{"id":1555,"date":"2010-01-30T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2010-01-29T10:50:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T18:50:44","slug":"training-in-the-dog-park-whether-i-want-it-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/training-in-the-dog-park-whether-i-want-it-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in the Dog Park (Whether I Want It Or Not)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"dog training: sit for treats in Belltown dog park\" src=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/images-2\/andywgracie.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"360\" \/>Here I am in Regrade Dog park, same as the last post. Andy is offering me a treat. Being a dog trainer, he insistts that I sit politely. There&#8217;s another dog watching but I&#8217;m the focus of attention, as is appropriate for a Canine Urban Princess like me. <\/p>\n<p>Well, why wouldn&#8217;t I? My mom read somewhere that obedient dogs have higher self-esteem. &#8220;A good sit,&#8221; she says, &#8220;gives you pride and self-confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s true, I&#8217;d say, I have got to be the most confident dog on the planet. Well, okay, I&#8217;ve got a way to go. But who gets all those compliments when I ride on the bus on my mom&#8217;s lap? And who&#8217;s better at &#8220;sit for treats&#8221; than I am?<\/p>\n<p>Andy&#8217;s one of my best friends and he wants to call his training service Dog Buddies. My mom&#8217;s not so sure. She was muttering about keywords and being unique, whatever that is. I think Andy&#8217;s unique.\u00a0 He&#8217;s definitely one of my buddies.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a dog. What&#8217;s to discuss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here I am in Regrade Dog park, same as the last post. Andy is offering me a treat. Being a dog trainer, he insistts that I sit politely. There&#8217;s another dog watching but I&#8217;m the focus of attention, as is appropriate for a Canine Urban Princess like me. Well, why wouldn&#8217;t I? My mom read &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/training-in-the-dog-park-whether-i-want-it-or-not\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Training in the Dog Park (Whether I Want It Or Not)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1559,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions\/1559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}