{"id":1085,"date":"2010-07-23T22:22:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T03:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2013-04-20T18:24:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T23:24:55","slug":"they-really-want-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/2010\/07\/23\/they-really-want-a-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"They really want a dog."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video\/embed?video_id=1589514456442\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We babysat a good friend&#8217;s dog for a few days and now the kids and wife have been bugging me to get one when we get home. Personally I think that they are all just missing <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesrichardson.net\/jtalk\/2010\/05\/28\/pets-are-family-members-too\/\">our pet cat who passed away a few months ago<\/a>. Problem is that I am not a big animal lover. Plus having a dog in NY can be kinda unfair. But mostly, I just hate picking up crap. Still I have to admit that Trixie was pretty fun to have around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We babysat a good friend&#8217;s dog for a few days and now the kids and wife have been bugging me to get one when we get home. Problem is that I am not a big animal lover. Plus having a dog in NY can be kinda unfair. But mostly, I just hate picking up crap. 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