{"id":2553,"date":"2012-10-19T07:28:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2012-10-19T07:28:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:28:06","slug":"adopted-cat-is-taking-over-nicely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/adopted-dog\/adopted-cat-is-taking-over-nicely\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopted cat is taking over nicely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/catonsofa.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/catonsofa.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"catonsofa\" width=\"320\" height=\"114\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/catonsofa.gif 320w, https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/catonsofa-300x106.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>As the adopted dog of the family, I was here first. Does anybody<br \/>\nremember? Creampuff joined Cathy in 2002 in New Mexico and I came in 2006 in Seattle. Creampuff isn&#8217;t the type to dominate; she&#8217;s much too ditzy. So it&#8217;s just me and this new kitty who&#8217;s clearly in takeover mode.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing ditzy about Pumpkin. She&#8217;s not as needy as Ophelia; she&#8217;s much more confident. And she&#8217;s not the least bit afraid of me either. She&#8217;s taken over the sofa. I&#8217;m lucky she allows me to share one cushion at the far end.<\/p>\n<p>My mom thinks we look so cute in this photo. Hah. Notice I am covering my eyes, escaping from the fuss over our newest housemate. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Curled up like a cat,&#8221; my mom said, clicking away.<\/p>\n<p>Should I be insulted? Probably. But I&#8217;m hoping to use the situation to guilt my mom into more treats. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the adopted dog of the family, I was here first. Does anybody remember? Creampuff joined Cathy in 2002 in New Mexico and I came in 2006 in Seattle. Creampuff isn&#8217;t the type to dominate; she&#8217;s much too ditzy. So it&#8217;s just me and this new kitty who&#8217;s clearly in takeover mode. There&#8217;s nothing ditzy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/adopted-dog\/adopted-cat-is-taking-over-nicely\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adopted cat is taking over nicely<\/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],"tags":[161],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553"}],"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=2553"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions\/2557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}