The next few weeks were great fun. Andrea has a very happy home and I felt I fitted in really well. I had 2 good walks a day, morning and night, lots of good food to eat, children to play with and new doggy friends. What more could a dog ask for?

The only slight dampner was that my new doggy friends did not have the same sense of humour as I did. For some reason I just do not understand, they did not find it funny when I raced by and knocked into them so they could skid along the floor. Perhaps it was because they sometimes crashed into the wall, or the ironing board, or anything else that happened to be in the way.  It seems some dogs just do not enjoy the same level of physical contact as I do. 

Neither did they like me playing hide and seek. They did not find it funny when I jumped on them from behind trees or ran full speed at them in the forest where we walked, just diverting myself before I crashed into them. They said some very sharp things to me, but I took no notice as I knew they were only teasing me.

We were trained with treats and I quickly learnt that when  I sat on command I would receive a treat. I thought I would see if I would receive a treat if I sat without being told, and looked into Andrea's eyes and pleaded for a little something. Here I am trying it on. I am trying to hypnotise her. It did work sometimes, but not often. Andrea was too smart to be fooled by me. Aren't my eyes unusual? Not that I am vain or anything.

I had been with Andrea for several weeks when she told me a lady was coming to look at me with a view to giving me a home. I laugh to myself now when I recall Andrea's use of the word 'lady' as this is not a word I would use to describe the woman who arrived to meet me the next day!