Ari\u2019s training is proving interesting. With us \u2018heel up\u2019 means come round ready to walk to heel. Unfortunately, Ari has learnt that \u2018up\u2019 means stand on his hind legs with his front paws on our Mistress\u2019s shoulders. It means that when my Mistress has said \u2018heel up\u2019 to Ari she gets a surprise as he rushes towards her and almost bowls her over. She has had to change the word she uses with him to \u2018round\u2019. Anyway, he is much more focussed when he has to work for his breakfast. He was prepared to lie down outside and sit on command even outdoors. He picked up \u2018round\u2019 and moved on to \u2018right\u2019. He showed he could remember both \u2018twist\u2019 and \u2018twirl\u2019 from when he was a puppy and is ready for the next step. Unfortunately for Ari as fast as he learns one thing, another idea occurs to our Mistress and is added to the list. She has in mind teaching him to \u2018kiss\u2019. Now I don\u2019t mean like Shadow who goes for full on the lips and half the time with tongues as well, no Ari is learning to be a gentleman and is learning to greet people a Swiss dog should with three kisses alternating from cheek to cheek. He says that is much more his style than learning to roll over and beg. I didn\u2019t like to tell him that they were on the list as well!<\/p>\n
Not having telephone and internet is all very well but it means that my Mistress is spending all her time in the pub. She says it is a better option that McDonalds, but unfortunately the pub is not open on a Monday so she is having to make other arrangements. It wouldn\u2019t be so bad if the mobile phone signal was good enough her for her to access the internet, but it isn\u2019t! It\u2019s as though she has stepped back in time and she doesn\u2019t like it.<\/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":"