{"id":13258,"date":"2015-07-29T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbittinger.com\/thoughts\/?p=13258"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:39","slug":"national-mutt-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/national-mutt-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Mutt Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1031\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/PineyMountainFoster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cochise-140922-Shades-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1031 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/PineyMountainFoster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cochise-140922-Shades-01-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Cochise OWNS the sunshine on National Mutt Day\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cochise is proud to be a mutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celebrate National Mutt Day in the USA on July 31 and December 2. This is a fun celebration of mixed breed dogs. Created in 2005 by celebrity pet and family life expert, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colleenpaige.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colleen Paige<\/a>, National Mutt Day brings awareness to the plight of mixed breed dogs in shelters around the country and encourages people to adopt shelter dogs rather than <span class=\"spelling\">buy<\/span> \u201cdesigner dogs\u201d from puppy mills.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that mixed breed dogs:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are usually healthier than their pedigreed counterparts, suffering from fewer congenital maladies that are part of the purebred process<\/li>\n<li>Are generally better behaved and they live longer<\/li>\n<li>Are every bit as capable as pure bred dogs at performing specialized duties, for example guiding the blind, and bomb and drug sniffing<\/li>\n<li>Rescue dogs are often more loyal and devoted to their pet parents than high-strung purebreds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some people view shelter dogs as \u201cdamaged goods\u201d. While some of them have come through some rough times (occasionally horrendous times), they are all the more grateful for a stable, loving home. Those who need special care and re-training <span class=\"spelling\">are placed<\/span> with a trainer or experienced foster home to receive this care or training before being put up for adoption. Reputable shelters and rescues help you find just the right dog to become part of your family.<\/p>\n<p>Dogs have an amazing amount of resilience and heart. Dogs are by nature loving, devoted creatures.\u00a0 Even when mistreated, they want to love their family.\u00a0 Mixed breed dogs often combine the best aspect of each.\u00a0 More and more medical and psychological treatment facilities are using dogs as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theUSO\/videos\/10153426114694407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">therapy animals<\/a> because of their natural compassion and empathy. As the saying goes: \u201cOnce you&#8217;ve experienced a good mutt, your life feels empty without one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you need a devoted, reliable companion in your life, get yourself a good mutt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate National Mutt Day in the USA on July 31 and December 2. This is a fun celebration of mixed breed dogs. Created in 2005 by celebrity pet and family life expert, Colleen Paige, National Mutt Day brings awareness to the plight of mixed breed dogs in shelters around the country and encourages people to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/national-mutt-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Mutt Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[59,71,15,26],"class_list":["post-13258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","tag-dogs","tag-history","tag-humor","tag-life-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20003,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions\/20003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}