{"id":5803,"date":"2025-12-31T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:07:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:07:58","slug":"for-the-love-of-a-good-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=5803","title":{"rendered":"For the love of a good dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the last post of the year, and this one is for my most trusty office buddy, Posey! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posey turns FIVE tomorrow, and her adventures over the past year have been a big source of joy for me each and every month. I always dreamt of having a dog when I was little, and I am happy and grateful indeed that I have been able to fulfil that dream now that I live a life that can offer a dog a happy home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a morning person there is nothing better than waking up with these rascals every day, greeting the morning tea in hand. We walk 3-5 miles each day and that keeps me active and outdoors more than any other activity ever has. Their company makes working from home a lot more sociable and coastal walks more fun, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped is-style-rectangular wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5712\" data-id=\"5841\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4788.jpeg\" alt=\"Cuddled up next to her favourite blanket.\" class=\"wp-image-5841\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cuddled up next to her favourite blanket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"837\" data-id=\"5842\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_5381.jpeg\" alt=\"Exploring the dunes.\" class=\"wp-image-5842\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exploring the dunes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1061\" height=\"1502\" data-id=\"5843\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4725.jpeg\" alt=\"Beach time with her brother Teilo\" class=\"wp-image-5843\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beach time with her brother Teilo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1970\" height=\"2626\" data-id=\"5844\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2195.jpeg\" alt=\"Posey in full shark posing mode.\" class=\"wp-image-5844\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Posey in full shark posing mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5712\" height=\"4284\" data-id=\"5845\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2473.jpeg\" alt=\"At the local pub after a visit to the castle\" class=\"wp-image-5845\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the local pub after a visit to the castle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"5846\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4451.jpeg\" alt=\"Summer play in the garden\" class=\"wp-image-5846\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Summer play in the garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Birthday, Posey! Here&#8217;s to many more years of adventures together, and wishing everyone, humans and dogs (and cats and other creatures, too, of course) a <strong>Happy New Year 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last post of the year, and this one is for my most trusty office buddy, Posey! Posey turns FIVE tomorrow, and her adventures over the past year have been a big source of joy for me each and every month. I always dreamt of having a dog when I was little, and I am happy and grateful indeed that I have been able to fulfil that dream now that I live a&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=5803\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For the love of a good dog<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-i-like","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3781.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wa4N-1vB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5803"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5851,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5803\/revisions\/5851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}