{"id":536,"date":"2016-04-26T23:47:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2016-04-26T23:47:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:17:32","slug":"mellys-meanderings-27-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/about-us\/hope-springs-gang-gazettes\/mellys-meanderings\/mellys-meanderings-27-march-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Melly&#8217;s Meanderings &#8211; 27 March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hi Beautiful People, Mummy says I should say Hi &#8211; so you know I&#8217;m\u00a0 still about the place.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There was a time I was the Baby Dog in this family &#8211; but now I&#8217;m the oldest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I used to like to sit on Mums lap or right next to her &#8211; but now I prefer to lay on the lounge.\u00a0 Mummy says this happened with Ted and Shel too. When they got senior they just liked a bit more comfort and peace and quiet.\u00a0 Even though she sometimes complains about being smothered in dogs &#8211; Mummy says it&#8217;s a little bit sad when us dogs get older and don&#8217;t want to sit on her lap anymore.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mummy says age hasn&#8217;t affected my ability to jump and climb though. I heard her and Dad talking and they said it&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve got long Cavalier legs and a light and petite Maltese frame and body.\u00a0 It means I can fly.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-537\" src=\"http:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0765\" width=\"334\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_0765.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The latest attempt to stop me jumping the fence when Mum gets home also did not work. In fact, I heard them say that the $90 piece of trellis that they&#8217;ve used to raise the height of the fence has just made it easier for me to &#8220;climb&#8221; the fence!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Every day when Mummy gets home, I jump the fence and run up the driveway to meet her. She opens the car door and I jump in and every night she says &#8211; Melly &#8211; you silly sausage &#8211; you need to stop doing this and just wait for me &#8211; you&#8217;re going to hurt yourself &#8211; and I just give her another kiss and wag my tail &#8211; because I&#8217;m happy she&#8217;s home again. That&#8217;s the way we roll!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>See ya later Beautiful People &#8211; Peace&#8217;n&#8217;Love&#8217;n&#8217;Light to all.\u00a0 Kiss Kiss xx<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Beautiful People, Mummy says I should say Hi &#8211; so you know I&#8217;m\u00a0 still about the place. There was a time I was the Baby Dog in this family &#8211; but now I&#8217;m the oldest. I used to like to sit on Mums lap or right next to her &#8211; but now I prefer to lay on the lounge.\u00a0 Mummy says this happened with Ted and Shel too. When they got senior they just&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":474,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions\/538"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}