\u2018You only need to go swimming every three weeks, Alfie,\u2019 she said. \u2018I\u2019ve booked you in for next week,\u2019 she said. You think you know where you are and then quite out of the blue, as far as I was concerned, she says \u2018Get your towel ready. I\u2019m taking you swimming.\u2019 What is a dog to do? Oh I remonstrated. I pushed Ari forward and said he really wanted to go. He of course growled that he didn\u2019t. Apparently it\u2019s for my own good. It\u2019s because I\u2019ve been complaining about my back. Our Mistress decided that as Ari is walking quite well at the moment she would take me instead. I tried kicking him to see if he would limp, but he wasn\u2019t having any of it. On the bright side, I do like the lady I swim with and it\u2019s always nice to see her, so I did my best to find the positives in a bad situation. If I\u2019m being honest I do need help sorting my back out. It\u2019s not been much fun and I\u2019m totally off wanting to walk again. It had been so good for the last few weeks skipping along beside my Mistress and getting to see the world, so I suppose if it helps the swimming is a small price to pay. It gives me one to one time with our Mistress too, which is always a bonus.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re staying in a log cabin this weekend. With the weather forecast not being good I\u2019m guessing it may mean quite a lot of time indoors. I don\u2019t mind too much but Ari is getting a little bouncy. There is no wifi in the cabin so I have to go to the caf\u00e9 and ask nicely if I can use the wifi there. There are two spaniels at the caf\u00e9 which is a bit much to be honest.<\/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":"