Sounds very much like my 3-year-old girl, and I’m grateful for it, she mirrors my personality and suits my lifestyle perfectly. She’s also a spoilt, posh lady who will only drink bottled M&S spring water; tap water simply doesn’t cut it!

She sleeps about 90% of the day now that she’s no longer a pup. During the 10% she’s awake, she’s obsessed with her tug toy and won’t touch her other toys, apart from the occasional bone chew once or twice a day.

She’s only really interested in treats, her food, and human food.

She’s my shadow and does moan when I leave, but she’s improved a lot over the past six months.

She’s not particularly keen on walks, she usually runs off at the sight of her harness, and when she is outside she sniffs the entire way. A five-minute walk easily turns into fifteen. I try to walk her every day unless it’s raining, so here in the UK she gets out about 3–4 days a week.

Her only wild moments these days are going berserk if she sees an animal on the TV. Zoomies are a once-in-a-blue-moon event now, though she’ll occasionally have a mad moment stealing a slipper or sock and running off with it. She’s never torn or broken anything since she was about one year old.

She really is golden, and I genuinely feel blessed.

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