{"id":175,"date":"2008-08-16T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T10:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/?p=175"},"modified":"2013-05-05T21:16:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T20:16:08","slug":"spike-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/spike-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob ( a.k.a Spike )"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>progress update: 16th Aug<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I just wanted to give you a quick update on Spike\u2019s progress.<br \/>\nSpike (aka Bob) settled very well and remarkably quickly.<br \/>\nHe is a fantastic dog and I couldn\u2019t have got a better friend for Pebbles.<br \/>\nHe adores his new friend Pebbles and plays with her for the majority of everyday.<br \/>\nHe is attending his Citizens Obedience classes and is doing fantastic and I am sure he will soon be at Gold level along with Pebbles.<br \/>\nHe has been to a few local dogs shows where he is much loved and came 3rd in his Best Rescue Dog class.<br \/>\nHe sure is a cheeky little monkey that loves to run around at the stables and do what dogs do best<br \/>\n(get very dirty!).<br \/>\nI will endeavour to send you some pictures in the near future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Becky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>progress update: 28th June<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This week Spike went to his new home in Weymouth!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/dogs\/Spike1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/dogs\/Spike2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Spike is a cairn terrier cross.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He&#8217;s a lovely little dog, friendly and happy when he gets to know you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He&#8217;s very laid back and easy going and no trouble to have around,<br \/>\nhe hasn&#8217;t chewed anything so far not even toys that he can!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He tends to ignore our cat and is not overly interested in our ferrets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He is a dream to walk as he doesn&#8217;t pull and isn&#8217;t afraid of even the noisiest of cars.<br \/>\nHe does know his name and does come back in the garden when called although I haven&#8217;t had him off the lead out walking yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I believe he would make a lovely dog for an older family as he doesn&#8217;t seem very playful but having said that he does have his moments and he might become more playful as time goes on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;ve only heard him bark once when a neighbor poked his head over the fence unexpectedly but soon made friends!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks to Jackie, who is currently fostering Spike,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">for this write-up !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[ Just to save any possible confusion with some of the Diaries entries,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">this Spike is not the same Spike that is Helen&#8217;s own dog! ]<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>progress update: 16th Aug I just wanted to give you a quick update on Spike\u2019s progress. Spike (aka Bob) settled very well and remarkably quickly. He is a fantastic dog and I couldn\u2019t have got a better friend for Pebbles. He adores his new friend Pebbles and plays with her for the majority of everyday. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/spike-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bob ( a.k.a Spike )&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs","category-progress-updates","category-successfully-rehomed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}