{"id":4445,"date":"2012-05-06T21:14:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T01:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2012-10-03T17:49:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T21:49:52","slug":"the-foster-chronicles-tulip-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/06\/the-foster-chronicles-tulip-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foster Chronicles: Tulip, Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I got Redford and Violet, I taught them to wait for their food. They must sit and wait until I say, “OK,” before they start to eat. I can walk ten feet away and they’ll just sit there waiting for me to give them the signal. And drool.<\/p>\n

I practice with Tulip. I tell her to sit and start to put the food on the floor. She lunges at it.<\/p>\n

I pick it up, tell her to sit, and bend down again. She hurls herself at it again.<\/p>\n

Last time, same story, but as she’s bolting toward the bowl, I say, “OK,” so at least she’s hearing the signal.<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

We try the food thing again. She works herself into a frenzy. I manage a quick “OK” as she catapults herself onto her breakfast.<\/p>\n

Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

What am I doing wrong here? She will not wait for her food.<\/p>\n

Nelly<\/a> texts me to say her circumstances have changed and it doesn’t look like she’ll be able to adopt Tulip. :(<\/p>\n

Day 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

I decide to create a website to help Tulip find a fur-ever home. I get as far as setting up a username.<\/p>\n

Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

She waits a half second for her food!<\/p>\n

Day 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

She does not wait a half second for her food.<\/p>\n

I spend about eight hours making this tumblr blog<\/a>. (Will you please share it on your Facebook and\/or Twitter? And encourage your friends and\/or followers to do the same?)<\/p>\n

We go for a walk in the rain. Back at the house, I leave Tulip sitting on the deck step tied to the railing, as usual, so I can unleash Redford and Violet. This time, it takes a little longer than usual what with the drying off. When I go back out to get Tulip, I find she has flung herself over the railing onto the deck.<\/p>\n

Day 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tulip’s out; Redford and Violet in. Redford starts agitating—grumbling and sprinting back and forth between the living room window and the kitchen door. I look out the door. Tulip is across the street sniffing around. Guess I can’t leave her on the deck by herself anymore.<\/p>\n

I call her. She looks up but doesn’t come. I head back into the house to grab a treat and, by the time I reach the door, she’s sprinting back.<\/p>\n

She’s really cute when she runs.<\/p>\n

Tulip and I attend the first session of her Feisty Fido class. We both learn a lot<\/em>. I think this is going to be good for us.<\/p>\n

She waits a full one-Mississippi for her food. Woot!<\/p>\n

The Foster Chronicles: Tulip, Week 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 1 When I got Redford and Violet, I taught them to wait for their food. They must sit and wait until I say, “OK,” before they start to eat. I can walk ten feet away and they’ll just sit there waiting for me to give them the signal. And drool. I practice with Tulip. … Continue reading The Foster Chronicles: Tulip, Week 7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animules","category-first-world-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4445"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5345,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions\/5345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}