{"id":71200,"date":"2025-06-16T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=71200"},"modified":"2025-05-22T07:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:35:30","slug":"a-dog-gone-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/06\/16\/a-dog-gone-good-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dog Gone Good Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Dogs are alright, but they are too high maintenance, unlike cats.\u00a0 Someone should invent Pampers for dogs.\u00a0 But these two pictures encapsulate the joy dogs have exploring and playing with other critters\u2026.\u00a0 though the turtle appears 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