{"id":174,"date":"2008-12-25T22:32:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T06:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/dog-walking-the-perfect-profession\/"},"modified":"2008-12-25T22:32:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-26T06:32:30","slug":"dog-walking-the-perfect-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/dog-walking-the-perfect-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Walking: The Perfect Profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mom just read me a story about a banker who lost her job. She couldn&#8217;t find a corporate position so she started walking dogs. You can read the story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/21\/jobs\/21pre.html?8dpc\" title=\"From banker to dog walker\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what she wrote: &#8220;&#8230;I get so much gratification from walking dogs. They\u2019re so appreciative of the simplest things you do for them. No matter how bad my day may be going, when I walk into a home and the dog is so happy to see me and gives me kisses, it puts a different spin on the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I know just what she means. When my Aunt Sara comes to take me for a trip to Magnuson Park, I jump up and\u00a0 down. Aunt Sara tells me to sit so she can put my leash on but I am so excited! Dog walkers are saints in my book.<\/p>\n<p>More people should be dog walkers. My mom says we need cat groomers even more than dog walkers. She was hoping to find a mobile unit to groom Ophelia. Finally she gave up and just ordered a new comb. She&#8217;s become quite the do-it-yourselfer these days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F12%2F21%2Fjobs%2F21pre.html#?secret=R4QGsMmVjc\" data-secret=\"R4QGsMmVjc\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mom just read me a story about a banker who lost her job. She couldn&#8217;t find a corporate position so she started walking dogs. You can read the story here. Here&#8217;s what she wrote: &#8220;&#8230;I get so much gratification from walking dogs. They\u2019re so appreciative of the simplest things you do for them. No &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/dog-walking-the-perfect-profession\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dog Walking: The Perfect Profession<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,60],"tags":[182,100,106,183],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174"}],"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=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}