{"id":254,"date":"2009-01-31T07:55:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T15:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2009-01-31T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T20:49:08","slug":"254","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/254\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Gets Royal Treatment at Dog Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just about every Sunday my mom takes me to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowndoglounge.com\"> Downtown Dog Lounge<\/a>. She works out in her gym while I get a good workout with all the other dogs. It&#8217;s nice being around my own species. Cats just don&#8217;t play well with others.<\/p>\n<p>I like the name, Dog Lounge better than &#8220;doggie day care.&#8221; Much more fitting for a Canine Urban Princess &#8211; a CUPPIE &#8211; like me. And let&#8217;s face it. Half the time I&#8217;m lounging around on the couch when my mom comes to pick me up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did Gracie play? Was she good?&#8221; My mom asks these questions every time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s always good,&#8221; they say.<\/p>\n<p>Now, those folks know how to treat a dog. Here&#8217;s my adopted Big Sister Summer. We adore each other.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/images-2\/jan25summercuddling.gif\" title=\"Summer at Downtown Dog Lounge\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"250\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gracie, you&#8217;ve come a long way for an adopted rescue mutt,&#8221; my mom said when she took this picture.<\/p>\n<p>Hah. I&#8217;m just achieving my destiny.<em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about every Sunday my mom takes me to the Downtown Dog Lounge. She works out in her gym while I get a good workout with all the other dogs. It&#8217;s nice being around my own species. Cats just don&#8217;t play well with others. I like the name, Dog Lounge better than &#8220;doggie day care.&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/254\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dog Gets Royal Treatment at Dog Lounge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,27],"tags":[5,245],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254"}],"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=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}