{"id":18,"date":"2007-04-20T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/uncategorized\/gracie-the-dog-is-the-star\/"},"modified":"2008-06-03T01:22:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T01:22:39","slug":"gracie-the-dog-is-the-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/metro-bus\/gracie-the-dog-is-the-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Gracie : The Dog is the Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awhile back we were heading home from the dog park. As usual, I sat in my mom’s lap. Who wants to si on the yucky floor?<\/p>\n

Everyone around us asked, “What’s her breed?”<\/p>\n

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Answer: “Anything but a Rottweiler.”<\/p>\n

Then we had a guessing game. Beagle? Corgi? Shepherd? Chihuahua? Australian ridgeback (doubtful)?<\/p>\n

Everybody wants to touch me. I think people feel disconnected on a bus, in the city. Often people will pat my head, as if I were a good luck charm, as they leave the bus.<\/p>\n

Occasionally someone’s scared of dogs. One guy said, “It’s against my religion to touch a dog.”<\/p>\n

But usually I get compliments on “such a well-behaved dog!” “Looks so sweet!”<\/p>\n

My mom threatens to buy me a pair of sunglasses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Awhile back we were heading home from the dog park. As usual, I sat in my mom’s lap. Who wants to si on the yucky floor? Everyone around us asked, “What’s her breed?” Answer: “Anything but a Rottweiler.” Then we had a guessing game. Beagle? Corgi? Shepherd? Chihuahua? Australian ridgeback (doubtful)? Everybody wants to touch … Continue reading Gracie : The Dog is the Star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,37,38],"tags":[125,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"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=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}