{"id":852,"date":"2021-08-28T12:57:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T16:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=852"},"modified":"2021-08-28T13:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T17:27:12","slug":"a-conversation-with-shelby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/?p=852","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Shelby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-853\" title=\"image-6-png\" src=\"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/potlatchga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I was thinking and writing the blog about personal choice and freedom recently, I was hanging out with Shelby, my young Lab. She is a good sounding board for my ideas and it got me to thinking. Dogs get all sorts of vaccinations and never complain at all.<\/p>\n<p>Every year I take both dogs to the Vet for their annual physicals and rabies inoculation, including shots for parvo, bordetella and Lyme disease. One thing I have always found interesting is how receptive they are to getting the \u201cjabs;\u201d they don\u2019t so much as flinch taking it all in stride. Afterwards, they get a treat and seem happy with the experience.<\/p>\n<p>I bet antivaxxers, and the \u201cI got my rights\u201d crowd take their dogs for their annual shots every year too. I\u2019m sure that they don\u2019t think too much about it except that it is the thing to do if you want your dog to live a healthy life. Hmm\u2026 . Anyway, you wouldn\u2019t want a rabid dog endangering other dogs and us as well, would you? It\u2019s the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>Long ago I had a friend who pointed out that the Chicago humane society was awash with cash donations while efforts to collect money on behalf of cancer research had to go begging. People go all out to take care of dogs. We should take care of our dogs, but we should also take care of our people, those who are our neighbors and strangers as well. And, it should go without saying, that we should take care of ourselves. We all should do the right thing in face of deadly pandemics, get vaccinated and wear masks where needed until the risks go down. Shouldn\u2019t we care about one another as much as we care about our dogs? Dogs like Shelby care about us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was thinking and writing the blog about personal choice and freedom recently, I was hanging out with Shelby, my young Lab. She is a good sounding board for my ideas and it got me to thinking. 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