{"id":2703,"date":"2013-05-01T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T17:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2013-05-04T15:20:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T23:20:38","slug":"and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pumpkininbed.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pumpkininbed.gif\" alt=\"pumpkininbed\" width=\"300\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2708\" \/><\/a>The winner of the Academy Award for Best Feline Dramatic Performance  is none other than our own Pumpkin the Cat. Weighing in at a hefty fourteen pounds, Pumpkin has managed to communicate that she is a poor, starving stray who deserves more food. <\/p>\n<p>My mom falls for it. &#8220;Maybe just a few crunchies,&#8221; she says.  <\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s getting tougher, though. Pumpkin fills my dog bed nicely. She&#8217;s given up on crawling into the kitty-sized furniture. So sometimes she just gives Pumpkin a pat on the head and says, &#8220;It&#8217;s not dinner time yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I get my food carefully measured at each of my two daily meals. My mom is terrified that I&#8217;ll get fat and put too much pressure on my slender leg joints.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You like to run and jump, Gracie,&#8221; she says. &#8220;We&#8217;ll make sure you keep moving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tough love. At least I get to wangle treats from all the soft-hearted neighbors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the Academy Award for Best Feline Dramatic Performance is none other than our own Pumpkin the Cat. Weighing in at a hefty fourteen pounds, Pumpkin has managed to communicate that she is a poor, starving stray who deserves more food. My mom falls for it. &#8220;Maybe just a few crunchies,&#8221; she says. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/and-the-winner-is\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And the winner is &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,19],"tags":[110],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703"}],"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=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}