{"id":122438,"date":"2022-06-26T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T12:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=122438"},"modified":"2022-06-26T08:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T12:10:50","slug":"dogspeak-24-serious-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/dogspeak-24-serious-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"DogSpeak #24  Serious Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DogSpeak #24 Serious Speak<\/p>\n<p>I know you don\u2019t like<br \/>\nserious conversations but<br \/>\nwe need to discuss something.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s important.<\/p>\n<p>I need to know that you will be ok<br \/>\nwhen I have to leave. No, I don\u2019t know<br \/>\nanything you don\u2019t. I just have to be sure,<br \/>\nwhile I\u2019m here that you will find a life<br \/>\nwithout me.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had fun together, laughed<br \/>\ncried, learned what we want and like,<br \/>\nwhat makes us who we are, what keeps us<br \/>\ntogether as a team, as family.<\/p>\n<p>So, wait a little while and get another dog;<br \/>\nyou\u2019re not replacing me, you\u2019re taking on<br \/>\nmy spirit in a different breed and color<br \/>\nand temperament \u2013 don\u2019t think I\u2019ll make it<br \/>\neasy for you. Training is important.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks. I\u2019m glad we had this talk. Carry on.<br \/>\nOk, let\u2019s play!<br \/>\nCan I throw the ball this time?<\/p>\n<p>~ J R Turek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DogSpeak #24 Serious Speak I know you don\u2019t like serious conversations but we need to discuss something. It\u2019s important. I need to know that you will be ok when I have to leave. No, I don\u2019t know anything you don\u2019t. I just have to be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1325,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122448,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122438\/revisions\/122448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}