{"id":42559,"date":"2019-09-11T20:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=42559"},"modified":"2019-09-17T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T15:32:53","slug":"an-old-street-dog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/09\/an-old-street-dog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An old street dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a hot dry street<br \/>\nLies an old sick dog<br \/>\ndisregarded for an age<br \/>\nUnattended and left alone<br \/>\nClearly off the page<br \/>\nOf life and care and loving<br \/>\nSickly through and through<br \/>\nWounded unable to walk<br \/>\nWondering what to do<\/p>\n<p>Animal aid unlimited<br \/>\nThe measure of true souls<br \/>\nCome and stroke and love him<br \/>\nOne with given roles<br \/>\nTo rescue and to care for him<br \/>\nIn a blanket Kindly wrap<br \/>\nAnd transfer him to the ambulance<br \/>\nWhat a lovely chap<\/p>\n<p>Back at the place of caring<br \/>\nWashed and cared for he<br \/>\nDried his wounds all dusted and cleaned<br \/>\nEffectively<br \/>\nHand fed by syringe<br \/>\nAs gentle as can be<br \/>\nAnd just shown some love and care<br \/>\nAnd everyone can see<\/p>\n<p>The powers of thought<br \/>\nReturning<br \/>\nA sharpness in his gait<br \/>\nA soundness and a balance<br \/>\nSomehow he can state<br \/>\nHis need to become independent<br \/>\nOf heart of mind of soul<br \/>\nClearly regaining potential<br \/>\nWhich can be seen as his goal<\/p>\n<p>and it\u2019s all been done<br \/>\nWith love and care<br \/>\nGiven without wrath<br \/>\nGentle and forgiving<br \/>\nplaced him on a path<br \/>\nOf recovery and brining hope<br \/>\nTo his tired old frame<br \/>\nAngels of the streets they are<br \/>\nAnimal aid by name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a hot dry street Lies an old sick dog disregarded for an age Unattended and left alone Clearly off the page Of life and care and loving Sickly through and through Wounded unable to walk Wondering what to do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/09\/an-old-street-dog-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,173,399,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-animalaid-unlimited","category-dogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42610,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42559\/revisions\/42610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}