{"id":1699,"date":"2017-12-05T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1699-ugly-mutt.html"},"modified":"2017-12-05T22:21:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:51:13","slug":"ugly-mutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1699-ugly-mutt.html","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Mutt"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 --><a href=\"\/serendipity\/\" title=\"Robert&apos;s Ramblings\"><!-- s9ymdb:2346 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1531-_MG_0419.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nI partly decided on this title because it&#8217;s the first thing (yes I know, how unkind) that came to mind and I&#8217;m curious about why people love dogs so much. Especially the ugly ones.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPerhaps there&#8217;s a clue in a song written by Cat Stevens over 51 years ago, &#8216;I Love My Dog&#8217;. A quick YouTube search will reveal countless versions. Many versions are personal and heartfelt tributes to lost friends.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThose who are dog lovers will show a devotion to their canine companions to rival the very best of soulmates. Those who are not just don&#8217;t get it.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI photographed this guy with his owner snoozing on a bench outside of a cafe in Kinsale. I&#8217;m not sure if the dog wanted to say hello or scare me off. Either way I stand by my title.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPhoto: Robert Rath, &#8216;Ugly Mutt&#8217;, 1\/30s f\/4.5 ISO100 200mm<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I partly decided on this title because it&#8217;s the first thing (yes I know, how unkind) that came to mind and I&#8217;m curious about why people love dogs so much. Especially the ugly ones. Perhaps there&#8217;s a clue in a song written by Cat Stevens over 51 years ago, &#8216;I Love My Dog&#8217;. A quick &#8230; <a title=\"Ugly Mutt\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1699-ugly-mutt.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ugly Mutt\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}