{"id":4684,"date":"2009-11-22T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2010-02-16T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:37:33","slug":"ethnic-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ethnic-harmony","title":{"rendered":"Ethnic Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knew bringing a new greyhound into our home would be initially stressful and nerve-wracking for me. This one&#8217;s a lot more prey-sensitive when we&#8217;re outdoors, and he&#8217;s in the early exploratory phase of his new home. I know it&#8217;s only been about 24 hours since we got him here, but I&#8217;m just way too high-strung for this sorta thing. I&#8217;m in nervous-nauseous mode, even though Otis B. Driftwood Roth is actually getting along pretty well with his new family.<\/p>\n<p>How well?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/72157622732388195\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2650\/4126385076_a868d9e1e4.jpg?w=440\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click through it for the rest of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/72157622732388195\/\" target=\"_blank\">(small,) cute photoset<\/a>. I&#8217;m gonna go take some Xanax or something.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Really, it&#8217;s mainly our walks that are the big strain for me. I&#8217;m in such a rhythm with Rufus that having to train Otis is totally throwing me off. A big part of it is that, while I&#8217;m trying to train him to follow my lead and not to chase after things, I&#8217;m also training him to know his new name. So if you&#8217;re in my neighborhood and you see me looking a little frazzled during a walk with my two boys, cut me some slack.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew bringing a new greyhound into our home would be initially stressful and nerve-wracking for me. This one&#8217;s a lot more prey-sensitive when we&#8217;re outdoors, and he&#8217;s in the early exploratory phase of his new home. I know it&#8217;s only been about 24 hours since we got him here, but I&#8217;m just way too &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ethnic-harmony\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ethnic Harmony&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1dy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4698,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/head-to-head","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":0},"title":"Head-to-head","author":"Gil","date":"November 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Rufus & Otis had a happy Thanksgiving night once we got home: Photo by my wife, in her Rufus and Otis flickr set.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adventures in Rufus and\/or Otis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adventures in Rufus and\/or Otis","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5940,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-weekend","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":1},"title":"The weekend","author":"Gil","date":"March 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunny and lazy with a 100% chance of adorable","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adventures in Rufus and\/or Otis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adventures in Rufus and\/or Otis","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis"},"img":{"alt_text":"Otis, enjoying the sun","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5100\/5546431218_c24889534f.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3106,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/chanukkah-for-rufus","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":2},"title":"Chanukkah for Rufus","author":"Gil","date":"December 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Chanukkah! httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ujSLyRrqFe4","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adventures in Rufus and\/or Otis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Adventures in Rufus and\/or Otis","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4132,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rufus-on-roofies","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":3},"title":"Rufus on Roofies?","author":"Gil","date":"June 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm almost done with my Top Companies issue! 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