{"id":840,"date":"2021-08-24T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2021-08-24T10:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:50:15","slug":"conversations-with-my-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=840","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with My Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rucker-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-841\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-841\" title=\"rucker-1-jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rucker-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rucker-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rucker-1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I talk to my dogs. From what I\u2019ve seen, most people talk to their dogs. This is because we spend lots of time with our dogs and they make good confidants. They listen well and don\u2019t say much. They are never judgmental.<\/p>\n<p>Above is a photo of Rucker taken right after I told him I was going to St Simons for a week and he had to stay at Potlatch. Looking dejected, I reminded him that he is \u201cperro non grata\u201d at Betty\u2019s ever since he chewed her palm tree, knocked over three cans of paint on the back porch and traipsed the colors through the living room.<\/p>\n<p>While this talk with Rucker was provoked by the moment, most of my my conversations with him and Shelby are more substantive, usually focusing on the big issues of the day such as climate change, the lunacy surrounding the ongoing pandemic or venting myself about topics I can\u2019t write about in these blogs. It helps to have someone to talk to about things. Dogs just seem to have an innate wisdom that is comforting. They love routine and if they have something to eat, a warm dry place to sleep and the freedom to be dogs they are always happy. For me this attitude is reassuring and makes me wonder why we don\u2019t take our cues from dogs more often.<\/p>\n<p>*Click on photo if blurry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I talk to my dogs. From what I\u2019ve seen, most people talk to their dogs. This is because we spend lots of time with our dogs and they make good confidants. They listen well and don\u2019t say much. They are never judgmental. 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