{"id":5228,"date":"2023-12-26T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T02:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2023-12-26T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T02:29:12","slug":"one-exhausted-pup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/12\/26\/one-exhausted-pup\/","title":{"rendered":"One exhausted pup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5231\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Small mostly-white terrier mix standing on her back legs on a dark couch while showering the man next to her with kisses. \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>She&#8217;s not really a puppy now, as she&#8217;s four years old and has lived with us for a year and a half. This year I bought Chouchou (pronounced shoe-shoe) a sweater that looks like she&#8217;s a Christmas gift &#8212; so cute! \u00a0Unfortunately, you can&#8217;t really see the design from the front, so here she is, showering my husband with affection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Adorable mostly-white small terrier mix sitting on a dark couch while wearing a sweater in red and green. Her tail is curled around behind her to her left.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0185-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I did finally manage to get her to sit still long enough to get a decent photo of her from the front, too. That was Christmas morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5230\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189.jpeg?resize=300%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Adorable small terrier mix, mostly-white with reddish accents, curled up tight in a grey and beige dog bed.\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C774&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C580&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1161&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1548&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0189-scaled.jpeg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By the day after Christmas, though, Chouchou was wiped out and spent almost the entire day snoozing in her little bed in my sewing room!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s not really a puppy now, as she&#8217;s four years old and has lived with us for a year and a half. This year I bought Chouchou (pronounced shoe-shoe) a sweater that looks like she&#8217;s a Christmas gift &#8212; so cute! \u00a0Unfortunately, you can&#8217;t really see the design from the front, so here she is, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[303],"tags":[242,307,194],"class_list":{"0":"post-5228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-family","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-dogs","10":"tag-family","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0174-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1mk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1307,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/24\/merry-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":5228,"position":0},"title":"Merry Christmas!","author":"Sandy","date":"December 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bisou thinks she may hear reindeer outside, and she's ready! 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