{"id":607125,"date":"2009-11-23T18:57:16","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T23:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2010339791_carvingdowntheslopespuppystyle.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2009-11-23T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T23:57:16","slug":"carving-down-the-slopes-puppy-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/607125","title":{"rendered":"Carving down the slopes, puppy style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"S_00138_sub13_rule\"><strong>Sympathy for skiing Ryder<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 0in;\">Editor, The Times:<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, prior to reading the caption of the photo of Bob Wenger and his 7-year-old dog Ryder, I was amused to see Ryder being carried by his owner like a piece of luggage [\u201cDoggy Ryder rides show\u2019s bunny slope,\u201d NWSunday, Nov. 22]. But my amusement turned to pity for poor Ryder when I read Ryder was just a pawn and part of his owner\u2019s idea of entertainment for a display at the convention center.<\/p>\n<p>I had to read it twice before I realized it was for SkiFever, a ski and snowboard show.<\/p>\n<p>Still, photos like this only encourage pet owners to believe animals are here for the owner\u2019s entertainment. Ryder is a 7-year-old, which means he is entering his senior years. To be restricted and attached to doggy skis and forced down a grade of any length is cruel and dangerous for the elderly pooch.<\/p>\n<p>Would Wenger think it was entertaining if we took an elderly relative of his, strapped skis on this unsuspecting person, brought him or her to the top of a grade and pushed?<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"S_00145_attribution\"><em>\u2014 Barb Felts, Shoreline<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sympathy for skiing Ryder Editor, The Times: At first glance, prior to reading the caption of the photo of Bob Wenger and his 7-year-old dog Ryder, I was amused to see Ryder being carried by his owner like a piece of luggage [\u201cDoggy Ryder rides show\u2019s bunny slope,\u201d NWSunday, Nov. 22]. But my amusement turned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2xWl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}