{"id":330,"date":"2012-06-09T22:50:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T03:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2012-06-09T22:57:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T03:57:27","slug":"330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/330\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Bentley"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some, they’re just a dog or a cat, something that takes work and are messy.\u00a0 Some think\u00a0 a dog is only good for fighting and bringing in money, never considering their health or feelings.\u00a0 Some find it “fun” to abuse these four footed friend, doing unspeakable things that more often than not result in suffering and death.\u00a0 For others, they’re children that can’t speak other than barking or meowing.\u00a0 Sometimes they become our best friend and confidant.\u00a0 Beyond the food dish, they are always happy to see us, and no matter the mood we’re in they will love us unconditionally.\u00a0 Even when they are sick and hurting, when they see us, their “smiler” flickers, wagging weakly, but letting you know that you are the most important person in their life.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I have had many dogs over my lifetime, two that have been extremely special.\u00a0 Sir Jeremy and Reba’s Bentley Astin.\u00a0 Jer and Bentley.\u00a0 Jeremy made it to his 16th birthday and three months beyond.\u00a0 Bentley will be six in September.\u00a0 Oh, I have had other special dogs; well, they all have been special in one way or another.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bentley, though, has been a handful growing up.\u00a0 Happy and enthusiastic the word “no” was hard to input into his vocabulary.\u00a0 It took five and a half years for him to understand that no does indeed mean NO.\u00a0 And he’s no longer a<\/span> “rocket launcher” aiming for the knees when out of control.\u00a0 He has grown into a sweet, loving, lovable and fun ball of fuzz with a tongue faster than the speed of light.\u00a0 And he’s an apple lover.\u00a0 Mostly yellow delicious, but if it’s an apple, he wants some if you’re eating one.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I don’t know what I’d do without him.\u00a0 He knows how to make me laugh when I need to laugh, and when I’m grumpy with pain he stays just close enough to let me know he’s there if I need him.\u00a0 A Yorkie locked in a Schnauzer’s body.\u00a0 Twenty pounds of pure love.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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My serious Bentley<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some, they’re just a dog or a cat, something that takes work and are messy.\u00a0 Some think\u00a0 a dog is only good for fighting and bringing in money, never considering their health or feelings.\u00a0 Some find it “fun” to abuse these four footed friend, doing unspeakable things that more often than not result in suffering and death.\u00a0 For others, they’re children that can’t speak other than barking or meowing.\u00a0 Sometimes they become our best friend and confidant.\u00a0 Beyond the food dish, they are always happy to see us, and no matter the mood we’re in they will love us unconditionally.\u00a0 Even when they are sick and hurting, when they see us, their “smiler” flickers, wagging weakly, but letting you know that you are the most important person in their life. I have had many dogs over my lifetime, two that have been extremely special.\u00a0 Sir Jeremy and Reba’s Bentley Astin.\u00a0 Jer and Bentley.\u00a0 Jeremy made it to his 16th birthday and three months beyond.\u00a0 Bentley will be six in September.\u00a0 Oh, I have had other special dogs; well, they all have been special in one way or another. Bentley, though, has been a handful growing up.\u00a0 Happy and enthusiastic the word “no” was hard to input into his vocabulary.\u00a0 It took five and a half years for him to understand that no does indeed mean NO.\u00a0 And he’s no longer a “rocket launcher” aiming for the knees when out of control.\u00a0 He has grown into a sweet, loving, lovable Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2y5uS-330","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enrjyzr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}