{"id":1959,"date":"2010-07-27T07:46:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2010-07-27T07:47:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:47:34","slug":"big-dog-small-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/apartment\/big-dog-small-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Dog, Small Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times finally gets something right about dogs! My mom read me this article <\/a>about big dogs and small apartments. It’s in today’s paper.<\/p>\n

We both agree. Dogs don’t run around their homes and apartments. They rarely even run around their own yards. They need exercise – long walks and places to run. That’s why I go to Magnuson Park with my Aunt Sara twice a week. <\/p>\n

I’m not exactly huge. We won’t discuss my weight anymore, but I’m definitely in the small to medium range. My mom and I both say, “Who cares what you weigh? It’s all about muscle.” We’re both pretty solid and proud of it. My mom refuses to get on a scale, ever. I don’t have a lot of choice. When we go to the vet, they drag me to the scale. <\/p>\n

But who’s counting?<\/p>\n

“When I lived with Keesha, my first dog, we had a yard,” my mom says. “But Keesha wouldn’t play in the yard. She’d come and sit on the porch. So we’d go to the dog park. That’s what she wanted.”<\/p>\n

Lots of people in our building have enormous dogs. They’re happy. We’re happy. <\/p>\n

In fact, the mom says, a small dog can be a bigger challenge in an apartment. They yip and they yap. They run around like cats.<\/p>\n

Just one point the Times forgot to mention. Dogs have crates. Even in our new spacious home, we have trouble finding a spot for my crate. My mom keeps trying to keep it out of the living room. Right now I’m in a hallway. Talk about being out of the way.<\/p>\n

I tell my mom, “The only solution is to accept your dog crate as a piece of furniture. Who are you trying to impress, anyway?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Times finally gets something right about dogs! My mom read me this article about big dogs and small apartments. It’s in today’s paper. We both agree. Dogs don’t run around their homes and apartments. They rarely even run around their own yards. They need exercise – long walks and places to run. … Continue reading Big Dog, Small Apartment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43,235],"tags":[108,149],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959"}],"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=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}