{"id":805,"date":"2014-08-14T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidmills\/?p=805"},"modified":"2014-08-13T00:21:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T04:21:45","slug":"dogs-v-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidmills\/2014\/08\/dogs-v-rats\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs v. Rats"},"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>When we lived in Manhattan, our dog, rescued from the pound and we think a Border Collie\/Rottweiler mix, but who knows with dogs, was intensely interested in rats. Not small animals in general\u00a0\u2014 we have a picture of one of our daughter\u2019s guinea pigs lying across his front legs sound asleep \u00a0\u2014 but rats, rats he wanted to catch and (I assume) kill. Also squirrels, who are for all important canine purposes tree-climbing rats. When a rat ran across the sidewalk in front of us, he was on it, and would have caught some too if I hadn\u2019t yanked back on the leash.<\/p>\n<p>These dogs get to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/housing\/2014\/08\/these-dogs-hunt-nycs-gnarliest-rats-for-sport\/375883\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">indulge this instinct<\/a>. Even I feel a little unsure about it, but ratting is a real public service in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we lived in Manhattan, our dog, rescued from the pound and we think a Border Collie\/Rottweiler mix, but who knows with dogs, was intensely interested in rats. 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