{"id":54617,"date":"2023-04-15T03:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T03:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54617"},"modified":"2023-04-15T03:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T03:11:02","slug":"toby-the-puppy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54617","title":{"rendered":"Admiration grows for Toby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas<\/strong> &#8212; I have developed even more admiration for my buddy, Toby the Puppy, as our monthlong journey through one-third of the United States of America reaches its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>You know already that he&#8217;s a road warrior to the max. I have discovered that he not only loves to travel long distances, but he also maintains enough patience to be loved-on by small children he encounters.<\/p>\n<p>Toby the Puppy and I attended a flag football tonight at Dripping Springs High School. We were there actually to watch my great-niece, Riley, perform as a cheerleader for her middle school team that was playing flag football.<\/p>\n<p>My puppy became a star with the kids in the stands. One little boy, about 5 years of age, asked me if he could pet him; I gave him the OK. He followed Toby the Puppy and me to our seats in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>A little girl, about 2, wanted to pet him, too. Sure thing. Dad was nearby. She was extremely gentle, reminding me a bit of when Toby joined our family and our granddaughter, Emma, was a toddler; Emma loves animals and she handled Toby the Puppy with extreme love and care &#8230; which she carries over now that she&#8217;s (gulp!) <em>10 years old.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our journey ends tomorrow. We shove off from the Hill Country for our house in Collin County. It&#8217;s been a marvelous trek for me &#8230; for reasons I have detailed already.<\/p>\n<p>The journey that will cover 7,000 miles when it&#8217;s all over also filled me with admiration for my companion. Toby the Puppy has helped me along the way in a manner I am trying to figure out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas &#8212; I have developed even more admiration for my buddy, Toby the Puppy, as our monthlong journey through one-third of the United States of America reaches its conclusion. You know already that he&#8217;s a road warrior to the max. I have discovered that he not only loves to travel long distances, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54617\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Admiration grows for Toby<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6141,6016],"class_list":["post-54617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-texas-hill-country","tag-toby-the-puppy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54619,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54617\/revisions\/54619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}