{"id":4638,"date":"2015-12-22T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2015-12-22T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T17:00:25","slug":"doggy-tales-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2015\/12\/22\/doggy-tales-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Doggy Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many Thousands of years ago, Dogs domesticated human beings. Ever since then,\u00a0have slaved over them long and hard, and in turn they let us believe we own them. Not.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4639 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calamur.org\/gargi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11681252186_bf6e341b97_z.jpg?resize=640%2C491\" alt=\"11681252186_bf6e341b97_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, the diva is getting old &#8230; she is almost 14. And she is getting more imperious with age. 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