Well I\u2019m hungry and I\u2019m not looking forward to going to the vet. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be fine and they\u2019ll just tell me it\u2019s another fatty lump. I\u2019m being brave and strong, mainly as I know that if I\u2019m not then our Mistress will not cope. She\u2019s funny, she\u2019s really practical about pretty much everything in life except me. When it comes to me she\u2019s really emotional. I remember when I had to have a \u2018little operation\u2019 when I was eleven months old. She was shaking all day, although she did say that may have been from the amount of coffee she drank while she was waiting for me. Then she hadn\u2019t got the right money as they didn\u2019t take the sort of debit card she had. It was in the Netherlands and her debit card was Belgian. At that point she just went to pieces having to leave me at the vet while she went to find a cash machine. I was fine, but it took quite a while for her to calm down.<\/p>\n
Anyway, we did measure Shadow yesterday and it was not good news. Shadow stood beautifully so it was much easier to get her measurements than it was last week and she is no bigger than when we first measured her. Another thought has occurred to our Mistress that maybe she is measuring in the wrong place, but let\u2019s be honest, there are a limited number of places you can measure on a small dog! She would still only be 3 and a half weeks gone so it is still relatively early. It was into the fifth week when our Mistress could really tell last year and there is always the possibility that it is a small litter, but she has not come away from yesterday\u2019s measuring feeling overly optimistic. We only have to wait until a week on Friday for the scan, so the speculation will be over fairly 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":"