to be too disconcerting to be regarded as normal! She is hoping that she hasn\u2019t got to go through the whole hair shedding thing again in the next few weeks as in her opinion she\u2019s only just got her looks back and doesn\u2019t want to lose them again too soon.<\/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":"