{"id":886,"date":"2009-08-02T07:33:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T15:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2009-08-02T07:33:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T15:33:35","slug":"dogs-owners-should-not-be-wnba-storm-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/dogs-owners-should-not-be-wnba-storm-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs Owners Should Not Be WNBA Storm Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This summer has not been a good time to have an owner who&#8217;s an avid fan of the Seattle <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/midlifedog.com\/images-2\/baskgirl.gif\" alt=\"basketball and dogs\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" align=\"right\" \/>Storm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Up till now, I tolerated my mom&#8217;s craziness. I cringed a little when Mom wore her bright yellow WNBA shirt as we took our pre-game walk. I waited patiently in my crate while Mom went to the game, which lasted about two hours. Not a problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This season is something else.<\/strong> Awhile back (we dogs can&#8217;t count weeks) my mom showed up very late, announcing as she opened my crate, &#8220;Sorry to keep you waiting, Gracie. We had <strong>triple overtime<\/strong> against the LA Sparks! That means we had three five-minute quarters&#8230;but each quarter stretches with overtime and free throws&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not quite sure what was happening, but I wouldn&#8217;t dream of asking the momster to leave a game early and come spend <strong>more quality time with her poor lonely dog<\/strong>. Especially since she spends more on my dog walks and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowndoglounge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dog Lounge<\/a> visits than her own entertainment in any given month. Nope: if this is what it takes to keep my aging mom in good spirits, let&#8217;s do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then it happened again last night<\/strong>. &#8220;Just ONE overtime against San Antonio,&#8221; my mom explained, releasing me from my crate at last. &#8220;And Sue Bird made that <strong>awesome three-point shot<\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bird? I always tug at my leash when we see a bird.  Shots? I hate shots.  What&#8217;s going on here?<\/p>\n<p><strong>My mom probably explained all that but I had more important things on my mind.<\/strong> Time for a much-needed walk and then we&#8217;ve got some crunchies in my food dish to take care of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer has not been a good time to have an owner who&#8217;s an avid fan of the Seattle Storm. Up till now, I tolerated my mom&#8217;s craziness. I cringed a little when Mom wore her bright yellow WNBA shirt as we took our pre-game walk. I waited patiently in my crate while Mom went &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/a-dogs-life\/dogs-owners-should-not-be-wnba-storm-fans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dogs Owners Should Not Be WNBA Storm Fans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,82],"tags":[251],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886"}],"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=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifedog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}