I’m a bit confused. I don’t seem to have any afternoons anymore. Let me explain about my typical day…

Daddy takes me out to the wood first thing in the morning. Sometimes I am still sleeping but I make an effort to get up, stretch myself out to over 1 metre long and have a shake. Daddy calls me to go with him but he seems to take ages to just go downstairs, put on his jacket and shoes and open the door. So I like to wait at the top of the stairs until I see him opening the door. I am clever, ya know! When we come back I always go and lick mummy’s hand just to remind her that I am starting to get hungry and she should not sleep too much longer. But then Daddy always shuts me in my crate so that I cannot wake Mummy up too early. Huh! Oh well, I guess she needs her beauty sleep… (hehe – I hope she will not read this or I might not get any treats tonight!)

Eventually mummy gets up usually when I am totally starving. She can ignore my puppy whining now. Finally I can have one of the most important things in my day – BREAKFAST!!! It’s pathetic – everyday I have to sit down, lie down, turn around, roll over, beg just to get food! Huh! After I eat I have to wait patiently (actually I am not too patient – I am my mummy’s dog…) until mummy eats her breakfast. I worked out that if I look cute mummy will give me some of her breakfast too. That’s why I always look so cute!!! Finally I finish mummy’s breakfast and I can have my W-A-L-K !!! (Why do humans think dogs can’t spell???) Usually we go to the wood and I can run around, sniff at things and CHASE MY FRISBEE!!!!! Yeah!!!! I love that Frisbee so much!!!

This walk tires me out and I go and have a little sleep until lunchtime. Mummy is usually doing something on her computer or if it is nice sunny day she just disappears… Maybe she is in the garden because I notice things are different when I go out. See how clever I am? Then we have lunch. Humph!!! This is not good. When I was a cute little puppy I used to get some nice food in my bowl. Now mummy says I am not a puppy anymore so I don’t get any food at this time. Huh! Call this progress? I want to be a puppy again!!! So my next best option is to be cute (as always…) and drip all over mummy’s clean floor so that she will share her lunch with me. I like pasta, bread, noodles, egg, rice… anything!!! See mummy – I’m not a fussy eater – you can give me ANYTHING!!!

After that I used to enjoy the afternoon playing with my toys, annoying mummy, chewing my bone, squeaking my squeaky toys. But I cannot do this anymore. Mummy takes me for another W-A-L-K. This time we go to the football field and I get to chase my Frisbee. Yeah!!! It is so good. I like it so much – especially when it rolls and I can chase it. Sometimes mummy likes to run away from me when I bring it back. I like that – mummy should really have some exercise too… So I encourage her by running slowly after her to make her run more. Then suddenly something happens! I get tired! I didn’t think I could get tired just chasing my Frisbee but after 30 or 40 throws I am just so knackered! Mummy brings me home and then I get forced to stand outside and get washed when all I want to do is sleep. Huh mummy – could you not let me go to bed dirty? I don’t mind – it’s my bed after all…

Next thing I know Daddy is home! Hooray!!! I love to see Daddy and know that he will take me out or play with me. But I am a bit confused because I went to the football field just after lunch and Daddy works all afternoon. Why is he home so early? But it seems he came home at the normal time so someone must have stolen my afternoon! Huh!!!

Oh well, I cannot think too much about the afternoon because it’s almost time for my DINNER!!! Yeah!!! Mummy did not yet steal this meal from me!!! I hope she won’t otherwise it is a long time for me to wait until breakfast and I don’t think I am able to. For some reason my dinner is smaller than my breakfast. Huh!!! But it’s not so bad because mummy and daddy will always eat something really delicious (unless daddy cooks…) so I can be cute again at the table and they will always give me something. Mummy and daddy say that feeding me at the table is not a good thing to do to a dog but hey, I am so cute… so they cannot possible resist me!!! I love everything they cook (well, almost everything Daddy cooks…). I like to eat everything they give me but I’m not too sure about these chilli things. Sometimes I have to lick my nose so much!!! But I am a Scottish/Thai dog so no chilli is too hot for me!!!

After my dinner I get to go to the wood one last time with Daddy. This is my last time to win as many treats as I can… When I come back I get my teeth brushed, have some water and then go to my crate to sleep for the evening. My evening is a bit like Daddy’s although he does his sleeping in front of the television… Maybe mummy should give him a crate like mine!

Finally I get woken up from my dream. Huh!!! For some reason I have to go to the back garden – oh, now I remember – I go to pee… After that I can go upstairs and get my last drink from mummy. Now if I am lucky I can get on mummy and daddy’s bed to sleep. I love that so much – it is so comfy; much more comfortable than my crate. For some reason though, mummy is upset if I stretch myself over all of her bed and don’t leave her any space. Sometimes she complains that I am too hot. Mummy I don’t understand? You could always go and sleep in my crate… Normally I get sent to my crate to sleep unless I have been really good and cute and I get to sleep next to mummy all night long. I like that!!!

Oh well – that’s my typical day. I’m sleeping now waiting for Daddy to take me out before he goes to work. I hope you enjoy reading about my day. I’m still a bit confused about the afternoons though. If you know what happens to them, please leave me a comment to let me know…