{"id":5672,"date":"2012-08-01T13:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T12:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2012-08-13T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T17:16:07","slug":"toby-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/toby-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\nprogress update: 1\/8\/12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/d12\/1308a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hi Helen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some sad news, Toby passed away today after developing a vigorous form<br \/>\nof cancer that saw him decline considerably in the last two weeks. He<br \/>\nwas on his favourite sofa when the time came and is buried in a sunny<br \/>\nspot in the backyard under the window. He gave us 15 years of pleasure<br \/>\nand was a fantastic companion before the kids came along and great<br \/>\ncompany for them as they grew up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We shared many adventures not only all around Britain but also since<br \/>\nmoving to Australia a few years ago, surfing in the Southern Ocean and<br \/>\nworrying he might become a Great Whites dinner come to mind!<br \/>\nI shall never forget the first time I saw him at your house all those<br \/>\nyears ago and I would like to think we gave him a little happiness<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once again a big thank you for bringing Toby to us and keep up the<br \/>\nfantastic work!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Regards<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Clifton and Belinda and kids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">progress update: 8\/4\/12<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/d12\/0804g.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/d12\/0804h.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/d12\/0804i.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/d12\/0804j.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hi Helen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not sure if you remember me, I am Melissa&#8217;s brother, Clifton.<br \/>\nI took a rescue dog off you, Toby about 13 years ago.<br \/>\nHe was a grey cross terrier.<br \/>\nAnyway, I saw your website the other day and thought I might write in and let you know a bit more about Toby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We emigrated to Australia in 2006.<br \/>\nThere was no way, we were going to leave him behind.<br \/>\nSo after much expense, saying good bye and quarantine, he landed here in Adelaide.<br \/>\n6 years later and he is still going strong.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s 15 now, a little slower and a lot deafer!<br \/>\nHe enjoys a daily stroll oon the nearby beach and often has a swim.<br \/>\nHe needs a haircut more often than before, but as you can see, i do it myself.<br \/>\nI believe that the climate here is far better for his arthritis and his general well being, he&#8217;s still the Toby from all those years ago at Talbot Woods and over the common, just a bit slower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I thought you might want to mention him on your site as an example of how a rescue dog can bring so much to a family over many years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Have attached a few photos of the old dog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hope you are well and good luck with everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Clifton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>progress update: 1\/8\/12 Hi Helen Some sad news, Toby passed away today after developing a vigorous form of cancer that saw him decline considerably in the last two weeks. He was on his favourite sofa when the time came and is buried in a sunny spot in the backyard under the window. He gave us &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/toby-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Toby&#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":[11,25,32,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs","category-progress-updates","category-success-stories","category-successfully-rehomed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672","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=5672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sithean.com\/dawgdogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}