{"id":2707,"date":"2021-06-09T03:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:01","slug":"two-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2707","title":{"rendered":"TWO DOGS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we returned from our long weekend in New Jersey, both of our dogs went nuts to see us home again &#8211; barking, jumping, and running in circles. Grandma Trudy was more reserved, but she had to be at least a little excited to be relieved of dog-sitting duties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the dogs had similar reactions initially, once some semblance of routine was reestablished later in the evening, the dogs behaved quite differently.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Haitian rescue dog, Ginger, was unusually affectionate. She&#8217;s a little too big to be a lap dog, but she desperately wanted to get close to Sarah and joined her on a kitchen chair just to be close to her.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So sweet:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210607_195429-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1535\" height=\"2048\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210607_195445-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1537\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our prissy little American dog, Sugar, seemed a little sad that Grandma Trudy was no longer dog-sitting, since now the doggy treat pipeline was cut off. She sat outside the cabinet where the treats are kept and whined for five minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So ornery:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210607_213650-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we returned from our long weekend in New Jersey, both of our dogs went nuts to see us home again &#8211; barking, jumping, and running in circles. Grandma Trudy was more reserved, but she had to be at least a little excited to be relieved of dog-sitting duties.\u00a0 Although the dogs had similar reactions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/2711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}