{"id":2419,"date":"2011-01-10T08:26:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T13:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/dogblog\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2011-01-10T08:26:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T13:26:57","slug":"doggy-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/doggy-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Doggy Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dam.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"dam\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dam.jpg 375w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dam-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Walking and hiking are a big part of our lives.  All is right with the world after some time moving our feet outside.  While some enjoy walking the streets (in the dog-sense) we prefer the wooded trails.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve mentioned that A-Dog and I use the trails near our house where it&#8217;s accepted to let dogs off leash.  Which means, as A-Dog chugs along on her &#8220;run&#8221;, I can do as I please.  This includes smelling and chasing and taking the lead.  That last one can drive A-Dog crazy!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI take point on a trail that can only fit one body at a time.  I trot, she runs.  But there are times when I must slow down if I catch a whiff of something irresistible.  I can live with her groans and curses and even her running into my backside (just don&#8217;t touch my tail, yo.)  So, I inhale what I need and run fast to take point again.  This process repeats itself over and over again: run, slow down\/stop, body block, cursing, sniff and run.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSo, what&#8217;s the why?  Why do I have to be in front of her?  I&#8217;m protecting part of my pack.  While A-Dog is the boss (for the most part) I feel compelled to protect her in the wide open of nature.  While her mind is sharp, her teeth are not, and she couldn&#8217;t outrun anything with four legs.  So, I&#8217;ll take the swearing in stride, when I get in her way.  Doggy dam, indeed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/doggy-dam\/\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking and hiking are a big part of our lives. All is right with the world after some time moving our feet outside. While some enjoy walking the streets (in the dog-sense) we prefer the wooded trails. I&#8217;ve mentioned that A-Dog and I use the trails near our house where it&#8217;s accepted to let dogs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[179,43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}