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She talks to me more and more. I am getting brushed more often. I am told I am
the best dog in the world. Normally she only tells me this when Crufts is on. We
spend more time in the garden. The grass has been cut five times already and
once every week. She has swept the steps and tidied up, built a bonfire. She was
moaning as she cannot get seeds and stuff. A friend, who normally gives her
courgettes, gave them away to someone else! We went for a walk the other day
to get a dozen Pink Fir Apple seed potatoes. Another walk, but the potatoes
were put in a plastic bag, and it looked as if I had done the biggest pooh in the
world I was so embarrassed I pretended I wasn’t her dog.
There are other things. There is less traffic noise and its much easier to hear. I
notice the birds singing. As I am a dog, sniffing is one of the pleasures of going for
a walk and the air is fresher and cleaner. More people walk up and down North
Street so I can bark at them. They don’t like it but they must understand I live
here. My Owner doesn’t like me barking but I am protecting her.
After I have had a walk with my dog walker we sit outside Turberville Court to
enjoy fresh air and she talks to a neighbour who sits a little way away. I run
around chasing stuff, while they talk and watch the world go by. Somebody
complained and said they couldn’t sit there as they were not at home or socially
distancing. What is going on? I don’t understand it but good news it seems that
they can sit there. It is not a public space. If I had no garden and lived in a flat I
would have go outside and enjoy this lovely weather

My owner is very fond of virtual coffee and the Drax Arms Quiz. I can hear her
laughing and having fun and talking. The last two weeks in the middle of the Quiz
she got up and rushed outside. Very odd, everyone else was outside in the street
shouting, clapping and banging things. I went out as well; I was quite confused
not sure if I should bark. This went on for five minutes and then we went back
inside to finish the quiz. People are funny.
Last night she ordered a takeaway from the Royal Oak and this enormous portion
of Scampi and chips turned up. Ha I thought she won’t eat that. I was right I also
had cold scampi for dinner and she had indigestion. I don’t know why she
ordered it at all. She has loads of food. (except for dried yeast and red lentils).
The good thing about no dried yeast is that she has to go to the shop for a loaf of
bread. That is another walk for me and an excursion for her. There is enough dog
food in the cupboard for a week so she will have to go an get some. That is
essential. I like not being left at home alone, spending time in the garden and
getting lots of walks, lockdown is ok, if you are a dog in Bere Regis.
Jenny Stone

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