{"id":2150,"date":"2010-12-16T20:21:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T04:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2010-12-16T20:21:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T04:21:14","slug":"keeping-the-mom-puzzled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/keeping-the-mom-puzzled\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the mom puzzled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the resident dog, one of my official roles is driving my owner nuts. I excel in this area.<\/p>\n<p>Since we moved I have demonstrated a new skill that dogs are not supposed to have. When we go for walks, I sometimes stop on the way back. I refuse to budge. <\/p>\n<p>Peo0ple laugh at my mom. &#8220;Dog doesn&#8217;t want to move,&#8221; they say. <\/p>\n<p>My mom gets so embarrassed. &#8220;Keesha never did this,&#8221; she sighs.Never mind that Keesha was 10 pounds heavier, three times as fuzzy and a different breed altogether.<\/p>\n<p>My mom noticed that I tend to do this when we&#8217;re coming back after a walk just before she goes out. I am destined for some serious crate time and there&#8217;s no reason to rush back. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How do you know?&#8221; my mom asks. &#8220;Maybe I change my clothes just before we walk. Or I fill your water dish.&#8221; So she doesn&#8217;t change her clothes or fill my water dish till we return. No dice. I still know.<\/p>\n<p>My mom&#8217;s pretty smart about most things. She keeps trying to figure out how I know what&#8217;s happening. <\/p>\n<p>I am not going to tell. A lady needs to keep her secrets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the resident dog, one of my official roles is driving my owner nuts. I excel in this area. Since we moved I have demonstrated a new skill that dogs are not supposed to have. When we go for walks, I sometimes stop on the way back. I refuse to budge. Peo0ple laugh at my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/keeping-the-mom-puzzled\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keeping the mom puzzled<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,235],"tags":[110],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150"}],"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=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}