{"id":10514,"date":"2012-05-15T19:49:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T01:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2012-05-15T19:49:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T01:49:28","slug":"a-year-in-the-life-of-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2012\/05\/a-year-in-the-life-of-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"A year in the life of Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/May12\/OneYear5623.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/May12\/OneYear5623.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 14, it was one year.  May 14, 2011, Bob and I went in Wild Thing to Spokane, WA to get Bear.  (<a target=\"Bear in the Air\"  href =\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=7779\" title=\"Bear in the Air\"> Bear in the Air <\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p>We have all learned a lot this past year.  Even in the last month, Bear has changed in ways that suggest that he is still adjusting to being part of the Family Summers.  I believe that he knows this is his home, that he is well loved and wanted, that Bob is his family.  There are days when I see sadness in his eyes&#8230;missing his George? missing his first home?  But those times are fewer and further between and short-lived.  <\/p>\n<p>I speak to Bear of Karl, Zack and Gus.  I speak to him of my great love for him and gratitude that he is my dog.  I speak to him of George and his first family and that I understand loss.  I ask Bear about Karl, Zack and Gus.  I tell Bear that he is a first-rate bear dog!  I speak to both Bob and Bear about being kind to one another.<\/p>\n<p>This past year is different than anything I imagined it would be.  It has been a good year and I am grateful for every moment of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, May 14, it was one year. May 14, 2011, Bob and I went in Wild Thing to Spokane, WA to get Bear. ( Bear in the Air ). We have all learned a lot this past year. Even in the last month, Bear has changed in ways that suggest that he is still adjusting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bear","category-front-porch-musings","category-pets"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10514"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10519,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514\/revisions\/10519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}