{"id":2292,"date":"2023-12-30T21:47:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T21:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2024-01-01T10:59:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T10:59:35","slug":"working-border-collies-work-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/working-border-collies-work-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Border Collies = Work for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the off-sheep season (Nov &#8211; April), the dogs need to stay fit and stimulated.  That means games at home throughout the day and walks at places like the Dartmouth Woods.  They wait on the patio &#8211;mostly patiently&#8211; until I come out and lead the games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-845x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-1267x1536.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-1690x2048.jpg 1690w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hiking-Buddies-1568x1901.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feels like I get older and they get younger. By the time we get home after a 3 hour hike on the Dartmouth mountain bike trails, my legs and feet ache.  They are ready for &#8216;the next thing&#8217;.   <em>Eesh!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/10-Im-Glad-Im-Not-Young-Anymore.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the off-sheep season (Nov &#8211; April), the dogs need to stay fit and stimulated. That means games at home throughout the day and walks at places like the Dartmouth Woods. They wait on the patio &#8211;mostly patiently&#8211; until I come out and lead the games. Feels like I get older and they get younger.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/working-border-collies-work-for-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Working Border Collies = Work for Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2321,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions\/2321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}