{"id":1969,"date":"2009-08-05T08:12:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T07:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2009-08-05T08:12:38","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T07:12:38","slug":"patches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/patches\/","title":{"rendered":"Patches"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Patches has now found a home !! <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: ff6600;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/dogs2\/190709d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: ff6600;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/dogs3\/patches2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>progress update from Sheryl: 28th July 09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: ff6600;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/dogs3\/280709a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: ff6600;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/dogs3\/280709b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Today I took Patches out for the first time.<br \/>\nHe was excited to be going out although slightly nervous once we got out the door.<br \/>\nWe took a few steps outside and he wanted to go straight back home,<br \/>\nand was pulling in the opposite direction!<br \/>\nWe walked (or should I say I was dragged!) down the road towards the Rec<br \/>\nwhere he continued to dart around in front tryng to get anywhere but near me.<br \/>\nHe calmed down after a while but seemed a little concerned that he was walking<br \/>\nfurther from the Rescue and kept looking back.<br \/>\nOnce we got to the Rec, Patches was slightly afraid of the other dogs and people approaching<br \/>\nhim&#8230;that was until we got bombarded by 2 big shepherd dogs and their<br \/>\nowners!&#8230;<br \/>\nwe spoke for a while and Patches cowered to the floor while the other dogs sniffed him-<br \/>\nHe didnt seem to like it and had his tail between his legs-<br \/>\nHe was scared bless him- but I ignored it in the hope he would relax.<br \/>\nThe men I spoke with are there most evenings and we always stop to chat,<br \/>\nso this time we all walked together&#8230; Patches was like a new dog!<br \/>\nHe came out of his shell and just wanted to play&#8230;more like the dog I had seen in the rescue,<br \/>\nhe felt happy and was loving the company!<br \/>\nHe was very happy to see all the other dogs that approached us and jumped about to play-<br \/>\nI didnt quite trust him to stay with me though so he stayed on the lead.<br \/>\nAfter a good 90 minutes he strolled home with a spring in his step! Much better!<br \/>\nPatches seems to be a very bouncy boy, who loves attention and walks.<br \/>\nHe needs some lead training as he does pull and is stronger than he looks although<br \/>\nhe is still slightly underweight.<br \/>\nHopefully he will be worn out for his little stay over at the Fergusons and Ozzie&#8217;s house!<br \/>\nNight night Patches!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Patches is a pointer cross about 2 years old<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He gets on very well with other dogs<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and is very friendly with people<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patches has now found a home !! progress update from Sheryl: 28th July 09 Today I took Patches out for the first time. He was excited to be going out although slightly nervous once we got out the door. We took a few steps outside and he wanted to go straight back home, and was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/patches\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Patches&#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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs","category-progress-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","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=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}