{"id":488,"date":"2015-06-20T21:53:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T02:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loosestringsfromthepast.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2015-06-20T21:53:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T02:53:58","slug":"a-doggie-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loosestringsfromthepast.com\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"A Doggie Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is from a blog post for my children&#8217;s book, <em>Butch The One Of A Kind Dog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Butch&#8217;s dog friends in the neighborhood were like people.\u00a0 They came in different sizes, shapes, colors, and degrees of attractiveness.\u00a0 Butch probably had the distinction of being the most unattractive of the group.\u00a0 Some even referred to the brindle wiener dog as the ugliest dog they had ever seen.\u00a0 However, what Butch lacked in looks, he made up in personality.<\/p>\n<p>One Saturday morning we looked out and saw one of our neighbors coming the street carrying a box.\u00a0 She came up our sidewalk and rang the bell.\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t have to wonder very long what was in the box.\u00a0 She immediately thrust the box into Ken&#8217;s hands and said, &#8220;It is your turn to have custody.\u00a0 I believe in sharing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oh my goodness!\u00a0 It was a box of puppies.\u00a0 Some were black and white like their mother and some were brown brindle.\u00a0 There was no doubt that they were Butch&#8217;s offspring.<\/p>\n<p>After much oohing and aahing, she took them back to their mother.\u00a0 They eventually went to homes of their own and made other children proud owners of funny looking dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Butch never admitted paternity or even showed any interest in the pups.\u00a0 He never indicated any concern about whether they had good homes or were happy.\u00a0 He just went on his own merry way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from a blog post for my children&rsquo;s book, Butch The One Of A Kind Dog. 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